- GenChess lets you design the pieces with AI then play the board
- It uses the Imagen 3 image-generation engine from Google Gemini
- GenChess is free to play and you can redesign the pieces as many times as you like
As well as being a main event sponsor of the 2024 World Chess Championships, Google has just released a free chess game called GenChess that brings something new to the table. GenChess is unique because it allows you to design the chess pieces you play with, using AI.
To play GenChess, simply go to the GenChess website in your browser and start designing your chess set. You can choose either a classic or creative set and then type in an AI prompt to describe the type of set you want to see.
You’ll see the prompt ‘Make a classic chess set inspired by’ at the top of the screen, and you can complete the sentence with whatever you like. So, if you fancy seeing a chess set made of ice cream, type in ‘ice cream’ and hit the ‘Generate’ button.
GenChess will then think for a few seconds as the AI generates some sample chess pieces for your approval. If you don’t like what you see, hit the ‘Regenerate Set’ button, and it will have another go. If however you do like what you see then hit the ‘Generate opponent’ button to progress to the next stage.
Don’t be afraid to let your imagination run wild with your AI prompts, since there’s no limit to how many chess sets you can design.
Cyberpunk Ninjas
The computer then picks a prompt to design the opponent’s piece that it thinks will go well with what you’ve chosen already, and generates the opposing chess pieces to play against you. For example, when we typed in ‘Space Soldiers’ for our chess set, the computer picked ‘Cyberpunk Ninjas’ as a good counter set.
You can now play a game of chess using the pieces, against the computer. Simply choose a difficulty level and a time for the timer, then click ‘Play chess’ to start. You’re white and it’s your go first.
To design the pieces, GenChess uses the Imagen 3…
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