Square Off Grand Kingdom Set - World's Smartest Electronic Chess Board | Automated Chess Board for Adults & Kids | Magnetic Wooden Chess Sets with Self Moving Pieces
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- •Meet the world's smartest chess set - Play chess against the board or against anyone across the globe. Play board vs board or board v/s app. Play against your friends or challenge millions of chess players online and watch with wonder as your opponents pieces move by themselves, right on your board. This is the future of chess.
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Square Off Grand Kingdom Set - World's Smartest Electronic Chess Board | Automated Chess Board for Adults & Kids | Magnetic Wooden Chess Sets with Self Moving Pieces
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Customer Reviews
Reviews sourced from verified Amazon purchasers3.6
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The most fun losing I've had in a long time!
Gary Wendell✓ Verified Purchase•November 6, 2023
So far I've played 61 games (I won't mention how many times I've lost). I haven't had any hardware issues of any kind. The AI is great! It's located in the app on your phone. The chess board is very well made. I highly recommend this to anyone that loves to play chess!
A sign of things to come
Jonas K✓ Verified Purchase•October 9, 2023
As one of the first of its kind, it's quite astonishing. It really does work more or less as advertised, which is incredible given the lofty premise.
Having said that, it does feel like a gen1 product. Here are the things that bother me, in descending order of priority:
1) The AI strength is wacky. I'm 2300 on LC and I sometimes struggle to beat this AI at "1100 ELO" (!?). Its moves seem to be made up of full strength Stockfish moves mixed with a percentage of outright blunders, which is frustrating, albeit educational. E.g., it might give you a a pawn or two for free but then you need to convert this small advantage against Stockfish at full playing strength for 40 moves straight. In short, no human plays like this AI, which sort of defeats the purpose of playing over-the-board. I'll try to play more human online opponents and update my review if that changes my overall impression.
2) The dependency on a phone or tablet takes away from the experience. I wish it had a few built-in controls to start a game and display the time. More advanced controls could be relegated to the tethered device but it should be possible to use the board without a tethered device in some limited fashion.
3) As others have said, the motors are loud and slow. It's OK but it is distracting and makes it impossible to play rapid or blitz.
4) It sometimes knocks over pieces, but I'm not too bothered by this as it's similar to a real world experience.
Overall 4/5 but with the promise of so much more. The software/AI is surprisingly the worst part and should be the easiest to fix.
Having said that, it does feel like a gen1 product. Here are the things that bother me, in descending order of priority:
1) The AI strength is wacky. I'm 2300 on LC and I sometimes struggle to beat this AI at "1100 ELO" (!?). Its moves seem to be made up of full strength Stockfish moves mixed with a percentage of outright blunders, which is frustrating, albeit educational. E.g., it might give you a a pawn or two for free but then you need to convert this small advantage against Stockfish at full playing strength for 40 moves straight. In short, no human plays like this AI, which sort of defeats the purpose of playing over-the-board. I'll try to play more human online opponents and update my review if that changes my overall impression.
2) The dependency on a phone or tablet takes away from the experience. I wish it had a few built-in controls to start a game and display the time. More advanced controls could be relegated to the tethered device but it should be possible to use the board without a tethered device in some limited fashion.
3) As others have said, the motors are loud and slow. It's OK but it is distracting and makes it impossible to play rapid or blitz.
4) It sometimes knocks over pieces, but I'm not too bothered by this as it's similar to a real world experience.
Overall 4/5 but with the promise of so much more. The software/AI is surprisingly the worst part and should be the easiest to fix.
Great for everybody
Nicola Perrone✓ Verified Purchase•October 2, 2023
great for kids and adults that needs other advanced players or people to play with.
Back in love with chess
Barrie✓ Verified Purchase•September 28, 2023
I used to play chess a lot as a kid. As time past, there were less and less people to play with. I stopped playing. Chess.com etc. is all good, but I am a person that likes to play on a board. I actually thought of going on chess.com (or other sites) and setting up a parallel board at home just so that I can see real pieces. Its like reading on a word processor vs. reading from an actual piece of paper. I went on line looking for a chess board and came across Square Off. I looked at a video and knew this is exactly what I was looking for all these years. Since buying it a few days ago, I have been playing games of chess (against people all over the world) 3 and 4 times a day. I have read some reviews critical of the fact that when a piece is taken it moves from the board before the attacking piece moves unto the square, or that sometimes pieces fall over. You can't please everybody. That's impossible. For the rest of us that know in life miscellaneous things happen from time to time - you have to give this product 5 stars. Its amazing. I am back in love with chess!
Worth the money
FIRSTNAMETRAVIS✓ Verified Purchase•September 17, 2023
The media could not be loaded. Some of these 1 star reviews are ridiculous. Some people claiming the moving mechanism is broken on arrival are just incapable of reading directions. It clearly says to unscrew the shipping safety screw before use. If you don't, it won't work. Imagine that.
Secondly, it is actually decently quiet for what it is. Obviously you're gonna hear some movement and the motors moving but it's not terrible. Considering this is basically the only self moving chess board on the market I'd say this is just a nitpick.
The app is also great. Some 1 star reviews there too but I've had nothing but a great experience so far. Lots of options for playing games and viewing stats. Very user friendly.
I love the look of the board. It looks very classy and definitely is a head turner. I've played dozens of games so far and it's been nothing but flawless for me. No peices falling over, no glitches or hang-ups, everything works as advertised. I couldn't be happier with it.
In conclusion, take some of these 1 star reviews with a grain of salt. People can be so entitled nowadays and expect nothing but absolute perfection and want it for free. Try it for yourself and make your own conclusions. For me it's easily the best chess board I've ever bought. So much fun. I couldn't be happier.
Secondly, it is actually decently quiet for what it is. Obviously you're gonna hear some movement and the motors moving but it's not terrible. Considering this is basically the only self moving chess board on the market I'd say this is just a nitpick.
The app is also great. Some 1 star reviews there too but I've had nothing but a great experience so far. Lots of options for playing games and viewing stats. Very user friendly.
I love the look of the board. It looks very classy and definitely is a head turner. I've played dozens of games so far and it's been nothing but flawless for me. No peices falling over, no glitches or hang-ups, everything works as advertised. I couldn't be happier with it.
In conclusion, take some of these 1 star reviews with a grain of salt. People can be so entitled nowadays and expect nothing but absolute perfection and want it for free. Try it for yourself and make your own conclusions. For me it's easily the best chess board I've ever bought. So much fun. I couldn't be happier.
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