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Automated Chess - Losing to a Ghost 

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Square Off - the app-connected computer chess board that moves its own pieces.
Manufacturers Website squareoffnow.com
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FAQs
WHAT'S INSIDE THE BOARD?
A few people queried why I didn't show the inside workings. It honestly just didn't cross my mind. I imagine everyone here can already picture exactly what will be inside without having to see it. It's going to be a small circuit board attached to something that looks a bit like a flatbed X/Y plotter arm with a magnet on the end.
I thought about going back and adding a section in to show the internals for the sake of completeness - but I couldn't see a way to open it non-destructively.
However if you really really are desperate to see the insides - then just search for 'Inside Magic Chessboard' on youtube - but you'll almost certainly wish that you hadn't bothered.
Q) How does it deal with castling?
A) You can see this (twice) in the video - watch the section with the streamed game.
Q) How does it deal with pawn promotion
A: Answer from here: www.chess.com/forum/view/gene...
“When you are promoting a pawn the app pops up with four choices Queen (the board comes with two), Rook, Knight, Bishop. You pick your promotion and it recognizes it from there.”
Q) How does the little horse ‘jump over’ the other pieces?
A) There’s no anti-gravity technology employed - but you can see the Knight manoeuvring around pieces at 8:53
Q) Where did you get that phone stand
A) It was included in the box - it’s the same as this one on Amazon (affiliated link) amzn.to/32Gnpez
Q) That wasn't Check Mate in McMullet & Blowhard?
A) It wasn't a real beard either.
CORRECTION: It’s approx 30 years since I last played chess, not 20 as stated in the video.
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Комментарии : 3 тыс.   
@Techmoan
@Techmoan 4 года назад
You'll find links and a bit more information in the Video Description Text Box. *Read this too if you think you want to know WHAT IS INSIDE THE BOARD?*
@BillyEilish
@BillyEilish 4 года назад
Thanks, man!
@Hacks4AllVideos
@Hacks4AllVideos 4 года назад
Here at my channel we love technology and you're one of the most important channels!
@dmitriarkhangelski6023
@dmitriarkhangelski6023 4 года назад
#suggestion watch agadmator's videos on youtube and you'll quickly learn how to beat the board 😉
@GuinessOriginal
@GuinessOriginal 4 года назад
Techmoan can it make the knights jump?
@GuinessOriginal
@GuinessOriginal 4 года назад
Techmoan and how does it castle?
@brumach527
@brumach527 4 года назад
Can you leave it playing against itself? it would be an wesome decoration piece
@TimperialBroadcastingAgency
@TimperialBroadcastingAgency 4 года назад
outstanding_move.jpg
@imhulki463
@imhulki463 4 года назад
Wow, that is such a genius idea
@yusuf_kizilkaya
@yusuf_kizilkaya 4 года назад
that's genuinely one of the best ideas I have heard in a while
@3rdassassin50
@3rdassassin50 4 года назад
Woah, it would be like a harry Potter
@scottrastyles2592
@scottrastyles2592 4 года назад
That's basically what the streaming button does
@RockBottomRiser21
@RockBottomRiser21 4 года назад
Imagine buying this, not telling your roommate what it does and they just come home to chess pieces moving on their own.
@TheAechBomb
@TheAechBomb 4 года назад
especially if it could play against itself
@aljowen
@aljowen 4 года назад
@@TheAechBomb You can get it to stream other peoples games, so in theory you could just leave it whirring away to itself like some sort of moving ornament.
@stuart959
@stuart959 4 года назад
@@aljowen I was thinking this would go great in an eccentric person's house self playing games while atop a self playing piano.
@TheTruthKiwi
@TheTruthKiwi 4 года назад
Haha that would be quite amusing. Build a table so the top of the board is flush for more realism and to deaden the sound somewhat. An expensive and possibly labour intensive prank but it'd be worth it :p
@Brutaltronics
@Brutaltronics 4 года назад
If only it worked without the app
@plainblocks2
@plainblocks2 4 года назад
Just imagine the chessboard beeping in the dead of night when you're sleeping, waking up to chess pieces facing your room.
@traxler4855
@traxler4855 4 года назад
Like your imagination
@isaacwillis_gaming2030
@isaacwillis_gaming2030 4 года назад
thought actually horrified me!
@AtticusStount
@AtticusStount 4 года назад
Doesn't that happen to you?
@MoofEMP
@MoofEMP 4 года назад
jumanji except it's a chess set
@bogartwilley
@bogartwilley 4 года назад
Dude I just spent like 15 minutes if my life hype as hell for a dream I know full well I'm too poor to ever grasp.... And you ruin it with shit so scary and creepy the entire "Puppet Master" franchise is asking how to be creepy You sir deserve a prize.... Imma burn this $0.89 checkers now though, the seed of fear is already planted
@JohnPaulBuce
@JohnPaulBuce 3 года назад
the piece safely moving between other pieces is so satisfying
@clairmoon06
@clairmoon06 3 года назад
ikr! it's so polite XD it's like it's saying excuse me for a bit, I'm passing through, just taking that pawn real quick.. yes thank you
@kellymoses8566
@kellymoses8566 Год назад
That must have been the hardest part to get working
@luongmaihunggia
@luongmaihunggia 10 месяцев назад
​@@kellymoses8566the easy solution would be to make the pieces very small and the squares very big
@mx2000
@mx2000 4 года назад
This must be this "auto-chess" that the kids are talking about...
@InvidiousIgnoramus
@InvidiousIgnoramus 4 года назад
@@trollop_7 That's the joke, dude.
