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Rsava
wstaylor wrote:

@Rsava Hello. Your description of the device and associated merits answered my questions. Thank you. I am still having a hard time getting over the Chessup's toy-like appearance - shallow, I know, but it is what it is. I just received my Chessnut Go a week ago, and am finding that the size fits nicely on my small desk, with the portability aspect a plus. However, it is good to hear that the Chessup 2 is a fine product... might get it later on. Cheers

Yes, I found a nice little spot on my desk for my Go as well.

Just got my Chessup 2 in today, it is a nice little piece of kit. I have played two games against chesscom bots, but both got disconnected before I could finish. Will be looking at some different settings on my network to see if that could be the culprit.

The board plays very nicely, the board is a bit better looking than the 1 but still has the plastic look to it. Overall though I like it a bit better than the Chessup 1. Currently only plays on chesscom, not the other site (which is where I play all my games) but that is coming in a future update that should be soon.

But the games I have played so far were very good. The pieces feel solid, not very wieghty but better than some other e-boards I have. Overall, right now I am pleased with it and I know BryghtLabs has a good rep for improving/fixing the software.

Won't be in the running for my go to e-board until they get the other site included, for that it will be my Pro, Air, and this Friday pulling the Evo back out of it's hiding place for a game.

Rsava
Jolanta-R wrote:
Rsava wrote:

@Jolanta-R - I got mine delivered today, about 30 minutes ago. 7 days from email to delivery. Just took it out of the box. Charging it up now to make sure it is fully charged.

A beautiful piece of kit. Board seems a bit slimmer than the Chessup 1 and perhaps a bit lighter as well. Well made, looks good. No obvious defects in the workmanship.

Pieces look and feel good. Hopefully you get yours in a little less time than mine.

I so happy for you. If anyone deserves that board, then it's you ( @cosmoKJ you should have printed that label for him sooner... lol)

I could almost feel how you were unpacking it ( from how you described it)...

Q: we need to have a regular cell phone charger for it, right? Or does it have to be bigger?

Also, I tried to see how much does Chessup (1) cost now, and only place I found it waa on ebay for $365(lol). Just a few days back it was still available on Amazon ( for example) for about $250... Just wondering, if maybe $299 is out of reach for someone...

re: The charging block - instructions in the box say

>= 10W (5V, 2A)

of which I have plenty laying around.

TundraMike

When you find out why you were disconnected let us know. The reason why I bought this board

is the fact it does not need Bluetooth and would be more reliable for playing games on chess.com. What other site? I thought they included more than one site.

Rsava
TundraMike wrote:

When you find out why you were disconnected let us know. The reason why I bought this board

is the fact it does not need Bluetooth and would be more reliable for playing games on chess.com. What other site? I thought they included more than one site.

Will definitely report back, probably in the other thread for tips and tricks.

The other site, Lichess. On KS (I think, maybe Chessup Community Board) Jeff mentioned that the Lichess integration is coming in the next firmware update (along with checkers), I believe (may have misunderstood).

I am sure it was a "get the chesscom integration done for release" since it is a partnership with here ("Officially Suported by").

I am good with it, as I said - BryghtLabs has a good rep for updating and fixing things.

Jolanta-R

When you play with the Bots, can you play with the Trainer bots or just regular ones? I can't even form my question πŸ˜•... no lichess ( or anything besides chesscom). How does it connect to chesscom? Like, can my kid do the lessons through the app and use the Chessup2 instead of the schreen board? Probably not... otherwise they ( chessup2) would have been advertising that it comes with the lessons and coaches and all...

I am a little shocked that you said that the checkers are NOT working, right? I was thinking about getting those ( cuz I thought that after checkers I would qualify for a free shipping... lol somehow even after adding the checkers to my cart, it said that I still need to "add" $8 worth of items, before checkers it said - add $16... . Took me forever to delete checkers from my shopping cart. Lol)

I think I finally "formed" my question...

