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

Heisler’s Skinner box-esque chess set was inspired by similarly masochistic DIY projects like an electrified keyboard, and gets its voltage from a reconfigured TENS unit. Short for Transcutaneous ...

There are many chess robots, most of which require the human player to move the opposing pieces themselves, or have a built-in mechanism that can slide the opposing pieces around to their new ...

Imagine a chessboard where the pieces move on their own, gliding across the squares with mechanical precision, as if guided by an invisible hand. It might sound like a scene from a futuristic movie, ...

Magnus Carlsen has finally revealed how many moves he usually visualises ahead during chess games. Here’s what the five-time world champion thinks of how far top players can actually calculate the ...