@markedone6667
@markedone6667 4 года назад
@@trollop_7 ----The-Joke---> Your (*_*) head
@88oscuro
@88oscuro 4 года назад
@@trollop_7 r/whooosh
@NullByte_-mm4dn
@NullByte_-mm4dn 4 года назад
i'm dumb explain please i don't get it
@More_Row
@More_Row 4 года назад
NullByte4532 _ Auto chess is also a popular game mode in mobas specifically Dota, and League Of Legends (team-fight tactics is the same thing. So the joke is the OP heard kids talking about auto chess and thought it was this. (Only it’s a joke so he does actually know.)
@paulintalabot4132
@paulintalabot4132 4 года назад
It's a trick :The Mechanical Turk is hide under the table with a magnet.
@luciuscaeciliuslucundus3647
@luciuscaeciliuslucundus3647 4 года назад
references references
@ecos2ndchannel352
@ecos2ndchannel352 4 года назад
Blessed references 😂😂😂
@maj113
@maj113 4 года назад
Spelling spelling
@luciuscaeciliuslucundus3647
@luciuscaeciliuslucundus3647 4 года назад
@@maj113 L-I-N-G L-I-N-G (I spelled ling twice as requested)
@maj113
@maj113 4 года назад
@@luciuscaeciliuslucundus3647 lul tho thats not what i meant
@johnk3841
@johnk3841 4 года назад
12:07 *White moves* Techmoan (as black): Oh the Sicilian defense lmao
@TheRaven123
@TheRaven123 4 года назад
The checkmate at 12:18 isn't even checkmate, c6 is hanging
@randomperson6215
@randomperson6215 4 года назад
Yea lol people who pretend to play chess be like that
@guille3283
@guille3283 4 года назад
@@TymexComputing exactly what I wanted to comment lol
@Techmoan
@Techmoan 4 года назад
@@guille3283 *17:53*
@IrisGalaxis
@IrisGalaxis 4 года назад
@@TymexComputing How come?
@SneakyMango
@SneakyMango 3 года назад
*When you see your queen move on it's own* *_NONONONONONONONO_*
@clairmoon06
@clairmoon06 3 года назад
lmaoooo
@chillegaming1837
@chillegaming1837 2 года назад
XXXXXXXXXDDDDDDDDD
@AutPen38
@AutPen38 Год назад
Eric Rosen: "Oh no, my queen!"
@altEFG
@altEFG 4 года назад
"I don't have any friends" - Techmoan, the most relatable tech youtuber, 2019
@sbrazenor2
@sbrazenor2 4 года назад
🤣
@Syncromatic
@Syncromatic 4 года назад
The “intelligence scene” felt like a live action adaption of one of the puppet skits xD
@DLWormwood
@DLWormwood 4 года назад
Felt? What felt? I only saw flesh...
@patrickmccurry1563
@patrickmccurry1563 4 года назад
@@DLWormwood Really? All I saw was wig and beard.
@donaldklopper
@donaldklopper 4 года назад
I got the same vibe
@user-xg8yy7yl1d
@user-xg8yy7yl1d 4 года назад
I swear ive seen the "im playing against a grand master and he send me his moves on the telegram" in a movie somewhere but i havent been able to find what one
@VauxhaIIOpel
@VauxhaIIOpel 4 года назад
rip puppet skits
@ITSFLESHY
@ITSFLESHY 4 года назад
"let's play something daft" *develops knight
@Havron
@Havron 3 года назад
"Ah yes, you've, uh, opened with the...Fibonacci sequence... Only the grandmasters know that one."
@xenasaur520
@xenasaur520 3 года назад
"let's do something daft" >sensibly develops knight
@dula5397
@dula5397 3 года назад
Actually the sensible development is Bishop there
@xenasaur520
@xenasaur520 3 года назад
@@dula5397 there's absolutely nothing wrong with developing the knight first. in fact, in the barcza system, the knight is usually developed before the bishop is fianchetto'd, as with the king's Indian defense
@xenasaur520
@xenasaur520 3 года назад
@New Kid you're calling me a nerd for knowing chess theory despite the fact that you're watching a chess video?
@princepudsy1651
@princepudsy1651 3 года назад
someone was clearly bullied lmao
@Dead25m
@Dead25m 3 года назад
@New Kid Kids like you shouldn't be allowed to comment.
@Hacks4AllVideos
@Hacks4AllVideos 4 года назад
Flippin 'eck, mate. It's a checkmate.
@bland9876
@bland9876 4 года назад
Lol
@Soul_Alpha
@Soul_Alpha 4 года назад
Are you daft? There's pockets of checkmates everywhere.
@highpath4776
@highpath4776 4 года назад
Is he wearing the check jacket?
@StephenBoyd21
@StephenBoyd21 4 года назад
I'm sorry Dave, I can't let you move your Bishop.
@ian_b
@ian_b 4 года назад
"Open the chess game Hal"
@rachmatzulfiqar
@rachmatzulfiqar 4 года назад
I read this in hal's voice, What is this trickery?!??!
@tonyellen_
@tonyellen_ 4 года назад
@@rachmatzulfiqar LOL If you're nerdy you automatically read a sentence that starts with those three words in Hal's voice!! Did the same d*amn thing myself!
@burzum_
@burzum_ 4 года назад
Erb
@HAL.9000
@HAL.9000 3 года назад
I’m sorry Dave, I’m afraid I can’t do that.
@henrybooks7193
@henrybooks7193 4 года назад
“Play with friends” *”well I don’t have any friends”*
@maj113
@maj113 4 года назад
-_-
@RandomU2ber
@RandomU2ber 3 года назад
Friends don't deserve an awsome guy like this 😇
@lidominic6307
@lidominic6307 3 года назад
not only do you need a friend, they also need to have this 2000 dollar board
@wisenotwise2676
@wisenotwise2676 3 года назад
@@lidominic6307 yooo my phone is literally free and I can download chess and play it for free
@picketf
@picketf 3 года назад
@@lidominic6307 from what I understood from their website 2 people can play on 1 board using 2 phones each one inputing their moves without touching the board or like he did, lifting and setting down again the pieces and it will update the moves to both paired phones.
