ChessUp 2 | Chess & Lunch at The Erskineville Hotel! 😊🍔♟️
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I’m still play-testing the ChessUp 2 and today, I played an OTB game with Little Chess Noob (who is on summer school holidays in Australia) over lunch at one of my favourite pubs, The Erskineville Hotel, otherwise known as The Erko. I only have a week-and-a-half left of leave before starting work again, so I’ve been trying to make the most out of the remaining days!
You might be wondering where my final ChessUp 2 review is? The truth is that intellectually and objectively, I think that the ChessUp 2 is extremely good. However, it doesn’t quite resonate with me for some reason. So, I’ve been taking time to work out why so I can articulate it fairly in the review. At the same time, I’ve also been showing the device to several other people, especially, people who aren’t chess enthusiasts, to see what they think! The review is still coming! 😅
So, what did Little Chess Noob think about the ChessUp 2. As you might hear at the beginning of the video, when I explained and demonstrated the TouchSense feature, he responded with, “that’s neat”. I can let you know that that is high praise from him. In the video you can also see that he makes use of the feature intuitively when deciding moves. Of all the “smart” features of the ChessUp 2, I think that TouchSense is the most unique compared to other electronic chess boards, but more than that, it is a feature that genuinely improves the experience of playing in every single game. This isn’t by lighting up the legal squares, but rather, it practically eliminates false moves when sliding pieces without having to use a delay (which can make electronic chess boards feel sluggish).
Anyway, in this game, I made use of a devious bishop sacrifice that forced Little Chess Noob with the White pieces to make a critical move with their king. On turn 9, White had five legal moves: one of them was correct and the rest blunders. Can you find the correct move as White?
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The legal moves and their evaluation:
- Kg1 - this is the only good move [+3] - well done if you found it first try!
- Ke1 - blunder [-3]
- Ke3 - blunder [-5.5]
- Kf3 - blunder [-5.5]
- Ke2 - blunder [-8]
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