A simple, yet beautifully finished wooden chess set. If the board is set up, then one minute later the board will open by moving "1. d4". If a white piece is moved before one minute, then one minute later the board will move a black piece. When the board makes a move, the pieces slide slowly and smoothly across the board; no mechanism for this movement can be detected. The board currently plays with a Chess skill of 14. After losing 14 times, its Chess skill increases to 15. Then, after losing 15 more times, its Chess skill increases to 16, and so on.