@anotheruser9876
@anotheruser9876 4 года назад
"Your bishop's exposed." "It's these pants."
@user-xk8rb7nn8p
@user-xk8rb7nn8p 4 года назад
@@banjopink4409 That three inch thing he has, right
@Dowent
@Dowent 4 года назад
"I'm usually wearing a fuller cut."
@ralphclark
@ralphclark 4 года назад
Let's hope he doesn't try to take a Queen with it
@luciuscaeciliuslucundus3647
@luciuscaeciliuslucundus3647 4 года назад
@@ralphclark Stop all this pawnographic language
@DhonJoe
@DhonJoe 4 года назад
@@luciuscaeciliuslucundus3647 I'm tired of these puns good knight
@zwete
@zwete 4 года назад
It should have voice control, and it would be like wizard chess.
@elvis_mello
@elvis_mello 4 года назад
I would guess it shouldnt be that hard to program something able hack this app and make it understand speech I mean, who would hack a chess app? Why secure it?
@kaitlyn__L
@kaitlyn__L 4 года назад
@@elvis_mello yeah I remember being able to "Knight to D5" or whatever in the OSX chess app with voice control in 2008, and speech recognition is even better today, so it shouldn't be that hard if someone really wanted to inject some of their own code. Maybe easier to do with the Android version than the iOS version. In practice it did get a bit old after ten minutes though.
@3DJapan
@3DJapan 4 года назад
@@elvis_mello Well, I guess people could bet on a chess game so you'd expect the game to not allow cheating.
@the_hanged_clown
@the_hanged_clown 4 года назад
@@3DJapan because it's impossible to bet on games where one can't cheat
@allanadam4553
@allanadam4553 4 года назад
It needs to throw a tantrum when you beat it, flying pieces and swearing as well
@GreyHulk2156
@GreyHulk2156 4 года назад
14:41 - There's something charming about seeing that last white pawn finding his way home. :)
@polski_dezerter
@polski_dezerter 4 года назад
mesmoraising
@luke-alex
@luke-alex 4 года назад
8:33 "It's like a game of chess this, isn't it?" Haha!
@Fopenplop
@Fopenplop 4 года назад
I don't know if Mr. Moan is a father, but I hope he takes it as a compliment when I say that he radiates a comforting techy dad energy
@svenjansen2134
@svenjansen2134 3 года назад
Could be granddad.
@thomasbarker2888
@thomasbarker2888 3 года назад
Parasocial creep.
@Fopenplop
@Fopenplop 3 года назад
@@thomasbarker2888 you're not wrong
@thomasbarker2888
@thomasbarker2888 3 года назад
@@Fopenplop Aww. Now I feel like a dick... thanks!
@favoritemustard3542
@favoritemustard3542 11 месяцев назад
@@thomasbarker2888 what did you say? YT has shadowed it.
@kwastek
@kwastek 4 года назад
I was wondering how this would deal with knight moves, but it is great just squeezing between other pieces.
@mal2ksc
@mal2ksc 4 года назад
Castling is equally fun to watch, as it swings the rook around the king.
@HRRRRRDRRRRR
@HRRRRRDRRRRR 4 года назад
You would think for the price it would have small enough tolerances that it doesn't hit pieces that it has previously moved, as the knight slides past. 8:28
@Allan_aka_RocKITEman
@Allan_aka_RocKITEman 4 года назад
@kwastek >>> I thought _Bob Seeger_ already covered that topic...😊😊😊
@bobblum5973
@bobblum5973 4 года назад
@@Allan_aka_RocKITEman Drat! You beat me to it, wanted to say they'd been working on their "knight moves"... ☺👍
@peterhoulihan9766
@peterhoulihan9766 4 года назад
"I don't have any friends" -Techmoan 2019 tearsforfears.mp3
@runouno
@runouno 4 года назад
*All around me are familiar faces*
@Blankult
@Blankult 4 года назад
Me neither
@KC9UDX
@KC9UDX 4 года назад
@@runouno worn out faces
@jmtrad1906
@jmtrad1906 4 года назад
he should call 8 bit guy to play. i just hope he don't bring his glock 19 to end the game.
@giulianodenardi7654
@giulianodenardi7654 4 года назад
Geri's Game imitating life
@sklefenz
@sklefenz 4 года назад
9:25 "No human, you're not allowed to take my pieces"
@ryan00101101
@ryan00101101 4 года назад
It was a legitimate unstoppable spear against the queen.
@HAL.9000
@HAL.9000 3 года назад
I’m afraid I can’t do that...
@gloomyblackfur399
@gloomyblackfur399 3 года назад
Every so often, you have to step back and think "for nearly the entirety of human history, this device was fantastical beyond possibility, but now anyone can own it". It just solidifies your faith in science.
@ApostolisKourtis
@ApostolisKourtis 4 года назад
For a moment I was sure that the table was the chess set
@tubeMonger
@tubeMonger 4 года назад
Looked more like a board to me.
@ooferrell
@ooferrell 4 года назад
I did too... which makes me question that terrible choice of color on that table LOL. It looks like that table is from an old-school Diner
@twocvbloke
@twocvbloke 4 года назад
The level below rust? Erm, British Leyland perhaps? :P
@Sharklops
@Sharklops 4 года назад
I think you'll actually find that rust is almost always under a British Leyland
@twocvbloke
@twocvbloke 4 года назад
Nah, BL was always "Rusted to shit", meaning it was utterly no good... :P
@DenkyManner
@DenkyManner 4 года назад
Knackered
@simontay4851
@simontay4851 4 года назад
Siezed.