Is there an app as well or just that tiny screen that is used to connect and all?

cosmoKJ

Chess.com bot games are (temporarily) reliant on an old method of scraping the website and hijacking it - but that is changing soon.
The Bot API was not fully ready when units shipped. Now the Bot API is almost done and we are switching over. That will make bot games very reliable. December is a busy month as all of this gets stitched together. Units arrived as some final backend stuff was finishing a couple of weeks behind. Within a few weeks this stuff will resolve.

Jolanta-R

I have chessnut go, for some reason I only was able to connect it to my childs chesskid account...

And now looks like chessup2 will connect only ( for now) to chesscom

Would have been better the other way around... My kid will not understand why her board has little boring led light, while mine is all flashy and colorful.

cosmoKJ
Jolanta-R wrote:

When you play with the Bots, can you play with the Trainer bots or just regular ones?

You can play Coach bots - like coach danny

KIllerKing87
East Coast buyer here and even with being an early investor . I’m Not getting my board until next week I’m disappointed it took so long. I thought I would get it before those who got it at launch . But if I had just bought it at launch I would have already gotten the board already .
StevenPF

I received mine yesterday (France). I didn't order it via Kickstarter but rather on the official website (playchessup). So far, I think the product is great!

Jolanta-R

I will receive mine sometime mid next week ? If nothing goes wrong). I ordered it on Nov 29th...

I feel your pain, just think positive that without kickstarters there would be no board, and you were able to save a few dollars on top of that... ( I know, easier said than done)... I have become totally bi-polar because of this board... one half of me understand ( kind of) that they are not doing this on purpose, the other side wants to be playing since December 4th ( the earlier date that was showing when I bought it). I guess I would have preferred that they would have told me up front NOT to expect it on those dates, but I understand that they probably didn't want to loose potential buyers, if they would know up front that it will take 3 weeks ( hopefully it's not going to be even more) to actually receive it. The closer we get to Christmas, I am scared that my package might get lost in all this "shipping madnes" ( wouldn't be the first time)...

So let's hope that the truck drivers drive fast, that the packages don't get stuck somewhere mid-way, and that the delivery man can find your house / apartment...

Martin_Stahl

Got mine a few minutes ago.

Cornfed
Martin_Stahl wrote:

Got mine a few minutes ago.

Pretty cool...that they have so many things still to do is a bit irritating, but it should certainly be worth the wait. I already played 1 game (unrated) vs a human with my other account, and it worked flawlessly. I won... and did not flag against a higher rated player, so that was nice too.

chessroboto

Mine arrived earlier. Now to do some stress testing.

georgejh

Chess.com will not connect with my new chessup2 computer.i do not know what to do,whether it’s me doing something wrong or it’s chessup2

Rsava
georgejh wrote:

Chess.com will not connect with my new chessup2 computer.i do not know what to do,whether it’s me doing something wrong or it’s chessup2

Without more detail it is hard to tell you.

What are you doing to set it up? Are you trying to use the app to connect and play or just the board? Is it connecting to your WiFi? Are you having trouble logging in?

cosmoKJ

Step by step to set up Chess.com
https://playchessup.com/pages/chessup-2-support

SkillsMayVary

I got mine yesterday - it took a long time to get the board but when I ordered the bag for it - it came in just a few days so maybe they are caught up now. I love the board, I can play on chess.com without my tablet but right now since they are still getting the bot api working (so I heard) I have found right now if you want to track your chess.com games and use the bots quickly I prefer to use a tablet still next to it with the ChessUp app. Doing it that way you can also see the moves on screen when you make your moves physically. This thing is getting me back into chess I think it is a great idea and I am sure it will have many future updates to improve the experience

tuco-pacifico
Hi!
Please can you let me know if you got yet your chess board ? And m how long did you wait for it? I ordered mine 2 weeks ago and still have no shipping informations.
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JustATinyBitCrunchy napisaΕ‚:I honestly cannot wait until I get mine. Mine says it is supposed to come between December 4th and December 11th. My birthday is that week so what a nice birthday present!
DeJeanGambit

Trying to find out if the Chessup 2 has lessons. I bought the Chessup 1 for this feature but it never really materialized pass a few beginner lessons. Any information is appreciated.