Chessnut Evo AI Chessboard - Built-in Maia Engine, Customizable Chess Bot, Full Piece Recognition, Supports Major Platforms, Smart All-in-One Design

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.

The Chessnut Evo is among the best computer chessboards, with links to Chess.com and others. It permits solo play against a bot or against another person. It's a terrific learning platform.

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.

Poor design… the pieces are light plastic and flip or fall when moved…need to be magnetic Board/lights get confused and no reset button… light stay on and not easy to follow Real dislike is that the bot takes 1 second to move.. so one is basically playing oneself … and not with much enjoyment… Needs a redesign and easier interface…

Excellent chessboard, very convenient and easy to use, plays flawlessly against AI or real player over the network.

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.

producto 100 porciento recomendable, cumple con todas las expectativas, el despacho fue lo mas rápido que encontré se demoro 4 dias en llegar a mi pais y ciudad fue muy rápido, el servicio a cliente es muy bueno respondiendo a mis dudas. la parte del tablet es un poco imprecisa, cuando estoy en lichess o alguna otra plataforma, pero no es mucho se puede solucionar. en caso de perder alguna pieza eso si hay ,que comprar el juego completo. me encanto el producto.

Excellent! I had high expectations for this board and so far, it has delivered. Pricey but, well worth the investment. I am a low rated player and I am learning so much with this board, highly recommend.

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.

Bin sehr zufrieden. Es ist optisch sehr ansprechend. Man kann durch den Internetzugang online spielen und viele Schachprogramme sowie Lernprogramme nutzen.

Un tres bon outil d'apprentissage. Permet a notre fils de 4 ans de jouer avec nous grâce a l’aide. Très qualitatif.

Arrivata in tempi inferiori a quanto dichiarato all'acquisto. Ottimo imballaggio. La scacchiera mantiene tutto quello che promette. Intuitiva. Sono davvero contento.

Cumple con lo que dice. No es barato, pero es bueno y eso es justo lo que buscábamos.