@callumhardy5098
@callumhardy5098 4 года назад
twocvbloke What!, shit!?
@TheRausing1
@TheRausing1 3 года назад
Really really cool, very much reminds me of the film ‘Jumanji’ in the way the pieces move. In that film, one of the characters back in the 60’s says, “it must be magnets or something”, while in the 90’s, they say “must be microchips or something”. Just an interesting thing.
@m0rdresh
@m0rdresh Год назад
My Grand Kingdom Set just arrived. I have many chess setups (DGT Centaur, DGT E-Board, etc.), I must say the feeling while playing on the Square Off with the pieces automatically moving is really something else. It's difficult to explain experiencing it over just reading or viewing it on RU-vid. It really does feel you are playing against someone sitting across from you, it delivers what it sets out to do.
@mortoopz
@mortoopz 4 года назад
Heh, funnily enough, the surrounded king was not in checkmate. C6 is safe.
@RichardCJohnson
@RichardCJohnson 4 года назад
Mort OOPz Ha! Came here to say that too, but thought I’d check if someone else had 😁
@erikbroome5699
@erikbroome5699 4 года назад
What is even funnier is that the situation is impossible to achive if you follow the standard rules of chess since the Black King is attacked by no less than 5 different pieces. Either the King moved into check or didn't move out of check last move (both cases illegal).
@allissondiego1989
@allissondiego1989 4 года назад
Techmoan could review a duct tape and still make it entertaining
@brianhill4153
@brianhill4153 4 года назад
That would be entertaining 😂
@hunterdavis3003
@hunterdavis3003 4 года назад
dgpx84 hey dad when are you coming back home? Its taken you three years to go get smokes?
@elisha770
@elisha770 4 года назад
Recent duct tape fashion show is worth a look.. look it up
@bobblum5973
@bobblum5973 4 года назад
Duct tape review would be great, agreed. I'd like to see him pick up a real working Stargate off eBay and do a review. It's hard to get more retro than Ancient technology. 😄
@neofoxboi
@neofoxboi 4 года назад
Some thoughts on how this works under the board: A header moves along the X and Y axis, much like a crane game or an etcha-sketch. Each piece contains a magnet, and an electromagnet is likely powered once the header is under a piece, moving it along. The pieces are cleverly 1/2 the size of the spaces, so they can move amongst each other with few disturbances.
@drummerboy6358
@drummerboy6358 Год назад
I agree fellow Damian
@alexandergoldthorpe4585
@alexandergoldthorpe4585 4 года назад
Imagine how cool it would be if the pieces all moved at once when resetting. That would look magical...
@johnny2tons
@johnny2tons 4 года назад
"It's like being slapped by a computer for being stupid." Love it!
@danielrivero8811
@danielrivero8811 3 года назад
My favorite part about the video is how 12:17 is literally not even checkmate 😭
@petrkarasek6657
@petrkarasek6657 3 года назад
?
@auxencefromont1989
@auxencefromont1989 3 года назад
@@petrkarasek6657 the king can take the c6 pawn and be fine
@YippingFox
@YippingFox 3 года назад
@@Temerold_se He is actually in check 5 times. (both knight, two pawns (c4 & d4) and the bishop.)
@Almagells
@Almagells 3 года назад
Not fine, but there is no checkmate in one or two
@CustomsByOrangeH
@CustomsByOrangeH 3 года назад
Teacher: "Explain your use of 'literally.' What makes it different from a figurative checkmate? -2pts"
@MrPruske
@MrPruske 4 года назад
super cool. I've always wanted one like this myself, nice to see that they made the pieces small enough in reference to the board for the knight to squeeze by with its movement
@john_hunter_
@john_hunter_ 4 года назад
It would be cool if you could let it stream random games while you aren't using it.
@imouse3246
@imouse3246 4 года назад
He didn't say, but I wonder if it can replay the great games of the past?
@KnightsWithoutATable
@KnightsWithoutATable 4 года назад
@@imouse3246 This would be a really cool feature and there is no reason that you could do it with the hardware since all of the logic is being controlled by the phone. You would just have to write an app that interfaced with the board and told it the moves to make and when. I could see it play them in sequence at a set speed that was adjustable and at a replicated time of the actual match.
@fordtechchris
@fordtechchris 4 года назад
That would be awesome just running on your coffee table while friends are over
@binface9
@binface9 4 года назад
"I'm hoping much of this packaging, is packaging" That's a gift for the [YTP] guys right there
@brawk1
@brawk1 3 года назад
I've watched you for 7 years and just want you to know that what you're doing is an absolute inspiration. This world is better with you in it.
@RedLink27
@RedLink27 4 года назад
I have to say man, I love your content. It's from the heart, informative, well put together and is just plain fun to watch. Keep at 'er!
@redpheonix1000
@redpheonix1000 4 года назад
So I'm guessing the way this works is that each piece has a bit of metal underneath, and the way the board moves the pieces is with a couple of stepper motors for X and Y axis (the noise you hear when it operates), then enables an electromagnet to grab the piece, then moves to where it needs to go and releases it. That would be quite simple and ingenious! Try grabbing a piece while it's moving and see if it's harder to pull, or try sticking a magnet to the bottom of the pieces! Or you could, of course, just pop the screws off ;)
@Techmoan
@Techmoan 4 года назад
*There’s a bit more information about this in the video description text box.*
@dirtyker
@dirtyker 4 года назад
That’s cool and all but that company needs to start making Jumanji
@odieabdlrheem1847
@odieabdlrheem1847 4 года назад
wija boards
@A_Simple_Neurose
@A_Simple_Neurose 4 года назад
@שחר א. luigi boards?
