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  • Get Ready for Chessarama on Xbox with a Chance to Win a Board Signed by Four Chess Legends

    Get Ready for Chessarama on Xbox with a Chance to Win a Board Signed by Four Chess Legends

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    • Chessarama’s Xbox release, redefines chess and puzzles on December 5th.
    • Celebrate with a giveaway of boards signed by chess legends. 
    • Pre-order now and prepare to immerse yourself in the captivating world of Chessarama.

    Hello Chess fans! I am Raphael Dias, Founder of the Brazilian indie studio Minimol Games.

    We’re absolutely thrilled to share that Chessarama, our innovative take on chess, is making its grand debut on Xbox next week, on December 5th! At Minimol Games, we’ve combined our love for chess with a creative twist, crafting a game that’s both engaging and intellectually stimulating.

    Chessarama yard board

    In honor of this exciting launch, we’re thrilled to announce our special giveaway in partnership with the Champions Chess Tour. We’re giving away chess boards signed by chess legends Magnus Carlsen, Praggnanandhaa, Wesley So, and Anish Giri. This unique opportunity, ending on December 16th, is our way of celebrating Chessarama’s launch and connecting with the global chess community.

    Chessarama chess players

    Participating in the giveaway is easy. Just visit the Giveaway Link and follow the simple steps such as engaging with us on social media. It’s a great way not just to stay updated with all things Chessarama but also to stand a chance to win a piece of chess history signed by the masters themselves.

    Chessarama magnus

    In Chessarama you will find a collection of chess-inspired puzzle and strategy games that use chess pieces and their established move sets, then reimagines their goals and themes. You can solve challenges, unlock collectibles, and compete against each other on the leaderboards.

    Chessarama asian setting

    Key Features:

    • Play eight exclusive chess-inspired games available in Chessarama.
    • Puzzle campaigns featuring over 100 levels plus over 100 unique challenges.
    • 24 exclusive Chess Figures to unlock and collect.
    • Unique art style, with beautiful dioramas.
    • Daily and Weekly Challenges.
    • Compete against each other on the leaderboards.
    • Learn chess movements, tactics and strategies through a modern video game experience.
    • Also includes “Classic Chess” for you to put your learnings into practice.

    With its unique blend of entertainment and learning, Chessarama is poised to be a hit among Xbox players of all ages.

    Chessarama screenshot

    As the launch date approaches, we’re counting down the days with great anticipation. We can’t wait for you to join us in this chess adventure. Pre-order Chessarama on the Microsoft Store, check out the giveaway, and prepare to immerse yourself in the captivating world of Chessarama!

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    Chessarama

    Minimol Games

    $14.99

    Chessarama is a collection of original puzzle and strategy games inspired by Chess. It reimagines chess rules and tactics using many different themes. Each game has its own set of rules, visual theme and original handcrafted challenges for you to play! Here are all the original games you will find in Chessarama: (1) Farm Life; (2) Dragon Slayers; (3) Street Soccer; (4) Lady Ronin; (5) Last Stand; (6) Knight Supreme; (7) Pawn Mania; (8) Soccer Chess. Take a look at some of the Chessarama games: In Dragon Slayer, you need to push your pawn to the end of a path in order to kill the mighty dragon. But it will not be that easy! The dragon attacks the board every time the pawn moves and every undefended piece will die. In Lady Ronin, Chess meets Sokoban. You play with a Ronin (a chess queen) and you need to eliminate the other pieces in order to get close to the Shogun and kill it. Pieces move like in chess, but push each other like in sokoban. In Soccer Chess you will play a soccer match using chess pieces. You will need to think a few moves ahead if you want to break through the adversary’s defenses to score a goal. This is just some examples about how Chess can be reinvented. Welcome to Chessarama!

    Website: LINK

  • Practical magnetic switches make this electronic chessboard possible

    Practical magnetic switches make this electronic chessboard possible

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    You can play chess just as easily on a $2 set from a thrift store as you can on a $2,000 ornate set from a bespoke retailer. But that doesn’t stop people from building or buying those fancy chess sets. If you’re the DIY type, you may even be interested in an electronic chessboard like this one from the NVE Corporation team, which was made possible by practical magnetic switches.

    This is an electronic chessboard that registers moves and speaks them out loud. That can make it useful for people who don’t have good eyesight. It also allows for the possibility of recording entire matches on a connected computer. Chessboards like this aren’t uncommon, but this project was simplified by the use NVE’s GMR magnetic switch sensors. Those detect the presence of magnets in the bases of the chess pieces, with enough tolerance to account for variation in placement and board thickness.

    An Arduino UNO R3 board monitors all 64 of those switches through a matrix similar to keyboard. When a player picks up a piece, the Arduino notes the square that changed states. Then, when the player puts down the piece, the Arduino records that square, too. It can then output PWM (pulse-width modulation) audio to an amplifier board that says, for example, “B7 to B6” using the Talkie library.

    By updating a running log of every piece’s position, it would also be possible for it to instead say “pawn to B6.” But the current implementation doesn’t do so.

    [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Il0iVUDDfjk?feature=oembed&w=500&h=281]

    The post Practical magnetic switches make this electronic chessboard possible appeared first on Arduino Blog.

    Website: LINK

  • Play chess using voice commands and Arduino

    Play chess using voice commands and Arduino

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    Play chess using voice commands and Arduino

    Arduino TeamSeptember 3rd, 2019

    Consider the game of chess. It’s a game that flexes one’s “mental muscles” rather than relying on brute strength, but if you don’t have the ability to actually move the pieces, things get a bit more challenging. If you’re playing against another human opponent, he or she could move for you based on what you say, but with this chess machine by ‘diyguypt,’ the board does the job for you!

    The system uses an Android-based Arduino Voice Control app to take in commands, and passes this information along to the Arduino Mega concealed under the board via an HC-05 Bluetooth module. It then controls a pair of stepper motors to move an electromagnet into place, which pull the pieces across the grid as if by magic! 

    Code and build info are available in the project’s write-up, and the two videos below shed a little more light on how it works.

    [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=odIh5PzQ_sc?feature=oembed&w=500&h=281]

    [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JcCRY0Uhluc?feature=oembed&w=500&h=281]

    Website: LINK