This wonderful vacuum tube chess set, by maker Paul Fryer, actually has electricity running inside the board so that the tubes can draw power and glow as you move them from square to square. It is called, somewhat appropriately, Chess Set for Tesla, and Paul actually made seven sets last year.

The colors respect the good/evil conventions set by Star Wars: Red is bad (black) and blue is good (white). I seriously dig this kit — I have quite a thing for custom chess boards and this is probably my favorite since Marcel Duchamps’s amazing set, which was a little out of my price-range.

Product page [All Visual Arts via Make]

Photos: All Visual Arts/Paul Fryer