Chessnut Air Chess eBoard | Finally, someone got it right! | Full Review 

Such a good review. Very clear and informative, covering every aspect of the device. If only all reviews were this good. Please bring us more on other AI boards.

This is a very good review. You know your stuff and have pressure tested this properly before uploading a review. Thank you. This does seem well priced vs the competition but nothing in chess equipment is cheap, I find.

This was very asmr for me 😂 your voice is so nice!

I appreciate your thorough review. I found it helpful in my search for a computerized chess board. 😉👍

Fantastic and fair review.

Great review! Well done and very informative! Thank you! My OCD is going crazy watching you play AI. On the board your black, but on the app your white. AHH!!! 😆

I think the selling point is how fast it recognizes moves, so maybe adding a togglable delay in the app so you can slide pieces if you want, but still play bullet with speed.

Great video, its been several months so have they released any updates that fixed any issues like the latency?

This is fantastic, only thing missing is a timer on the side or something.

Hope your chess channel grows. Regards from the U.S.!

do you think it would work well for playing another opponent in-person for blitz games? i wanted the option to record blitz games when i meet up with a friend in real life

That board looks awesome.

Noob, I do not think so, by far and away the best review for any chess product I have seen.

That would be rad if it had magnets that moved the opponents pieces for you.

ive odered this toy for my birthday. ❤❤❤❤❤ thx for video

Just wondering, I'm planning on playing late at night. Can you mute the sound it makes when there's a check?

Great video, I bought the board for €171.55 (March 2023) and free shipping, and I received it in Spain in 6 days. I haven't seen anything like it at this price. It works exactly as you describe it in the video. I have the DGT Centaur and the Millennium Chess Pro, and I bought the Chessnut Air for the online game. I'm happy about the shopping.

Thanx for great vid highlighting few good pointers. You said you had few issues with shipping! Like Denny I too have ordered one, 6 days ago and am concerned about shipping. How long did you have to wait for delivery in UK?

Very interesting review! How long did it take for it to ship to the U.K? Just asking because I have ordered one.

Did you look at Chessup? Did you try it's learning mode, where it analyzed your games.

Great video review, thank you for that. I like the display of the DGT Pegasus very much, too, but I wonder how it would perform outside. Same for the chessnut. I look forward to play outside on my teracce in the summer. Do you have any experience or assesment with that? Will the LEDs be bright enough to be visible in the sunlight?

Hey, great review! I own and made a review of the Chessnut Air board as well and I agree with all your points completely. The issue with sliding pieces is a little annoying, but you do get used to it. For safety, it's best to pick up and place pieces rather than sliding, unless it is to an immediately adjacent square. I made that mistake initially, but I don't anymore once your muscle memory becomes familiar with it. I don't own the DGT Pegasus, but do have the DGT Centaur, which is very similar, but slightly older and offline only. I do agree that the ring LED lighting much preferable, but there are some trade-offs. For instance, I'm not sure that it would be simple to have the piece-specific pickup sensor with the space used by the ring LED. In contrast, the DGT Pegasus/Centaur uses a simple induction sensor that identifies where a metallic object is on the square, and cannot identify specific pieces. The very rapid and accurate detection by the Chessnut Air is definitely better than on the DGT boards. If only we could have the best of both worlds!

thanks for the review!

I wish you would have reviewed in person, player vs player as with a friend in the kitchen. Does the board record the moves?

Very useful review here! Can you play a game of chess 960, I wonder without having to hook it up to the Internet? And if it uses Stockfish 13, do you know what the ELO rating happens to be please? Many thanks for this! At present, I find it pretty costly since I'm a 76-years old pensioner... but maybe if I wait a while...??!!

How would you underpronote to a piece that is already on the board and you don't have an extra piece?

Great board

I would be interested to know if it's still holding up 10 months later? I'm thinking about indulging myself...

Hi you can buy the senses and have holes drilled in a wood set. Then a wood set works.

The packaging has changed from previous vids i've seen. Does it still include USB cable which is not shown in your boxing. Thanks.

Are you going to do another review?

Just some advice, if you put a sock on your microphone (or a pop filter), you can help prevent your P's and B's from being so terrible. If you have a clip on, idk, experiment around, i imagine someone makes tiny mic socks.

I have a question Sir. Alot of people compliant about chessnut battery issue. When the board is fully charged is the led green or red like most of the users have?

How easy is the tutorial part of the board

You should be able to set the delay to suit your play style.

Did you have to pay any additional charges when you imported your Chessnut Air ? I’m in the UK and concerned that I may have to pay VAT etc on top of the £33 postage charge.

