Chessnut Evo AI Chess Computer — Built-in Maia Engine, Customizable Chess Bot, Full Piece Recognition, LED Lights — Play Online on Major Chess Platforms — Smart Electronic Chessboard

I find the Evo more fun than I was expecting. I highly recommend this board for people wanting an electronic chess computer. Chessnut vision reads a webpage chess board and works very well with Chess.com and ChessKid.com. I use vision for puzzles, lessons, playing bots, etc. Chessnut vision makes this the most versatile electronic board available. It's helpful to get some 3D puzzle recognition practice. Evo works for playing online opponents, but it is best at longer time rapid games where the time to move pieces is less of a penalty. It you are going to play online opponents, you will want to learn how to flip the board on the screen by swiping down and selecting the flip option, since you don't know if you will be black or white before the games starts. When playing online bots with no clock, Evo performs really well. Evo comes with built-in chess engines, so you can play locally against the Evo as well. A wall charger is NOT included. A Power Deliver (PD) charger is recommended to get 18 watts of charging. Without a PD charger, it will charge at 5 watts. I use an Apple 20 watt charger and an extension cord. My initial negative experience was that Evo doesn't recognize sliding pieces, so until I got into the habit of picking up a piece and placing it, it would record the wrong move and cost me games. Chessnut recommends setting a recognition delay of four tenths of a second if you want to slide pieces. Since Evo can't know when you stop touching the piece, it is better to just never slide your pieces. You can slide the opponent's pieces since evo will wait for the piece to get to the right square. The screen is high resolution and looks great. The speaker could be improved, but it works for my usage. I use the speaker to listen to chess lessons and follow along with them on the Evo physical board. It is faster to do lessons purely online, but it is sometimes fun to do a lesson on the physical board. I tried Evo with the beta of Chess.com API and didn't have any issues. Evo comes with two queens per side. If you are ever in a situation where you need three queens, it will not be able to continue the game. You can purchase an additional set of chess men on the Chessnut website. The pieces are nice. The size of the board and pieces are a good compromise considering the additional board size with the screen. Evo comes with additional felt bottoms for the chess men and felt bags to store the chess men. I also purchased the optional carry bag, which is a great way to store the board. The bag has handles for carrying in the vertical or horizontal orientation and shoulder straps for carrying it like a backpack. The bag is a bit expensive for the quality, but it is a great companion to the EVO, so I am happy with the bag purchase as well. Although Evo is sold on Amazon directly from Chessnut, the prices on Amazon will vary from the prices on the Chessnut website. There are times when Evo will be $100 less on the Chessnut website, which is unfortunate since Amazon makes it simple to click a few buttons and order the Evo. I bought the board from Amazon when the price on Amazon matched the price on the Chessnut website.

Excellent all around. Seems to be well made. Very convenient to have the tablet built in. No paring with phone or tablet, just turn it on and it works. This also keeps you phone free to use. Offers wide range of Bots and difficulty levels. Castling and move take backs work well. The lighting on the squares is easy to see. In Youtube videos the board lights are hard to see, in real use they are easy to see.

Great chess set and yes it does what is advertised! Only pitfall is lightweight plastic pieces but they don’t bring it down. Also lift pieces don’t slide em…computer reads the chip instantly on the piece.

Amazon box arrived completely fine; Chessnut box was burned, punctured, and damaged. Not kidding. Would not start up open actually opening; then finally, when “started”, it only defaulted into boot mode. Absolutely ridiculous for something that normally costs at least $500.

I love my Chessnut Evo, it's different. I have several electronic chessboards, all good and following more or less the same operating principles with some special functions that differentiate them from each other. The Chessnut Evo, on the other hand, operates on a completely different principle; for example, it allows me to instantly convert games I'm watching on YouTube into PGNs. There's nothing like it for studying games directly from a book if you prefer to play OTB (over -the-board). This is just the beginning; they still have a lot to improve, but what they offer is already worth every dollar invested.

At this point I recommend not buying still buggy. Training bots stay in queue as if locked up. Chess.com does not run seamlessly if it runs at all. Support sends links to down load that should help but you need a higher computer knowledge than I have. Why not let it update automatically? Well, it appears to be stuck on and not doing anything. If I toggle it off when I come back it is on again but has not up dated any thing since a few days after getting it. Support is a slow process because it takes at least a day to get an email back. Often all questions are not answered and there are more than one usually. For a 500 dollar system I am very unhappy with it. Lichess seams to work (go figure) Maia and stockfish bots work. But what I bought it for does not. Chess.com, custom trained bots. Update, customer support got my training bot working. Will next one work, time will tell. Link they gave to update Firefox did seem to fix chess.com disconnecting. Adjusting rating to 4 stars since there are still small issues I can work around at this point.

It is awsome. It motivate me to play chess again after not being able to play real people on a board in florida since people here dont have much of a chess culture.

