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Online Chess With Physical Pieces On a Chessboard

Posted by Soulskill on from the i'll-take-your-castle-with-my-horse dept.

D4C5CE writes "A chess-playing German tinkerer has contrived (and made a video of) an amazing contraption that plugs real chess pieces into the freechess.org server using a 20W LED projector and an old webcam to read moves on a projected chessboard."

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  1. Opponent moves? by kav2k · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Wake me up when it can physically move pieces for your opponent's moves. For now there are certainly tens of ways to do piece tracking.