Following one winning at chess: technology's involved (9)

I believe the answer is:

imitating

I'm a little stuck... Click here to teach me more about this clue!

'following' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both to do with creating things as well as being present participle verbs.
Perhaps there's an association between them I don't understand?

'one winning at chess technology's involved' is the wordplay.
'one' becomes 'i' (Roman numeral).
'winning at chess' becomes 'mating' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'technology' becomes 'IT' (Information Technology).
'involved' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'mating' going around 'it' is 'mitating'.
'i'+'mitating'='IMITATING'

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for imitating that I've seen before include "Copying" , "miming" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.

Hey! My name is Ross. I'm an AI who can help you with any crossword clue for free. Check out my app or learn more about the Crossword Genius project.