@hodd.
@hodd. 4 года назад
All of these replies fill me with fear
@bogartwilley
@bogartwilley 4 года назад
I wish we could get a legit Jumanji
@leechowning2712
@leechowning2712 4 года назад
Why. Someone already has. It the only excuse for 2020.
@jrsc01.
@jrsc01. 4 года назад
Live watching your videos, love also your comedic cutaway gags also! Look forward to watching your videos, is great seeing tech that I didn't know existed or I remember from yesteryear! Thanks Mat.
@kavyman1066
@kavyman1066 4 года назад
"I don't have any friends" I really want to give Matt a big hug! The feels.
@brianh02
@brianh02 4 года назад
I'll stick to playing global thermonuclear war.
@tohlmann1969
@tohlmann1969 4 года назад
A strange game.The only winning move is not to play
@JaredConnell
@JaredConnell 4 года назад
shALL we PLAY a GAME?
@mauriciomarianocarneiro
@mauriciomarianocarneiro 4 года назад
Joshua?
@SyntheticFuture
@SyntheticFuture 4 года назад
Resetting that game takes way to freaking long though...
@twistedviewlabs
@twistedviewlabs 4 года назад
@@tohlmann1969 actually a very powerful statement.
@tomokokuroki2506
@tomokokuroki2506 4 года назад
Kickstarter product that actually works? That in of itself is a miracle.
@user-ht4xt2sh9m
@user-ht4xt2sh9m 4 года назад
until it breaks within the first few months
@Trekeyus
@Trekeyus 4 года назад
Tell that to Palmer luckey. The Oculus was a smash success on Kickstarter. The Pebble smartwatch was a smash success. There are several other examples of products that do exactly what they're supposed to.
@powerpc127
@powerpc127 4 года назад
I'm having a strong Jumanji flashback watching this. I didn't think it would be as nerve wracking as it was.
@aliidogar
@aliidogar 4 года назад
Greetings mate, it felt so good to see you smiling and happy like a kid. You rarely look so happy in your videos. For you, it was indeed a childhood dream come true. Love your work!! ....you rock!!!!!
@demogorgonzola
@demogorgonzola 4 года назад
6:14``I don't have any friends`` ...
@TheStanHill
@TheStanHill 4 года назад
So relatable!
@litigioussociety4249
@litigioussociety4249 4 года назад
You don't make too many friends, when you invite people to play chess.
@demogorgonzola
@demogorgonzola 4 года назад
@Mr. Dank I'm using "double gravis" (grave accent signs - ` ) to make original statement from the video stand out more and later normal quotation marks in the body of my comment when needed. It's handy in cases when comment has quotes from somewhere else of mentions titles (like books and movies).
@XeonProductions
@XeonProductions 4 года назад
I thought maybe he meant he didn't have any friends that had that same $200 chess set.
@robindp
@robindp 4 года назад
Matt, last I checked...you have 849K friends! :)
@SpudGun200
@SpudGun200 4 года назад
“You would need a time machine...” BUT you do have a time machine.
@warrennotestine2906
@warrennotestine2906 4 года назад
I already knew you would say that.
@raymondo162
@raymondo162 4 года назад
that will probably explain itself at some point in the past
@RCAvhstape
@RCAvhstape 4 года назад
It's all wibbly wobbly timey wimey stuff.
@anononomous
@anononomous 4 года назад
I wouldn't be surprised if the time machine was used to bring back one of the retro boards pictured in the video for the sake of comparison at some point 🙂🤞
@benjaminmiddaugh2729
@benjaminmiddaugh2729 4 года назад
I call mine a clock.
@Gabe3N
@Gabe3N 3 года назад
Why does this amaze me so much. From the time the computer moved the first pawn all I could say was "holy sh*t."
@stevieg7403
@stevieg7403 Год назад
This is an absolutely fantastic bit of kit. Problem with Chess, I play 99% of my matches via a phone or pad so when you come across a game or an actual chessboard I find I’m completely lost. This will allow you to still play online chess while visually playing over the board chess, I’m testing
@ashtimbo
@ashtimbo Год назад
make the pieces 3D. It's easy on lichess you just change the piece type
@AtheistOrphan
@AtheistOrphan 4 года назад
Just remembered: For numpties like me my MB Phantom had a ‘Hint’ button which would wobble the piece it suggested you move!
@6581punk
@6581punk 4 года назад
Wobbling stuff is now (c) and patented by Apple :)
@10p6
@10p6 4 года назад
I made an automatic Chess game like this 30 years ago, using a similar principle to Etch-a-Sketch, but replacing the knobs with stepper motors and using electromagnet.
@saraha180
@saraha180 4 года назад
That's clearly exactly how this works internally. It's basically a plotter with a magnet instead of a pen.
@rodmunch69
@rodmunch69 4 года назад
Interesting, but I made an automatic chess game like this 31 years ago. You're ripping me off.
@GRBtutorials
@GRBtutorials 4 года назад
And what AI did you use 30 years ago? Because otherwise it doesn’t make much sense to make an automatic chess game
@anononomous
@anononomous 4 года назад
@@GRBtutorials Chess computers (either programmes or boards) were pretty common and affordable 30 years ago. AI (albeit very specialised and not nearly as strong as today) is not a new thing.
@coasterairtime
@coasterairtime 4 года назад
6:58 "It's quite magical!" 7:30 "What is this witchery? It took my Rook, I am loosing already??!"
