To move its own pieces, a motorized mechanism beneath the board guides an electromagnet along the underside. When activated, ...

A bizarre optical illusion showing two sets of seemingly different chess pieces is baffling internet users. The image has gone viral after being posted by science journalist Tom Chivers on Twitter, ...

Online chess has in the last ten years transformed into a niche experiment into the center of the chess world. What started as a mere method of clicking pieces on a virtual board has now developed ...

We had a chance to review the GoChess Lite, an electronic chess board designed to teach, compete, and bring a modern style to chess ...

Open Chess project delivers electric shocks for bad moves and costs $22 versus $600 commercial smart boards through open-source DIY design.

Square Off is moving connected board games further today with the launch of a Kickstarter campaign for its Square Off Neo chess board and the Square Off SwapBoard. The new products will offer machine ...

I went hands-on with the Millennium Chess Classics Exclusive (M828), and here is what you should know before buying it.

Playing chess online is all well and good, and opens up a whole world of competitors that would otherwise be unavailable in one’s local area. But there’s something to be said for playing over the ...