Hi, yesterday, during my unboxing I got a strong bad smell, something chemical coming from the board or the plastic protecting it. I asked the question at several places, including the support, but here I see that you have exactly the same new boxing than I received. Seems different from the previous ones. Did you also found such strong bad smelling on your own ? Chessnut support say it's maybe the paint on the wood, so for the moment I wait to check if it disapears.

Thanks for the video, very helpful. I noticed when I choose the option to play the computer, and I want to play black, the iPhone app behaves rather weirdly. In settings there is no option to "Flip Board.' There is only the option to "Flip Pieces" and then, or so it seems, you then have to turn your phone upside down in order to have the correct orientation for the black pieces, but the white pieces do not "flip" so they appear upside down compared to what one is used to seeing. And, of course, everything else on the iPhone screen is upside down (except for the black pieces). Am I missing something?

How Long does the battery Last.

Did you ever buy the pro?

Hi, can you show how you use chessnut air to analyze your games. What software (Lucas chess? Pgn Master?) do you use? How is your process? Etc

They should add a few spare queens to the set. Kinda ruins the whole idea when a major aspect of the game isn't available to use out of the box

was really hoping it moved the peices for you :(. Understand why it doesnt knights would be terrible to resolve.... One day

6:03 your reaction 💀

how long did it take to charge? I just received mine, still red light after ten hours

Did you run the bluetooth connection under Windows 10?

Not online on linux!

Would be good if they simply provided the RFID things to put on the bottom of your own pieces - I have a gorgeous weighted wooden set. It also strikes me that there is no real requirement for the squares to be able to detect exactly which piece is on them. The starting position shows where the pieces are, and simply detecting a piece being removed from a square and arriving at another square is enough to positively identify the piece and the move. So a simple capacitance sensor could detect piece or no piece. Just a thought.

Given that even playing 15+10 time trouble is an issue these products do not interest me at all. If you were to play someone who was using a similar interface it would make sense, but once you get into rated blitz and rapid I'm pretty sure these things are just frustrating

May I ask a really stupid question? I’m old and not brilliant with technology: if I’m having to use my mobile phone, will it put my phone bill through the roof ? 😱😱😱 Further, can it be used standalone without being ‘connected’ anywhere ?

I would argue that novices have the most fun playing chess. Keep having fun!

Man I want one of these new fancy e boards so badly. But they gotta get real with these prices. You can get a computer, ps5 , go kart , and more for what some of these cost. They would sell millions if they stopped gouging.

Hi, I just purchased the ChessNut Air but when playing with either the Chessnut or the White Pawn app, I loose Bluetooth connectivity in the middle of the game at least once or twice a day (using an iPhone on OS 16). What's up with that? Is this faulty hardware?

I just can't get behind the idea of an e-board. Either I am playing on a very nice board against someone, or I am playing online digitally. I have been playing that way for a decade at minimum. I think it is a nice concept for beginners, but it doesn't work for me.

Got a refund back from the failed SquareOff Kickstarter of their auto-moving board... going to put the money towards this, I reckon. Was either going to be Chessnut Air or the Pokemon chess board from the Pokemon Center! 😂

8:45 ok what if opponent does it tho

I bought a chessnut pro and it doesn't work at all . . .for me it was a big waste of money

I like the idea, I don't like the design of the knight

Got it right? Hardly. I tried everything to get my ChessNut Air to work. But the software was horrible (would not allow entry of game details, incorrectly recorded resignations, did not save settings, no built-in export functionality and frequently only saved partial PGN files), the board sucked (kept losing connection to my phone or incorrectly recorded moves), and the pieces were cheap (lightweight plastic easily knocked over). I bought this to automatically record and save my games. In the end, my success rate was less than 25%. The company refused to refund my money. I now have a $300 trivet. Do not buy.

I was hoping to find a board where it moves the opponents pieces using magnets LOL

If you want, I can train you in chess without excepting anything.

Lame. I thought it was an air table that moved the pieces

"Open up the Chessnut application..." on what? Windows? Mac? Who thinks this way? There are two major computer platforms (at least) and as far as I can tell, for some reason, very few of these work on MACOS... And yes, one can install Parallels...for more money...with the additional expense of buying the Windows OS...and all the anti-virus needed for Windows. Am I missing something? Why is the chess community so Windows focused? Just wondering...time to start breathing again...

I don't think it's worth it if you're only going to play on your own. I can do the same thing with a normal board, I'd just have an extra step of moving my own piece digitally. Which isn't much effort on a touchscreen. I think digital boards would only be worth it if the pieces moved on their own.

The board is too small for real life chess.

Absolutely junk did not work from day 1 ,horrible tech support..cost me $30 to send back.. Do Not Get this...