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#artnouveau #chessboard I made a few decades back for a friend of a friend in London. A form of #woodworking that is a bit different. MDF bas and cork underside. Was pleased with the corners.

I lay the squares down unconventionally - one at a time. After it sets I trim the edges so each corner is perfect. Normal method the different coloured #veneers expand with the glue at different rates so you do not get precise corners.

Art nouveau chess board commission for friend of friend in London.

Building a Self-Playing Chess Board Robot

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://hackaday.com/2026/02/10/building-a-self-playing-chess-board-robot/

<div><img alt="" class="attachment-large size-large wp-post-image" height="501" src="https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/self-playing_chess_board_joshua_stanley_robotics_youtube.jpg?w=800" style="margin: 0 auto; margin-bottom: 15px;" width="800" /></div><p>As popular as the game of chess is, it has one massive flaw. This being that it requires two participants, which can be a challenge. Although playing chess on a computer against an AI has been a thing for many decades, it’s hard to beat physical chess boards that give you all the tactile pleasure of handling and moving pieces, yet merging the two is tricky. You can either tell the player to also move the opponent’s pieces, or use a mechanism to do so yourself, which [Joshua Stanley] <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tLgXvUgsYmw" target="_blank">recently demonstrated in a video</a>.</p>
<p>There are a few ways that you can go about having the computer move and detect the pieces. Here [Joshua] chose to use Hall magnetic sensors to detect the magnets that are embedded in the 3D printed chess pieces as well as their absence. These sensors are mounted to the back side of a PCB which is also the playing field, thus using the silkscreen for the board markings.</p>
<p>For the electromagnet that moves the chess pieces core x/y kinematics were used to move it underneath the PCB, engaging when moving pieces but otherwise deactivated. This is all controlled by an ESP32 MCU, while the computer runs the ope

Building a Self-Playing Chess Board Robot https://hackaday.com/2026/02/10/building-a-self-playing-chess-board-robot/
#Games #Chessboard #Computerche

Cows' Chess 🎨
#Oil on #canvas, 60 x 50 cm
www.jurakuba.com
#cows #art #chess #paintings
#painting #farmanimals #farm #animals #animal #figures #meadow #field #flowers #artwork #artworks #humor #humour #funny #comic #comical #Mainz #Germany #German #Kunst #Kuh #Kuehe #Kühe #Gemälde #Malerei #Ölbilder #Ölbild #Schach #chessboard #game #games #black #white #green #brown

Cow chess figures standing alone in font of each other on the chesboad surrownded by the meadow of white flowers by Jura Kuba Art from Mainz, Germanz. Original humorous oil painting on stretched canvas for sale, 60 x 50 cm. Sides are painted. Ready to hang.

keadamander (@keadamander@pixelfed.social)

https://pixelfed.social/p/keadamander/917781800193228052

> Strategy in Still Life #photography #helios #helios44 #helios44m #chess #chessphotography #chessboard #chesspieces #checkmate #strategy #mindgames #stilllife #stilllifephotography #minimalism #minimalistphotography #monochrome #blackandwhite #macro #closeup #bokeh #depthoffield #fineartphotography #creativephotography

Strategy in Still Life

I recognised that I almost always touch contrast in post-processing. Am I adding too much contrast?

#photography #helios #helios44 #helios44m

#chess #chessphotography #chessboard #chesspieces #checkmate #strategy #mindgames #stilllife #stilllifephotography #minimalism #minimalistphotography #monochrome #blackandwhite #macro #closeup #bokeh #depthoffield #fineartphotography #creativephotography

#Israel’s #Recognition of #Somaliland has redrawn the #RedSea #chessboard. For #India, it opens a rare strategic window in one of the world’s most contested #Maritime #corridors. @SamirApolitical maps the intensifying strategic contest unfolding...

https://saxafimedia.com/red-sea-chessboard-india-strategic-window/

Ah, the timeless quest of squeezing a #chessboard into a shoebox. 🥴 Turns out, #JavaScript is the unsung hero of board games, a real pawn star! ♟️ Too bad the real challenge was enabling it in the first place. 🙄
https://ezzeriesa.notion.site/How-to-store-a-chess-position-in-26-bytes-using-bit-level-magic-df1fdb5364eb42fdac11eb23b25e9605 #boardgames #pawnstar #techchallenges #innovation #HackerNews #ngated

Fidelity International's "The Classic", an electronic chess set from 1985. Sporting "32K of chess software", the Classic had advanced features like "thinking on opponent's time", castling, and taking back up to two moves. A #chess board older than me, found in a #goodwill for $5.
#chessboard