Live streaming - Tune into any game, worldwide.Training Mode: Play against the mighty machine that can challenge you with ten different difficulty levels and two chess engines.It allows you to play against any opponent on the planet. Square Off Mode: Challenge anybody in the world.Many more engines will be offered in the future. Currently it works on Stockfish 7, which is the best open source chess engine. Also, it uses your phone’s Wi-Fi to connect to the internet and your phone’s processor to process the data and think of the next possible moves. Your phone is connected to the board all the time via Bluetooth, allowing you to save an incomplete game. Be it selecting black or white side, difficulty levels, challenging friends, analyzing games, using the clock or chatting with the opponent. Hence, everything is controlled through the app. The idea is to make the chess board button-free. The chess pieces are 2.5-inch tall fitted with Neodymium magnets But what if you could play on a chess board from the comforts of your living room against an opponent anywhere in the world! You have to fix a location, a common time, take care of the transport and all of this is a huge hassle. Meeting friends at a common place in order to play chess on a real chess board is not easy. That's when you swear at your friend for ditching you. The 2D computer screen doesn't give you the same experience that one gets while playing on the chess board during a tournament. While playing online is fine, the fun of touching the pieces and making the moves on a real chess board is the missing element. You go to an online platform and start playing chess with random people who are also sitting in front of their computers in different parts of the globe. Reluctantly you get up from your chair and make your way to the computer.
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You have prepared a few clever opening traps to score a few quick points! Suddenly you receive a text from him saying that he is busy and won't be able to make it. The chess board and pieces have been arranged. You are sitting at home looking for a game of chess with a friend that you have invited. And you can be the proud owner of the Square Off chess set by supporting their campaign on Kickstarter! After years of hard work and innumerable prototypes, the final product is now ready. How about sitting in the comforts of your living room and challenging a player anywhere in the world to play a game with you on a "real chess set"? Sound's impossible right! With the world's smartest chess board - Square Off, it no longer is! This article deals with the journey of how this revolutionizing chess technology was created.