Square OFF SWAP - The Magic of Self Moving Pieces 

I really hope to own a self moving board one day, but one thing it needs to do is center the pieces. It will annoy me if pieces not getting centered or hitting each other.

I received my board , it is not working at all, horrible customer services,trying to get my money back but I think I already lost my money ..

it's so annoying ... i'm trying to buy one off their website but both this and the neo are 'coming soon' now and can't be ordered or pre-ordered. i wonder what's going on... does anyone have any additional information on ordering a 'swap' to canada?

I bought the second model version of Square Off Kingdom a few years ago, (the one without the grinding issues and without the colour tips on the pieces etc). It always moves the captured pieces to their proper section on the side of the board. It's a very nice chess computer overall, and I still play with my Excalibur Mirage (the most unreliable self moving computer of the lot), Excalibur Phantom Force (autonomous computer and still works fine) Square Off Grand Kingdom (autonomous computer working fine so far, and looks very nice too) and various other non-autonomous chess computers. Excalibur Grandmaster (does not move by itself but the pieces and board are tournament size and it looks great), Tandy Computerised Chess (old computer from around 1980 peg sensory), Star Wars Episode I Electronic Galactic Chess (nice star wars style board and pieces), Millennium Talking Chess School (Anatoly Karpov teaches chess computer), Novag Opal (nice travel size chess computer I bought in store around 1994), and Saitek Virtuoso (bought in store 1996). There's still something about playing against a computer over a physical board.

You set the board up as a Neo, rather than as a Swap, that's why it's not placing the pieces all the way over.

Thank you

Hi, What's about the Square OFF Neo ? and do you have heard The GoChess from Particula-Tech ?

On the blitz game Im guessing it's just dumping the piece in the shortest path possible to save time. it's doesn't pause the clock for movements?

Regarding the USB-C, when it first came to Kickstarter/Indiegogo it was advertised to have that. During manufactory they changed it up since the component supply problems meant that to get usb-c port with specs they wanted (or needed?) they'd have had to wait half year or so. Instead of further delaying the manufactory they decided to swap it up since it was used for charging only anyways.

interested if the pieces are moving off appropriately per SquareOff it if it is something they need to address in an update.

Fun board.

I pre-ordered one of these, 2 1/2 years later it still hadn’t arrived. I got a refund eventually and a chess-up instead which i really love. The pieces on this move way too slowly.

You're moving captured pieces off the board, that's why it doesn't put captured pieces at their respective slots on the side (if you don't care, why should it?). You're supposed to put captured piece in it's slot at the side, filling external slots first then internal. Then the AI will follow.

How is a new board in 2023 worse at moving pieces than boards from a decade before I was born? lol

In blitz mode it doesn’t park the pieces they need to be taken off the board manually

This Square Off company had a fantastic idea without any comparable competition for years but unfortunately, they were unable to fulfill their customer's expectations. Finally, companies like Chessnut Pro Evo and GoChess are taking over.

Anyone know why this chess set isn’t available anymore?

You need to remove the piece you are capturing FIRST!! Then you move your piece to that square ✅

This company is a scam. 4 years we've been paying and waiting for the chessboard. No reply to our emails for 6 months. There are hundreds of us in this situation.

Looks like the A.I has a habit of going mental

Great review as always! Just one thing I’d like to mention to you as chess enthusiast: if I hear you correctly 23:42, you are pronouncing Elo “E L O”, as if it was a abbreviation, when in fact it is the inventors surname, and it doesn’t really make sense to single out each letter… ;) Thanks for the great content and check ya later! :)

Yeah 😔 Looks glitchy to me 😢 This is clearly not a finished product and the piece's don't get moved to the center of each square. To be fair I think the host needs to slow down when moving his pieces 😉 Too bad because the board and pieces look great 👍

Looks like the technology needs to be refined a lot. Too early to dream miniaturization. Definitely not worth my money yet.

The self-moving pieces are a nice touch, but I think the novelty would wear off for me after a day or so.

👍😊

I paid for this in Feb and am still waiting. They are not responding to update queries nor are they giving the money back. Buyer beware.

the shape looks like a upside down millennium chess computer, and this board looks aesthetic pleasing.

I feel that the uncompleted moves are occurring because you decided to place the pieces you capture on your table and not on the right part of the board.

I'd like to use this to play on lichess.

It would be responsible to read through the hundreds of comments from disappointed customers on Kickstarter before promoting such a product. Some customers have been waiting for your product for years and still haven't received it.

Looks glitchy?

I received this board. 1. The moving pieces are not a novelty and do not wear off. 2. The blitz aspect works and all movement works great on chess and lichess. 3. The board is really nice, however, mine came with a "scratch" on the top piece and its just not eye pleasing. I also like their app. Its not bad. The pieces moving OFF the board are great and not novelty. The pieces moving back into place is nice, but....much slower than if you were to do it. Its not a novelty, but close. I use that time to grab a drink. Squareoff is killing the moving pieces, the prices, when a deal is on, is ok. NEVER MSRP (Same thing for chessnut though). The pro rolling board is nice for what it is and does and the ease of moving around. The grand kingdom, that one is nice, but it is BIG, especially for the size of the board, but I do love the wood. The Swap moves quicker and MUCH more quite than the grand kingdom. For a moving board that connects, squareoff is winning but there are other options coming out. If you're not in it for the moving, chessnut wins for me. Both of the boards I have are SUPER NICE, good looks and quality. I use chessnut more simply because the size and looks, they sit out easily on the main floor and rooms (office and living room) so ease of accessibility has created more use for them. The Grand Kingdom is so big, its upstairs in the game room that doesn't really get used a lot. Shame, cause its nice, but not convenient. The swap board is a nice size on the width, but the height makes it stand out, and the plastic looks are ehh. My dream board: A normalized sized wood board with moving pieces. PS: My Chessup comes in today!!! Lets see what this gochess does (aka, moving board, small form factor)

If these sell well, I'm sure the technology will get better.

Does AI blunder on lower levels?

Yo tbien llevo 4 años de espera y lo último q me dijeron es q llegaba de enero a marzo

3 year ago

Seems clunky and unrefined on moving the pieces. My self moving chess computers did a better job from the 1980's in moving the pieces . I will take a hard pass!

This is too bad how can they release this? 😂

It is a no for me. Do not see the use for this product. Bulky

Square off seems to be fake. I ordered the board long ago and they passed the delivery date. But there is no response irrespective of multiple reminders. Beware of this company and promotions.

Audio sucks