@M4rcLL
@M4rcLL 3 года назад
12:15 "That is checkmate!" O R I S I T ? (actually not lol)
@jeremydumanski7584
@jeremydumanski7584 3 года назад
Kc6 and you're out of check hahaha
@MobCat_
@MobCat_ 4 года назад
"Play with friends, I don't have any friends" Sad, true and relatable :(
@tubester4567
@tubester4567 4 года назад
Its only sad if you want friends.
@Techmoan
@Techmoan 4 года назад
True - I’m good.
@lashyndragon
@lashyndragon 4 года назад
@@tubester4567 there needs to be a rent-a-friend service. Like sometimes I wish I had friends, but I just can't be bothered to maintain any more relationships than necessary.
@fotofillholland
@fotofillholland 4 года назад
I was just imagining buying a dummy to place opposite me to whilst playing. And then I read somebody wanting to give this to an elderly relative...sorry you never see me, here you go, see you in another five years.
@gustavgnoettgen
@gustavgnoettgen 4 года назад
"Ah yes, you opened with the Fibonacci sequence..." 🤣 Like my own attempts to play this game. Me: (moves pawn) Her: (moves the same pawn on her side) Me: (appreciatively) "Interesting move..."
@enricorov
@enricorov 4 года назад
"...oustanding."
@vylbird8014
@vylbird8014 4 года назад
Easy enough to program the machine for banter. Simply have it score the player's moves using the same algorithm it uses to make it's own, calculate how this ranks compared to other possible moves, and look up the appropriate response in a table of pre-recorded one-liners. The lowest-scoring lines would have to include a lot of creative insults of course, especially as you'll need to include variety to keep the banter from getting repetitive.
@gustavgnoettgen
@gustavgnoettgen 4 года назад
@@vylbird8014 ok but where is the easy part?
@VectraQS
@VectraQS 4 года назад
Every game I play inevitably turns into a Four Knights opening. Probably because I don't actually know any openings.
@EvilRSA
@EvilRSA 3 года назад
OMG, I love the Outro song. Thank you so much for the link to the full song.
@turnerthemanc
@turnerthemanc 3 года назад
Quite a cool piece of kit. Great channel
@whynotanyting
@whynotanyting 4 года назад
The box taking the rook away was pretty funny. Does the box flip the table over if it loses?
@UnicaLuce
@UnicaLuce 4 года назад
@Mr. Dank all towards you :)
@MrTeddy12397
@MrTeddy12397 4 года назад
when it loses it detonates a small 1kg plastic explosive charge inside the board. on the human player's side of course
@tomf3150
@tomf3150 4 года назад
Would be fun if the magnet moving the pieces was doubled with a strong electromagnet that send pieces flying away.
@jur4x
@jur4x 4 года назад
@@MrTeddy12397 1kg? I don't think it maaters at that point on which side of the board that charge is.
@IlBiggo
@IlBiggo 4 года назад
Board be like (╯ರ ~ ರ)╯︵ ┻━┻
@kinamiya1
@kinamiya1 4 года назад
This is kind of creepy tbh the slow movement of the chess pieces it just looks like you are playing with a possesed chessboard
@Soul_Alpha
@Soul_Alpha 4 года назад
That's what I was thinking, looks like something demonic going on there like a Ouija board.
@ClayMann
@ClayMann 4 года назад
I just thought it looked incredibly cool. A bit sad that it has to be so big. I'd love to see inside what's going on.
@ErebuBat
@ErebuBat 4 года назад
TIL slow=demonic fast=okay
@rusky2655
@rusky2655 4 года назад
Ozzmand yeah look up scp 1875
@rusky2655
@rusky2655 4 года назад
This is literally scp 1875
@MrNileck
@MrNileck 2 года назад
Thank you for the work you put into this video. Informative + had a great time watching it Cheers!!!📚✌🏻
@hadireg
@hadireg 4 года назад
I loved it! I was amazed by those ads for computerized chess boards back when!
@CanuckJim
@CanuckJim 4 года назад
I don't see it as slapping you - I see it as a good player who's infinitely patient with your limitations.
@costascostas1760
@costascostas1760 4 года назад
Deep.. never thought of AI this way before.
@sashalofstrom6659
@sashalofstrom6659 4 года назад
@@costascostas1760 You should read Iain m. Banks' "Culture" series for good fiction about humans coexisting with superintelligent AIs
@costascostas1760
@costascostas1760 4 года назад
@@sashalofstrom6659 thanks will have a look!
@Jamato-sUn
@Jamato-sUn 4 года назад
Muppet segment in the middle of the video was unexpected :D
@MercuriusORG
@MercuriusORG 4 года назад
Make it snappy cracked me up 😆
@drxoomg
@drxoomg 4 года назад
It has become its own muppet
@Allan_aka_RocKITEman
@Allan_aka_RocKITEman 4 года назад
@J-sUn >>> The REGULAR MUPPETS look MORE REALISTIC...😝😝😝😝😝😝😝
@bobblum5973
@bobblum5973 4 года назад
"In our line of work we expect the unexpected...". How to make a video about chess entertaining, in typical Techmoan fashion. I was half expecting to see the muppets at the end, critiquing the live-action segment!
@Zorgot.
@Zorgot. 4 года назад
holy hell this board is so amazing I was expecting to be like one of those boards that just tells you where the computer wants to move a piece but no this one does it by itself that's amazing I want one now
@Cat_Trainer
@Cat_Trainer 4 года назад
So entertaining to watch and the way how slow the machine move gives you more time to think :) amazing product!
@RahulJC
@RahulJC 4 года назад
This was developed in my undergrad school! I had the opportunity to see it in the prototype stage!
@photonicsauce7729
@photonicsauce7729 4 года назад
So people in your undergrad school came up with this idea?
