if you start a game it will register which side the pieces are on. so if you vs a bot whatever side your pieces are on will be fine, no need to rotate. the only time youll need to rotate is if your playing online, random colour, and you get the wrong colour. then youll need to rotate. but if offline play then no need to rotate :)
I tried ordering a Chessnut Go, paid, waited, followed up, and then was told it would arrive weeks after the date I was quoted. I asked for further confirmation, and not receiving any response at all to a few emails I then asked this company to refund me. I received a response on Facebook saying they closed that thread, please send a new email. I did, no response. I've received responses via Instagram and Facebook making excuses for poor customer service, including suggestions that receiving email is simply too hard for the online company, apparently they don't know how to answer it (despite the officially posted refund policy being to email them.) Still no refund or action however despite acknowledging my request. Pretty ridiculous. It seems like the Go has potential to be a nice product but unfortunately the company seems to be very unreliable and unprofessional and not able to do the basics required to operate as a business.
glad you enjoyed it. personally, ive found lichess study to be my database of choice. you can create studies (up to 64 chapters) and its a great option to use on any device because its all online. just log in and you have it in my next video I will be demonstrating how to use set up a study. there are more traditional databases such as chessbase or scid vs pc id say are the most popular.. i have chessbase but dont get much use out of it. i felt like I wasted my money. Lichess is free and easy... but everything has its limitations.
Absolutely loving this EXCEPT one thing: When I use Lucas Chess with my Chessnut Air to practice my openings, and then I try to get out of the program, it crashes - EVERY time. Is there some order for getting out of it graciously? Thanks.
i personally like it because its easy to move the pieces, unlike other small boards the pieces will get knocked over very easy but because of the magnetic board the pieces had no issues. as far as emulating the board vision it wont match a tournament size board. however when doing a lot of puzzles i feel its a great size. when im using a book i always use this board :)
Is it hard to rotate that board around? The main issue that I know about eboards is that you have to rotate them for which ever side you are playing on. I have seen people use lazy susan bearings to move those boards around easier. When you mount that board on something that can spin it around, is it able to spin just fine without the pieces moving that badly? Its just that I would guess a board that is square shaped would stay on the thing that spins it better, can the evo which is more rectangular accidentally tip over when spinning? Also I think I heard that the evo kind of lags when pieces move on the virtual board compared to the actual board? Like when a opponents piece moves on the virtual board it takes like a second or two to show up on the eboards LEDS?
ill test the moving and lag :) i have a lazy susan for my pro... i used it it was alright.. too big for the evo im afraid. but i think i have another solution so ill test it out soon. for the pro i ended up getting rid of the lazy susan (i didnt like how it elevated the board higher, and moved when I bumped it during games) i didnt notice any lag when i was playing with bots.. everything was working find for me but ill keep at eye out in my tests as well.
The next version both the outer board and the chess board itself will be perfectly round on a motorized turntable with heavy magnetic pieces that are non-removable, it will change the dynamic of how you play chess, but it will be easy to switch sides without moving even one piece or even one piece flying off. The magnets prevent piece removal from the board until you unpower the device and discharge the motherboard, then degauss the entire setup in a centrifuge.
Apologies, a slightly adjacent question, but you seem to know Chessnut inside out… is it possible, through LucasChess or another software (including the newest version of the ChessNut software itself), to solve puzzles and training sets, particular on Chessable? Most explainers are focused on gameplay only. Thanks!
for chessable: for pro/air i dont believe its possible. though people talk about using chessnut and chessable... i have not found a way to actually have it work with the board responding.... the evo however does have a way a to use it. which I will be investigating soon :) for LucasChess: it comes with custom puzzles, load it up and set it up on the board, then play it out. inbelieve you can also upload your own puzzle set though i havent had a chance to do this yet. chessdotcom: others have said this doesnt work, however i have personally had it work where I joined puzzles and was able to set up the puzzles on the board and play it out with the board responding (im talking about the regular puzzle mode where you get the puzzle rating). no issues for me on this one
@@whiggi Thanks for these explanations. Not a big tech person, but after curating a baseline of nice chess sets (aka consuming instead of playing) I‘m trying to reduce my excuses and procrastination by now finding a nice digital set-up. The state of things strikes me as weird. Once DGT figured out boards with piece recognition through RiFid chips, the connection to the online world has been made and the rest should be a software based afterthought. And yet, here we are…. I mean, why should it not be possible to do the same thing with a tablet lying next to your Chessnut Air/Pro that can be done on the Evo. It seems to be the same technical environment. Separate but also trivially seeming issue is choosing opponent’s move output ie board LEDs (Chessnut, Millenium etc) vs non-board / computer based screen or sound output (DGT etc). DGT has beautiful (and by now very affordable) hardware but I‘m afraid they’re making the wrong software and API choices, while I am hoping ChessNut and third party developers will address aforementioned features soon. For now I‘m waiting for the pre-drilled (Chessnut sensor compatible) chess pieces I ordered (the internet is so amazing) although I haven’t pulled the trigger on the Chessnut Pro board yet, as I am still considering the Evo. But I hope (see above) the Evo features will become available to the other boards as well via software solution.
