Designed with magnetic docking, the robotic arm locks securely into place on the Manya Cynus board in one smooth move.

And the Raspberry Turk — a chess-playing robot from developer Joey Meyer — is a masterwork in that regard, serving as a way to learn everything from machine vision to robotics to AI.

Amloyan often plays chess online for fun using a website called Chess.com, where people can choose to start a chess game with customizable training robots or other online players. The website also ...

Professor and experimental game creator Pippin Barr made the best and worst new version of chess.