We strongly believe that bringing people together for a common purpose will enhance the power of building one-to-one communications and will change the quality of time we spend with each other. Sharing real moments make meaningful connections, and playing chess is a great experience one can engage in. We are very excited to bring up the social value of playing chess and introduce a new, casual, social and easy way to play chess with Chesmate!
Selin Sonmez
Nikolaos Georgantas
Chesmate is the only way to find your PERFECT HALF playing CHESS. It began as a school project at Pratt Institute where we were assigned to design a chess set. Instead of creating another aesthetically based set, I decided to empathize with the user to address a problem, and I realized that it's very hard to find someone to play chess with—mostly because it is difficult to carry around. Chess is a great tool to enhance one-to-one communication, it is a great experience that two people can engage in and a great reason for players to spend quality time with each other—all of which we seem to lack these days because of virtual connections and how we perceive the meaning of the word "share." We are wired, but not connected. So, with my partner Niko, we designed the Chesmate project to emphasize these social values through solving the problem of playing chess.
Chesmate is like a regular chess set, but cut in half —literally. A set has half of the pieces and half of the board you need, so you can meet with people who have the other half, and form a whole chess set together. Its' unique design stacks all 16 pieces into a small volume that will fit in your pocket, including the foldable half board. Chess is now made portable. Then we designed the Chesmate app to connect you with other users and play with anyone, any where at any time. Once you login, you can find all Chesmate users with their half sets in your area and connect with them to meet and play chess spontaneously! Chesmate is the new, casual, social and easy way to play or learn chess all while making meaningful connections.
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