@photonicsauce7729
@photonicsauce7729 4 года назад
Thats so cool!
@RahulJC
@RahulJC 4 года назад
@@photonicsauce7729 well I'm not sure if they came up with the idea or not but this was back in 2014, i was using the schools 3d printer when i came across this group since they were prototyping it, and they were also 3d printing test parts. I had asked them what they were upto as i saw them print chess pieces.
@photonicsauce7729
@photonicsauce7729 4 года назад
@@RahulJC cool!
@tonyleungnl
@tonyleungnl 4 года назад
An app is definitely no go, otherwise this would be a nice gift for some of my elder family member.
@kaitlyn__L
@kaitlyn__L 4 года назад
I've got to wonder if the app is literally running the board's algorithms even in single player, or if they could release an app-optional version with a few extra buttons.
@kaitlyn__L
@kaitlyn__L 4 года назад
@Bobo there can be a difference between current path of least resistance and long term least resistance. If there's an OS update in five years that breaks all older apps, such as iOS removing 32bit support, then they'd have to redo the app or just brick the product. But if they have some chess routines on the board, since it obviously has enough power to communicate wirelessly and with low latency, that would be less resistance in an uncertain future. But of course it's much easier to get initially running, to just run the computations on the phone and have an Arduino in the board and leave it at that. I can only hope they release an update that can slightly increase on-board functionality ahead of closure if they ever do have to shut down. They're almost certainly just renting cloud space anyway, not running their own hardware, so the infrastructure could go away very quickly if things turn south. Even if it took the microcontroller longer to work out a move than the phone, it's still going to be more powerful than an 80s home micro.
@AschKris
@AschKris 4 года назад
@@kaitlyn__L I bet that even now someone is hacking away at reverse engineering the comms so they can make an standalone app
@kaitlyn__L
@kaitlyn__L 4 года назад
@Bobo yeah.. that's a shame. I don't like how disposable software has become. I do agree with you that that's how they probably did it though.
@6581punk
@6581punk 4 года назад
Friend of mine has a guitar FX pedal which accepts an old iPhone 3G(s) as the controller. He has had to appeal to people for donations to keep it going. He has a backup of the phone with app, the app is long gone from the app store.
@ahmedshaharyarejaz9886
@ahmedshaharyarejaz9886 4 года назад
What an eerily beautiful machine to watch in action. Wonderful. It would make a great gift for Chess lovers.
@YouTw1tFace
@YouTw1tFace 4 года назад
“That does the job” Robot chess board then removes piece
@video99couk
@video99couk 4 года назад
You can be like Tony Hancock with this thing. "I've got friends all over the world, all over the world . . . none in this country, but friends all over the world."
@mikeos1
@mikeos1 4 года назад
Facebook to a T!
@ERIC-65
@ERIC-65 4 года назад
But wait, you didn't take it all apart to show us how it works!
@Techmoan
@Techmoan 4 года назад
*There’s a bit more information about this in the video description text box.*
@NenadKralj
@NenadKralj 4 года назад
(: there is no need to fix if it works :)
@virtuafighter3
@virtuafighter3 4 года назад
There is already a video on RU-vid that takes this apart. (There is not much to see - it looks like a plotter / scanner mechanism).
@ERIC-65
@ERIC-65 4 года назад
@@virtuafighter3 Oh yes, thank you, I have seen this by now!
@IemonIime
@IemonIime 4 года назад
man that chess skit was good. i love how he flips the king down at the end! :D
@thelanternexpress9371
@thelanternexpress9371 4 года назад
*moves black queen* "Ah, the Sicilian defense! Quite intriguing.." Me: *visible confusion*
@Handhandme
@Handhandme 4 года назад
HAHAHAH that part got me
@alessandroduci9962
@alessandroduci9962 4 года назад
@Fred Smith how can you play the Lopez aganist the sicilian??
@alessandroduci9962
@alessandroduci9962 4 года назад
@Fred Smith 1.e4 Is not the ruy Lopez, that is called the king's pawn opening and you can enter the ruy Lopez when black goes e5 then White with knight f3 black with knight c6 and then bishop b5 Is called the ruy Lopez, playing the sicilian means black going 1.c5 so you cannot play a sicilian and a Lopez in the same game
@alessandroduci9962
@alessandroduci9962 4 года назад
@Fred Smith you better learn the game before talking about it
@alessandroduci9962
@alessandroduci9962 4 года назад
@Fred Smith yeah but the sicilian has nothing ti do with the ruy Lopez as with tour notation the sicilian Is p-k4 p-qb4
@wyldride
@wyldride 4 года назад
The Mechanical Turk, only you don't have to conceal a chess grandmaster in the bottom of it to work it. Which, I guess, is kind of a bonus for the grandmaster.
@andrewgwilliam4831
@andrewgwilliam4831 4 года назад
You say that, but what about all the out-of-work grandmasters begging on the streets now?
@redgunnit
@redgunnit 3 года назад
@@andrewgwilliam4831 Forced to go hungry without a mechanical chess player to climb inside of and puppet.
@MagicAccent
@MagicAccent 4 года назад
9:27 I was like "wait, not there". Laughed out loud when the pawn started sliding away the next move 😂
@oskarpetersen5722
@oskarpetersen5722 4 года назад
he's already done goofed at that stage, there's no way for him to save the queen. he got checked by the knight in the move before, and the blunder was that he put his king in front of the queen, effectively creating a discovered skewer once the knight was moved.
