At first I thought you can play over the internet and the other players figure are moving automatically. Nope! But wouldn’t that be a great idea for a new kind of chess game?
The current game of chess as we know it today emerged in the 15th Century, and to date no-one has come up with a more versatile game of strategic warfare that can be played by both beginners and experts, and rarely involve the loss of life. Contrary to popular belief you don’t have to be a Russian dissident to be any good at it, and once you get started, it’s inevitable that you will become well and truly hooked. This USB version is simply brilliant for a huge pile of reasons.
The roll-up board connects to your PC via USB, and will actually keep track of the positions of all the physical pieces on the board – which is very useful if you need to pack it away and resume the match at a later date. With the included software you’ll also be able to see a virtual representation of the game in progress, which will ensure the pieces have been moved legally and can even provide hints as to what the next best move would be. – just in case your opponent tries to pull a fast one on you. You can time your games, and even record and replay them if you need to see where you went wrong, or want another view of your brilliance. A 15th century game for the 21st!
Link: USB Chess Game
nurdy2453 wrote,
Hi there has anybody using the USB roll up chess board game had any problems with the interface on the computer screen with the HINTS function in the OS windows XP home edition the user instructions that comes with the game tell the user to go to Microsoft.com website and down load Microsoft.Net Farmwork 2.0. I have done this and I am still having problems with the HINT function on the computer screen when I click on it it makes the contact microsoft because of problems. I have alrady down loaded the Microsoft.Net Farmwork 2.0 and installed it and I am still having problems does anybody out there who has been having the same problems and found a soulution to it all the best
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