A common issue among chess enthusiasts is finding an opponent to play against in a physical board. They therefore move to online play/chess apps. But as any serious chess player would agree, playing on a physical board has a lot of perks that software and online games can’t provide. Given an option between the two, people almost always choose to play chess using a physical board rather than a software. The AI powered Chessboard provides a way through which the user can get the best of both worlds. They don’t need to find an opponent to play against and they can still play in a physical chessboard.

 To achieve this goal, a robotic arm that can move in 2 axes has been designed. This mechanism contains a magnetic head that can move the pieces under–the–hood. This is possible because the pieces are also magnetic. To detect the user moves, a sensor matrix has been designed. This sensor matrix contains of 64 sensors – one for each cell of the board. This matrix lies directly below the chessboard and can detect changes in magnetic field and from these changes the user move is calculated.