Brent Blake, a designer slash architect slash artist gives a new touch on how to play chess brightly. He created a chess set which is connected to the electricity. This design of chess set is using simple electronic devices such as bulbs, sockets, plugs, as well as ceramics elements.

Instead of using the standard images of pawns, knights, rooks, bishops, etcetera, to make the chess set literally bright, Blake substituted the chess pieces with lightbulbs. Blake alters the color of the bulbs to differentiate between one chess piece to another. The wattage allocations for the each chess piece are quite low, 7 watt for the pawn pieces and 11 watt for the others.

The chess board is designed with 96 sockets to put the bulb pieces. 64 sockets are connected to electricity to light the bulbs, meanwhile the other 32 sockets are unplugged. The 32 sockets are divided equally for each board side, 16 for each to place the captured pieces. This electric chess is scheduled to be exhibited on August 21, 2010 at the Moses Lake Museum and Art Center in Moses Lake, Washington during the art event of Big Deal. Being a good chess player himself, Blake will possibly present at the event to challenge people with his customized chess.