I bought this for my grandson. He already plays on line so I thought this will cut Down on his screen time. Saw him playing and enjoying it hence so far so good. The unit appears to be solid and mobile in the case provided. There is a risk of losing pieces in travel so extra care is needed. The pieces are well recognized by the board.

I YouTube'd this Chessnut Evo to death. It was probably more than I wanted to spend on a digital chessboard. But having recently started playing chess with my brother in Oz (I'm in the UK) on Chess.com with iPads, I thought it would really enhance the experience. It really did, fantastically. I was so impressed that I ordered him one too, direct from Chessnut and got them to ship it to him. So we both ended up playing on Evo's. It's been great. I since ordered a set of the wooden pieces for myself and him. They are much nicer to use and look at. So everything was rosy, then yesterday it stopped working. The screen was blank and wouldn't switch on. It was near fully charged but nothing. I tried the 'reset' button but still nothing. I was gutted. So reluctantly I've returned it to Amazon. My brother's Evo is still working fine and he loves it. I'm back on the iPad :-( Having read the reviews of others I've realised that my box had no seal and no screen protector either. I hope Chessnut sort out all these annoyances because it is a fantastic self- contained package. UPDATE: I originally gave the Evo a 3* rating, which was a bit harsh to be honest. At the time I was very disappointed that it just stopped working. All said and done it is a great chess computer and I miss it. So much so that I've decided to order another one to replace it. I've also got an Air+ and a Pro with the premium pieces. But for having everything in one piece of equipment....... the Evo is the way to go IMHO. Mind and treat yourself to the better wooden pieces though, the supplied plastic ones are a bit naff :-( FYI Amazon were great with their returning policy and method, do easy now. Chess tech, the makers of the board, are really helpful too. All emails were answered and resolved within two days. Hope this helps.

Todo excelente!!!

Nach längerer Recherche habe ich mich nun für das Chessnut Evo entschieden und gekauft. Das Chessnut Evo kommt großartig verpackt daher und die Installation ist selbsterklärend. Grundsätzlich sollte man wissen, dass das Evo kein Reiseschachbrett ist. Wenn man das Preis-Leistungs-Verhältnis des Chessnut Evo betrachtet, muss man es als das sehen, was es ist: ein All-in-One-Premium-Gerät. Es ist teurer als einfache Sensorbretter, bietet dafür aber einen Gegenwert, der unschlagbar ist. Das Preis-Leistungs-Verhältnis: Ein Investment für mein Hobby? Mit einem Preis von ca. 580 € bis 670 € ist das Evo sicher kein Impulskauf. Doch wenn man es mit anderen Setups vergleicht, relativiert sich der Preis schnell: • Hardware-Paket: Du kaufst hier nicht nur ein Sensorbrett, sondern ein integriertes 12,3-Zoll-Tablet mit Android. Wer sonst ein einfaches Brett (ca. 200 €) plus ein separates Tablet (ca. 300-400 €) nutzt, landet preislich in einer ähnlichen Region – hat dann aber Kabelsalat oder Bluetooth-Gefummel. Hier ist alles aus einem Guss. • Maia & Stockfish inklusive: Die native Integration der Maia-Engines ist ein riesiger Mehrwert für das Training. Man spart sich zusätzliche Abos oder komplizierte Software-Setups auf dem PC. • Langlebigkeit durch Software: Da auf dem Evo ein offenes Android-System läuft, ist man nicht auf eine einzige App des Herstellers angewiesen. Das Gerät bleibt durch Updates und Drittanbieter-Apps (wie PGNMaster) auch in Jahren noch aktuell. Wer bekommt hier am meisten für sein Geld? • Der ambitionierte Anfänger: Die Analyse-Funktion direkt am Brett spart Zeit und macht das Lernen effizienter. • Der Online-Spieler: Wer Hunderte Partien auf Chess.com/Lichess spielt, schont seine Augen und genießt das echte haptische Gefühl – ohne ein Zweitgerät bedienen zu müssen. • Technik-Fans: Die Qualität der Figurenerkennung und die anpassbaren LEDs sind derzeit "State of the Art". Kritikpunkt bei Preis-Leistung: Die Standard-Figuren sind aus Kunststoff, für mich persönlich völlig ausreichend. In dieser Preisklasse würden sich andere Schachfreunde hochwertige Holzfiguren wünschen (diese können aber separat erworben oder per Chip-Set selbst nachgerüstet werden). Mein Fazit zum Preis: Das Chessnut Evo ist das „Schweizer Taschenmesser“ unter den Schachcomputern. Wer „nur“ ab und zu online spielen will, findet sicher günstigere Alternativen. Wer aber ein komplettes Trainingszentrum sucht und Wert auf eine kabellose All-in-One-Lösung legt, bekommt hier den aktuell besten Gegenwert auf dem Markt.

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