Chessnut GO - Travel E-board

Good this bad boy today!

Great little e-board, magnetic, easy and portable.  I've already got the pro, however I was using a small magnetic board for study in the living room, this will be a welcome addition to my collection!

Ill be doing a detailed review of it once ive had more of a play around, but ive made an unboxing if anyone is interested

https://youtu.be/7aa1KmqWDtg

Here are some pictures. As you can see they are very small But certainly not the smallest set I've owned

Looks great! Any ideas on when it will be released?

I believe by the end of the month

I've done a basic review on the product if anyone is interested

Thanks!

Both videos were great! Keep it up!!

Thank you @Dpbohr I'm still fairly new to the whole video editing/youtube gain but it's always nice to hear people are enjoying it

Nobody who reviewed this so far shows how this thing is charged nor how long the battery will last. Micro USB? firmware updatable? Can the battery be replaced (in principle) or is that a cap on its useful life (or if there is a USB it can be powered that way regardless)?

Thanks for the feedback! 
I agree, and I plan to do a technical review for it. If you have anymore questions please feel free to message me directly and ill work on including them.. 
But to answer your question USB-C (usb to USB-C cable included), doesnt look to be replaceable, and the testing is in progress for the battery life

Awesome, I guessed that it's such a common thing for power in many devices it falls into a mundane category in the minds of both reviewers and customers given the "newness" of its selling points etc. I imagine since there are minimal power hungry components like a chess engine or led screen, it should be decent. Since this sort of device does basically just one thing that shouldn't change (except being at the mercy of chess websites, hence updatability) longevity should be measured in a decade or more assuming the battery doesn't require many charge cycles per week/month etc.

@vitualis posted a full review in his blog:

https://www.chess.com/blog/vitualis/chessnut-go-review-good-things-come-in-small-packages?alert=content

No, he is not "exclusive" to Chessnut products that I know of.

But even if he only has Chessnut products, he does not get paid by them, so his reviews are valid. He gets review boards, just like everyone of the ones you listed. Not sure how you twist it to say otherwise.

I also watch those others; this topic was about the Go so I linked a review of it by @vitualis.

Defensive?

Shut up.

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Three things - then I will leave you be to wallow in your ignorance:

1. I looked at whiggis channel, he promoted a SquareOff Pro 2 years ago. Other than that, he uses a Chessnut pro and a Chessnut Go. Has he done any other reviews of competitor products? Has he promoted other e-board products? I could find unboxings of Chessnut Go, Chessnut Pro, and SquareOff (2 years ago), plus a Savano

2. If you are worried about the "Paid Promtoion" that @virtualis puts on his videos, then how about the guy you think is more impartial, whiggi - Unboxing the CHESSNUT GO! Portable Chess Perfection! (youtube.com). My understanding is that if you are monetizing your videos by promoting a specific company and/or get a free review unit, they you are supposed to put "Paid Promotion" on the video. There is a checkbox when uploading the video to display that message. Why the others do not do it, I do not know.

3. Of the "impartial" reviewers you mention, they all have vendor links to Chessnut with a discount code. Do you not think all of them get money from people using those links to purchase? If you do, then you are a lost soul. If you understand that they are all monetizing their videos, then how can you say one is impartial and the other is not? Only if you are here to stir trouble.

Ring the bell, school is out.

Good bye.

hi all.

Just to let you know that the Chessnut GO is now available for pre-order purchase:

https://chessnutech.com/pages/chessnut-go

here is a schedule fo when they are shipping out:

https://chessnutech.com/pages/shipping-update

Just ordered mine! It's actually my first board like this. I've only ever played on chess.com Im very excited.

Yup preorders just got announced.
I did a quick video announcing it, and including some blitz gameplay if anyone is interested in getting this board for some 5+5 goodness. I did play around on 3+2 but I found that a bit more challenging.... but to be honest I find blitz in general challenging >.<
https://youtu.be/NAotwD7Zets

Ha, just discovered this thread!

Curious discussion from a member who seems to have closed their account now.

But to answer the "charge", no I'm not "exclusive" to Chessnut. I haven't reviewed other e-chess boards because I haven't any others to review; reviewing equipment is not especially an interest of mine or a focus of my channel! Playing and exploring chess is the focus.

The initial Chessnut Air board I reviewed I purchased with my own money as a regular customer, and reviewed it because I genuinely thought that it was a great piece of equipment. Chessnut asked me if I would be happy to review their new products after seeing my original video, and I agreed. The equipment that they've sent (the Chessnut PRO, some sensors, the EVO, and the GO) I've always declared this in the review videos on YouTube. Receiving a device to keep (or long-term use) for review is considered a payment in kind and should be declared on YouTube as a sponsored video. It is only not sponsored when the device is purchased by the reviewer independently.

As of other e-chess boards, I also own a DGT Centaur, but it was purchased before I even started my channel. I haven't bothered to review it because it fundamentally isn't very good, and once again, reviewing equpiment is not the focus of my channel. I was contacted by the developers of the iChessOne to promote their board last year. I declined as I have no interest in making advertisements and suggested that they could contact me again when they actually had a product near launch. In my correspondence with Chessnut, my position has been the same. I've no interest in having a sponsorship arrangement to produce content for them, but would be happy for them to contact me for potential reviews of their near release products. I do not proactively contact e-chess board manufacturers seeking partnerships.

But in any case, everybody should be sceptical of online reviews and should always take recommendations with a grain of salt. I try to be grounded in my reviews so that they are useful. I don't think my review are overly positive and think they include the relevant critiques. If you think they can be improved, then leave me feedback on the points I should have covered or thought of.

Well, I ordered one .... probably did not need another e-board but it does fit a nice little use case and with the discount it fell just about at my upper price point.

That will bring my total e-board count to 9, will probably stop until I grab a Tabutronic Certabo or Cerno next year. I think I have enough now.

Mate... I think that you'll like it but that's a LOT of e-chess boards! I think that you've pre-ordered the ChessUp 2 as well? 😂👍