that is a bit of a shame. never owned a mac, didnt even consider it. i think someone mentioned having a mac and using it through a process of loading windows (maybe a VM) on their mac... the reported that it worked for them.. bit of a process but theres a way
I will do a video explaining this shortly. Apologies. But if you have the software Go to Options General Config Boards and then change None to the board you have
Hi Vikram It appears to work with the DGT's, I cant test it though as I dont have any, but looking in the settings its got 3 options DGT DGT (Alternative) and DGT Pegasus Hope this helps
nice to hear the board works :) For the announcements im not really sure to be honest. I tried playing around with it but couldnt get anything to work. I normally skip stuff like this as I found sounds distracting. sorry
sorry to hear that.. maybe theres a way.. could look up the lucaschess documents on their site. or have the screen infront of you, turn on blindfold mode so you cant see the pieces, just the squares and go that way.. otherwise yeah I dont know.. dont have a DGT :)
Hey, thanks for the video, quick question, can you import different lines at once ? maybe a fen with different opening for example a line for the guy Lopez, and another one for the Italian ?
Yes :) Just tested it. I took one of my study's from Lichess and downloaded it as a PGN, from there I was able to create and import it into LucasChess, all the lines worked as normal :)
If you like this video, make sure to check out my next one on how to use LucasChess with your E-board for the perfect opening training! ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-rEULMOp6z_I.html
Since Arena, IMO LucasChess is the most feature-rich UI available. Well layed-out. I like the small details, eg. the normalize time option, so the engine does not instantly reply (on book moves etc), making feel games more human.
hi can you make a video of how to play it from various openings choice? maybe connecting to chessbase or android app of chessis? or what i really want to know can it play from certain position repeatedly?
hi Rick sorry only just saw this now (when your wrote "saved.games" youtube treats it as a website and hides it... i also do this all the time) if your playing a game and you have to do something else when your reopen the app your game should still be there ready to continue
They're decent.. As for exact strength im not really sure.. As you can see from the video they handle quite well with sudden movements, shaking, turning upside down. It was a suprise to find they are magnetic towards only the chessnut GO. I have other magnetic chess sets, and when putting the GO pieces on those boards they did not stick to at all. So chessnut have done a very interesting job with the pieces and the board magnetising together as for how they feel when playing, you dont feel like you need to add any additional stregth to lift/slide, they move quite naturally when playing.
Greetings :) I set them up under the assumption the buttons were to go on the left (like the pro) but they were switched, also I didnt notice the notation at first :D
What is the item on a stand next to the board on the left-hand side please? Is it a phone? do you need to connect to the internet to play? Does that 'phone/screen'?? come with it?
That is my phone. You only need to connect to the internet if you want to play against someone on chesscom or lichess. If you just want to play a bot you can play offline with their latest app. The phone does not come with the board no. The board connected via bluetooth to either your phone or bluetooth PC/Laptop. If you are looking for a device that comes with tablet/screen the Evo might be for you. I will be reviewing it shortly :)
Based on your review I have just ordered one about an hour ago. I hope I am as impressed with it as you, I doubt I will be using it outdoors so the brightness issue is not likely to bother me.
if your not using it outdoor then its a great little set :) when i got my first eboard 25 or so years ago i had alot of fun with it! boards have come along way since then :) the pro is still my main board but even then i still feel like just getting out the go from time to time :) hope you enjoy it! also curious. did you get the gray or orange buttons? 😀
the case was an added bonus that I wasnt expecting. when i walked around with it didnt feel like I was carrying it. definitely good for portability. especially if you wanna move from one room to another
