Phantom chess boards have been a thing for over forty years. I’m pleasantly surprised by this implantation. It’s well though out and gives a new spin on some of the old ideas.

The game is played through an app which moves the pieces on the board – just like magic. Square Off has reached over 400% of its funding goal on Indiegogo. Produced by Leon Siciliano ...

It's called Wireless Arduino Powered Chess and it was built as a university project by a 23-year-old U.S student. The pieces are moved by an electromagnet.

Unlike in actual wizard chess, with the Square Off, once you’ve successfully taken an opponent’s piece, the magnets just cleverly shuffle it off to the side of the board.