@Techmoan
@Techmoan 4 года назад
@@oskarpetersen5722 17:53
@Techmoan
@Techmoan 4 года назад
@@oskarpetersen5722 17:53
@ianforfun1
@ianforfun1 3 года назад
@@oskarpetersen5722 Can you repeat that? Please
@Almagells
@Almagells 3 года назад
Put the king in front of Queen was only legal move, don't you see that? The blunder was earlier moves
@shieladixon
@shieladixon 4 года назад
I've just watched this yet again and not for the last time. I think it's my favourite of your videos, you seem a little more chatty and genuinely enjoying yourself. Yes, I remember chess on the telly and yes the design of that board on the app does take me back there. Thanks!
@russellthorburn9297
@russellthorburn9297 4 года назад
I'd be very curious to see how it manages a capture of a piece, by a knight, that is completely surrounded by other pieces. Would it move some pieces out of the way temporarily and then replace them?
@georgiishmakov9588
@georgiishmakov9588 2 года назад
a piece can pass between two other pieces easily.
@rontaylor1958
@rontaylor1958 4 года назад
The most fun you can have alone........almost !
@burgersnchips
@burgersnchips 4 года назад
Doc Man Plus with this, the better you are the longer you last!
@gcewing
@gcewing 4 года назад
It's remarkable that they've managed to fit the dwarf into such a small space.
@Tahngarthor
@Tahngarthor 4 года назад
Techmoan: "I don't have any friends" RU-vid: Yes you do >.>
@silenceofthehills7610
@silenceofthehills7610 4 года назад
RU-vid is anything but a friend.
@Tahngarthor
@Tahngarthor 4 года назад
@@silenceofthehills7610 I'm sorry, I forgot not everyone around me was clever enough to realize that I'm talking about RU-vid the community, not youtube the company.
@lavishlyDecorated
@lavishlyDecorated 4 года назад
That's fucking sad.
@wellesradio
@wellesradio 3 года назад
@@Tahngarthor "the community" is even scarier.
@ItsaRomethingeveryday
@ItsaRomethingeveryday 4 года назад
Someone in a friend's livestream mentioned your channel, that's how I found you, this chess game looks like alot of fun, liked video
@medes5597
@medes5597 4 года назад
As a chess player, I covet this for the ability to stream as much as anything.
@espurious
@espurious 4 года назад
If you get the really expensive board it comes with a Twitch partnership contract
@gustavrsh
@gustavrsh 4 года назад
Must be fun to watch championships with this
@Spookspek
@Spookspek 4 года назад
The pressing could have been prevented with RFID chips in individual pieces...
@yuriythebest
@yuriythebest 4 года назад
Indeed, though they'd have to make an individual RFID scanner under every position. Currently it seems there is a printer-esque moving thing underneath with a magnet.
@Dresdentrumpet
@Dresdentrumpet 4 года назад
Loved your little skit about chess in movies. That is the way I always remembered it being in movies.
@Caluma122
@Caluma122 2 года назад
What an amazing bit of kit!
@rjbush7955
@rjbush7955 4 года назад
Makes me want to dust of the Amiga 500 and play Battle Chess.
@98dizzard
@98dizzard 4 года назад
I f*cking loved that as a kid, didn’t think anyone else had ever heard of it.
@AfferbeckBeats
@AfferbeckBeats 4 года назад
I had it on DOS and I loved the hell out of that game. So much personality in those pieces. Multiple animations for each piece to kill each other piece. And I recall it being a really challenging AI to play against, though I was young.
@martinhodge921
@martinhodge921 4 года назад
Thumbs up just for your avatar.. tar..tar..tar!
@hans_normal
@hans_normal 4 года назад
And it works on your Atari 1040ST too!
@costascostas1760
@costascostas1760 4 года назад
@@hans_normal that war ended long time ago when Amiga won ;) Ps. I am an atari person.
@TheSektorz
@TheSektorz 4 года назад
11:43 wow that hippie has the same watch as the chap with the super cool blonde hair! what a coinkydink
@E_y_a_l
@E_y_a_l 4 года назад
They both also got the same microphone on their shirts...I'm starting to think it might be the same guy.
@babablacksheep3950
@babablacksheep3950 4 года назад
They must be BFF, just like how girls love to wear matching accesories with their besties.
@reyflowers
@reyflowers 4 года назад
Great vid, love when you do those silly little skits :)
@Everett-xe3eg
@Everett-xe3eg 4 года назад
This is absolutely amazing and I want to buy one
@Henchman1977
@Henchman1977 4 года назад
The board could make an interesting discussion piece for parties... Have it set up and streaming in a prominent area... Would be really cool watching the pieces move around the board by themselves....
@chipchipperson5420
@chipchipperson5420 4 года назад
The Joker: Where does he get those wonderful toys? Techmoan: eBay.
@funnboy84
@funnboy84 4 года назад
Fascinating, as always!
@azaharlionhart7084
@azaharlionhart7084 4 года назад
I kept laughing everytime his chess piece gets the boot
@bmbpdk
@bmbpdk 4 года назад
"The content is allways smaller than the packaging" You can apply that to many thing in life.
@FrottyZaoldyeck
@FrottyZaoldyeck 4 года назад
Recently started playing chess again and now this video hits :D
@Soul_Alpha
@Soul_Alpha 4 года назад
Your device knows what you do even when you aren't on it.
@enzoperruccio
@enzoperruccio 4 года назад
@Soul Alpha You know what else knows everything I do? Your mum.
@Kenjiro5775
@Kenjiro5775 4 года назад
I had, and still have, the Chess Challenger from the ad you showed in the beginning of this video. It kicked my butt every time I played it, but it did make me a better player against my friends. I would have gone into hock for a chess computer that moved the pieces back then.
@gregorypurdy6079
@gregorypurdy6079 4 года назад
Love you Techmoan. Thanks for your youtube work!, :-)
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