New Way To Play Chess! Chessnut EVO Review 

Haha, very nice, thank you! The board is fantastic too, though! :)

Yeah, I totally get you. But that's just the beginning, they will get cheaper with time (I hope!)

I can sincerely recommend it, very cool board :)

Thanks a lot for your comment! Well, I guess it's the same as with all the products. Why do people buy an iphone if a 5x cheaper phone can do pretty much the same? It is a powerful device that if used the right way, can help you improve your chess faster and more comfortably than otherwise. At the same time, of course you can still improve your level without this board. Answering your question, it's not just a luxury, I just had a lesson with a kid using it, he enjoyed it a lot, learned a lot and was more eager to study than otherwise. So it has practical use. But it's definitely not cheap :)

As for the openings, you can easily go to lichess using this board, switch on the openings database and have everything you need at hand. And of course, save all your analysis afterwards.

you are really not afraid of the rise of machines, aren't you? :)

Thank you! I just did a screen recording like from the phone or tablet. I am not sure about streaming, it might be too consuming for the computer. It has the usb-c connection.

Haha! It's literally written there :)

Maybe. But I am not sure they would fit stylish to the board. I really like the ones they have

I can definitely feel your pain. Probably, they could do that. Although, chance that it happens is reasonably very low, isn't it?

@@journeytograndmaster Play enough games, it comes up often enough.

@@journeytograndmaster That, and they platformed it on Android 11 which effectively end-of-lifed the same month all the Kickstarters received this brand new device. I hope they have a plan to update the underlying OS at some point.

Well, this seems like a bigger issue. But they must have thought about it, I suppose?

Do they sell extra ♟pieces? ♟

Not really, it works very fast. The screen recording might be slower, but the actual moves work great.

@@journeytograndmaster I am thinking of buying this or ChessUp for my students who play a lot of online rapid games. 😄

Nice idea! I have a 7-year old student who is in love with it :) Works great for rapid

wow, that's cool! How do you use it?

Don't forget to download the chess engines which are included have a nice day

Thank you!

This one is great! That's what I know for sure. But I haven't tested the other one. Once I do, I can tell you my opinion :)

Thank you! Somehow, rotating the board is not a problem for me at all :)

But that doesn't switch the screen around, so you're having to think upside-down! It's the screen reversal that is key.

Hey there! Thanks a lot! It's nice indeed :)

They made an update, you can set how many seconds the engine thinks on each move so it's more proficient.

@@journeytograndmaster Excellent! And thanks for info. My Evo just arrived and am setting it up.

Wow, congratulations!

why do you always play just stockfish? You can play whoever you wish, real people on chess.com, lichess, etc. This feeling of playing real people on an actual board just at home is amazing

Yep. I'm gonna bet I can make this exact thing for less than 50 bucks.

Why broken? Works perfectly, just checked again. If not for some reason, you can just use the promocode "journeytograndmaster"

Thanks! Could you translate that to English please? :) How to improve it?

@@journeytograndmaster you would need to describe your set-up a bit, the first suspect is the microphone, its dynamic range could be limited. Please provide make and model.

Here it is: Rode Podcaster MKII

@@journeytograndmaster strange, I replied yesterday but it does not show... It's a good microphone although hopefully, you will outgrow it and move to XLR connectors and cables to preserve as much quality as possible. It's a cardioid type which means that it is sensitive to sound with a pattern emanating from the top like a big spoon of ice cream on a cone. So the way you have it sideways is not ideal, as some of your voice is hitting blank zones. You should be facing it so your voice intersects the top part of the microphone as much as possible. It's a directional microphone, used to limit sound coming from below or the sides that are normally called ambient sounds as they fill a room (reverberation, echo, noise, hum, etc.) Then I do not know how you are recording, most likely with OBS. As input add your desktop microphone as well and combine it with the Rode, lower the desktop INPUT level, it's contributing depth (assuming not much noise in your environment) and this part is optional. Select your RODE and add filters to it from OBS. Add Compressor, Gain, Limiter, Noise Gate. Set limiter to -3 Db to control audio spikes, accept all other default values for now. This should improve your sound as your videos improve my chess!

Thanks a lot for the tips! I think lowering desktop input really helps (it was 100%, now is 73%, I saw this number in youtube tutorial). Yeah, I record in OBS and have all those filters except for limiter. I have added it now. p.s. contact me please regarding playing a game.

What would you consider a fair price?

​@@journeytograndmaster$100. I bet I can make a better one for the same price.

It's 555 with the coupon code :) Why do you think that?

@@journeytograndmaster I bet I can make a better board for $100 With more features of course 😅

And when I do, I hope I'll get you to review it : ) Speaking of which, any particular features you wish you had? Particularly software features

Hi Robert, Have you checked your spam folder? In addition to 2 welcome to course emails I have sent you a third one personally. So if you haven't got anything at all and it's not in your spam folder, maybe there is an issue with your email provider?