Square Off引入了可滚动连接的棋盘

自从互联国际象棋初创公司参加我们的一项推销比赛以来，我们已经在CES上报道了Square Off。这家位于孟买的初创公司一直在快速迭代技术，该技术使用户可以与全球各地的对手玩国际象棋游戏，包括新的模块化游戏系统Swap的到来。

今天在CES上，它宣布即将推出新的可卷曲系统，从而为其产品增加了一定程度的可移植性。显然，您在这里失去了一些魔力-为了将可卷起并装在背包中的木板带走而牺牲了自移动部件，以便于运输。首先，这种效果是使技术如此引人注目的重要原因。

该系统仍将利用Square Off现有的AI和联网技术，使人们能够在全球范围内与竞争对手竞争。在Netflix广受欢迎的“女王的甘比特”（Queen's Gambit）出现之后，人们仍然无法亲自面对面聚会，对国际象棋的兴趣不断增加，这似乎是创业公司推出新产品的合适时机。

与以往的产品不同，该公司不会通过众筹网站来启动该网站。 Square Off预计将在3月份左右将产品推向市场，价格为199美元。

Square Off introduces a rollable connected chess board

We’ve been covering Square Off  at CES  for a couple of years now — ever since the connected chess startup competed in one of our pitch offs. The Mumbai-based startup has been rapidly iterating on technology that lets users play a physical chess game with opponents across the globe, including the arrival of the new modular gaming system, Swap.

Today at CES, it announced the upcoming arrival of a new rollable system, adding a level of portability to its offering. Obviously you lose some of the magic here — the self-moving pieces have been sacrificed in order to bring a board that can be rolled up and stashed in a backpack for easier transport. That effect was a big part of what made the tech so eye-catching in the first place.

The system will still take advantage of Square Off’s existing AI and connected technologies, allowing people to play globally against competitors. Between the continued inability to congregate in-person and the rise in interest in chess in the wake of Netflix’s wildly popular “The Queen’s Gambit,” this seems like an opportune time for the startup to launch a new product.

Unlike past offerings, the company won’t be going through a crowdfunding site to launch this one. Square Off expects to bring the product to market around March, priced at $199.