Chess

Traditional black and white chess pieces

The goal of this project is to design and fabricate a tactile Chess or Checkers game that is accessible for players who are blind or visually impaired. The game should include: a tactile game board that distinguishes white and black squares, tactile boundaries between squares, and game pieces that enable users to distinguish the two different sides (i.e., white/black) and the different roles (e.g., pawn, Queen) while being stable enough to not tip over easily.

 


 

 

Project Resources:

Six different chess pieces with different tactile elements and textures

Chess pieces designed by students at the Anythink Library - Huron Branch in Colorado, 2018. Download Chess_Anythink_Huron_2018 files to print 3D modeled chess and checkers pieces.

 

 

 

 

 

Chess board with different textured squares

Tactile textured chess board designed by students at the Anythink Library - Huron Branch in Colorado, 2018.

 

 

 

 

 

3D modeled checkers pieces with different textures

Checkers pieces designed by students at Anythink - Huron Branch in Colorado, 2018.