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G oogle has released a new chess website that puts one fun twist on the game: it uses custom pieces that are created each time by generative AI. The game starts by letting you type in a short ...
Amritsar: Bipinpreet sits before a chess set he painstakingly crafted over a month.This is no ordinary set: the pieces are uniquely designed to resemble Portuguese figures. The rook is shaped like ...
The combination of beech wood and Mother of Pearl shells in this handmade chess board ($138, Etsy) make it truly a piece of fine work. Each space is like a geode, giving heart eyes to both you and ...
Chess ‘N’ Boards has gone from humble beginnings to a global chess powerhouse thanks to expert craftsmanship and a range of handcrafted unique pieces and sets. Massachusetts, USA - December 9 ...
An eerie treasure has been uncovered underneath the floorboards at the Auschwitz concentration camp — 35 well-preserved handmade chess pieces. Renovators at Poland’s Auschwitz-Birkenau State ...
The vast majority of chess robots I’ve seen (DIY and commercial) have been ‘hidden moving arm’ types, where some mechanism moves a magnet under the board, that drags pieces around.
Though it's not a brand-new release, it's worth shouting out the awesome Super Mario Chess Set. This one comes with 32 custom-sculpted and hand-painted figures depicting modern character models of ...
It was established in Amritsar and serves the world's chess players. Royal Chess Mall is where art meets tradition. Each piece is a testimony to the power of chess, its sustainability, and the eternal ...
The custom chess pieces can be as elaborate or as simple as users want, with Google examples including a cactus, poodle, egg, tennis ball, rubber ducky, cactus, fuzzy pieces, and more, as seen below.
It briefly made headlines in 2014, when two artists named Scott Kildall and Bryan Cera made digital copies of the chess pieces available online for 3D printing as part of a project called ...