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[[FILE:certabo_chip.jpg|border|right|thumb| Certabo Identifying Chips]]
The Italian company '''Certabo ''' manufactures and markets electronic chessboards '''Chessboards''' with automatic pieces [[Piece Recognition|piece recognition ]] to allow playing against strong chess engines on stylish traditional wooden boards. Unlike other electronic boards, Certabo boards do not necessarily come with their own, fixed pieces. Instead, a set of 34 identifying chips is provided, which can be attached to the bottom of pieces in any set. Although mostly intended for chess (32 pieces and 2 additional queens for promotion)<ref>[https://www.certabo.com/products/chessboards/ Certabo Chessboards].</ref>the board can also be used for [[Checkers|8x8 checkers ]] (24 regular checkers and 10 kings for promotion)
<ref>[http://www.aartbik.com/android_certabo.php Aart Bik's Website - Connecting Chess or Checkers for Android with a Certabo Board].</ref>.
Although the company provides its own software
<ref>[https://www.certabo.com/products/software/ Certabo Software].</ref>, the open protocol encourages third party [[GUI|GUIs ]] to support the board as well. [[Aart Bik]]'s [[Chess for Android]] and [[Checkers for Android]] were the first Android GUIs<ref>[https://www.certabo.com/certabo-forum/topic/chess-for-android-supports-certabo/ Chess for Android supports Certabo], Dec December 16, 2018.</ref><ref>[https://www.certabo.com/certabo-forum/topic/checkers-for-android-supports-certabo Checkers for Android supports Certabo], Jan January 6, 2019.</ref> to support Certabo boards for chess and 8x8 checkers, respectively.
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Chess for Android and Certabo Connection, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YouTube YouTube] Video
=Maia Chess=
'''Certabo DaVinci''' <ref>[https://www.certabo.com/prodotto/davinci-extreme-chess-computer-15-ghz-quadcore-processor-2-gb-ram-black/ DaVinci Extreme Chess Computer 1,5 GHz QuadCore processor – 2 Gb ram BLACK - Certabo Chess]</ref> and '''Certabo Nano''' <ref>[https://www.certabo.com/prodotto/certabo-nano-e-paper/ CERTABO NANO E-Paper - Certabo Chess]</ref> are [[Dedicated Chess Computers|dedicated chess computer]] [[Module|modules]] for the Certabo Chessboard, incorporating [[Maia Chess]] as a chess playing engine.
=Forum Posts=
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum3/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=77783 New DGT driver and updated eBoard drivers (Windows/Linux)] by [[Graham O'Neill]], [[CCC]], July 23, 2021 » [[DGT Board]]
* [https://www.talkchess.com/forum3/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=79615 Certarbo Nano] by mephisto, [[CCC]], March 31, 2022
=External Links=
* [https://www.certabo.com Certabo - Official Page].
=References=
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