Chessnut Evo - The Future of Ultra Smart AI Chessboard, Built-in Maia Engine, Customized Chess Bot, All-in-one, Supports Mainstream Chess Platforms, Full Piece Recognition

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.

I love this chessboard and its technology.

This is the chessboard I’ve always wanted. Everything about it is well thought out and aesthetically beautiful. I think it will reignite my passion for the game.

great to play online but looking at a Chessboard instead of a screen. I wish there is an option for online game where you have a bigger timer as a bit small on the screen.The pieces are a bit small, so I recommend to play on a same size board before buying. I drop the pieces often so I would probably prefer the Chestnut Pro.Since you need to play your opponent move, it is not great to play in blitz as you waste time each move. More designed to play in 10min minimum (rapid).Playing in high luminosity (like outside) does not work: you cannot distinguish the light unfortunately.Overall very good product.

I bought it for my 10 year old son and it has been excellent. I limit his time on the iPad, but let him play as much as he wants on this physical board. The hardware and software are excellent.

Dead on arrival. Never powered up. Very dissapointed. Dark colored squares are very light. Pieces are very small and very light. Never got to experience the AI or the tablet that comes along with the chess set.

I'm an intermediate player and I must say that I'm highly impressed with the quality and functionality.the set left me awestruck.the rating goes from 600 to 3200. It has the stockfish and Maia engines. Both are excellent.best set I've ever owned.

The set arrived and upon opening it I noticed the board has a slight concave shape almost like it's hanging low in the center, is this normal?. I tried to capture a picture here on the side showing the ends that line up with the black edge of the table while the center part the board indicates the concave shape.