Chessnut Reviews

Received my this app Air and it doesn’t work. I tried charging it and it won’t take the charge. It comes from China, but they indicate they are on vacation until after Labor Day. This is a waste of money since it works like any other board, and can’t reach anyone for a refund or replacement.

it won't let me play online, and Chessnut for some reason thinks my knight is supposed to be on c3

Can’t play offline on level 4 or higher, stops moving after two moves.

Worked fine but they updated it and it broke I guess. I can’t sign in, nothing happens. They really cheaped out on Chessnut unfortunately and I’ll be attempting a return. Do not recommend.

I’ve had a few games crash on me. Stockfish Level 1 in this app plays at a much higher difficulty than Level 2 Stockfish in Lichess. So, the AI in this app is very different and plays much more difficult for new, young, beginner players. Chessnut /software does not have many customizable features. It’s a start, but now that boards (hardware) are rolling out, the team really needs to focus on making the software/app much more robust and feature packed. Meanwhile, my board will likely remain stored in the carry bag until a major revision comes out. The board looks like a great product but Chessnut /software is the weakest link. There is a lot of potential here, but not on the same polished play level as a DGT or Millennium product. Please make this a priority so that this app can live to its best potential. Thank you.

Able to play using chess.com. But lichess wouldn’t recognize any moves

It needs landscape mode for the iPad. I use my iPad with the Magic Keyboard. It is ridiculous that it’s forced portrait mode at all. Let alone while connected to chess.com. I only use Chessnut to connect my this app air board with chess.com, and there are no connectivity issues or problems with the physical board detecting moves. I have no plans to use Chessnut outside of connecting it to external chess websites and engines, so I have no opinion on the quality of the built-in engine. Add landscape support, and the review will be 5 stars.

Chessnut works on a phone, but it needs a landscape mode to support tablets. The AI also needs to increase difficulty more gradually.

App is a good start, but needs lots of work. Most notably, that at home, most people are likely to play using a tablet rather than a phone, as such, the iPad version needs landscape mode.

Nice looking board, and feeling. Unfortunately, I haven’t been able to finish even one game because Chessnut crashes every time. It needs work for sure, but it’s a good start.

It insists on using portrait mode with my iPad, which is annoying. When I connect to Online with Chess.com it continues portrait mode and the board hogs the screen space so there's no room for evaluation of moves.

Does not even let me go into the Bluetooth screen, let alone try to connect. Bluetooth is enabled, tried reinstalling.

Broken for iPad.

Must add landscape mode asap.

Android now has the new app! When will it be coming to iOS? Thanks Everything works great but we really need landscape mode especially for the iPad. Also need an upgrade path for those Air owners who want to upgrade to a Pro.

Work well on iPad with the board. There are still glitches but they do not bother me too much so long I play play on lichess and chess.com.

Issue. Cannot play blitz on lichess on iPad,
Does not recognize board moves on move one sometimes

Latest update fixed any bugs I experienced. Ignore the Debbie downers; playing this board is awesome.

Works very well with both lichess and chess(.com) for online play and offline play.

A really impressive e-board! Does exactly what I hoped it would and looks and feels as I’d hoped it would. You can use the board exactly as you would any standard board. No pressing required. And the piece detection is instant and so far flawless. Strongly recommend.

The tracking on the board and Chessnut is surprisingly good. You cannot slide pieces as I’ve found the first valid square will register. As an example, if you slide 1. e4 it will register as 1. e3 if you don’t pick up the piece.

Played two chess dot com rapid games with great success. So far this board & app were worth the wait!

This is a great app. I am in support of your product. Can you please add the feature that “beeps” when the opponent makes a move? It would be helpful to have a audible beep to tell me to move in case I am not looking at the board, or if I forget to see the led indicator. When the opponent makes a move, a beep will sound. It would be nice to control the duration of the beep.

I would also like more control over the LED. Having the option to show the last made move with an illuminated LED would be useful. In addition, hi lighting the square the piece originally moved from would be nice as well. Example: white moves pawn to e4- now both theE2 and e4 LED’s are illuminated until black completes their turn.

Please allow users to play their move before physically moving their opponents piece to a its new square. This would then allow us to not lose time on our turn moving an opponents piece.
EXAMPLE: E7 and E5 LED’s are illuminated indicating lawn to E5. however, white is able to play their move immediately after seeing the E5 LED. Following whites completed turn, the user may now move the black pawn to E5, not wasting their own time on moving an opponents piece

Maybe I am working or cooking not looking at the board l Thanks in advance for considering this feature. I look forward to the future of this app and their relationship with their customers feedback