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How can I make a transmision of my event using DGT boards like lichess?

My name is Jeanmarie Falco.  Patrick Falco (pfalco17) is the player.   I bought the DGT Bluetooth & USB board for my 25-year-old son, an avid chess player. Due to spinal fusion surgery, he's unable to bend or move his neck, making it difficult for him to see a traditional chess board. He uses a power wheelchair and an adapted seat, which keeps him upright but limits his field of vision, causing blind spots and hidden pieces on a physical board. He plays online chess without issues since he can position the computer screen directly in front of him. However, he loves playing in person at local clubs and tournaments. That's why I got him the DGT board – so he can play "live" while viewing the moves on a computer screen instead of the physical board. He's tested it, and it works well when he plays as White; he doesn't even need to look at the real board. He tells me his moves (like pawn to D4 or knight to C3), and I execute them on the board. To make this a complete success for him, we need some help with a few issues: Can the on-screen board be flipped so that when he plays as Black, the black pieces are at the bottom? Can the on-screen board be enlarged? Can the letters (A-H) and numbers (1-8) be made larger? (Currently, I've handwritten them on a sticky note and placed it on the screen.) The board occasionally loses connection, and moves don't appear on the screen. I have to disconnect and reconnect the board to fix it. These are the most pressing issues we're facing. I'd really appreciate the chance to connect via Zoom or Teams to share my screen and troubleshoot these problems. I can send you a few pictures so you can see how uses the board.   My email address is jfalco928@outlook.com.   I would greatly appreciate the opportunity to connect with someone that can help me.  

I played a match anonymously (DGT board) on chess.com yesterday (11/15) using the DGTLive App and it recognized both castling and when I put the opponents king in check. Did chess.com finally fix that functionality??? Here's the video. Look at 1:58 when I castle and 4:27 when I first put the opponents king in check (and then do it 3 times in a row). Possibly the major update to the Bluetooth software for Windows 11 earlier this week has something to do with it. 

Play online with your DGT Board, mismatch detection, voice alerts (for moves and time remaining) and a 'virtual' clock. All the details are here: https://hyper-dragon.github.io/DgtAngel/ Have Fun

Hi, Does the DGT board, having USB to PC, work on Chess.com? Thanks Val

Hi, how do I get the DGT board working when playing against the computer on chess.com. Works when playing a human opponent.

Hi, how do I get the DGT board working when playing against the computer on chess.com. Works when playing a human opponent.

I bought a DGT Pegasus e-board, a chessboard to play online chess. According to the information in the product description of the DGT Pegasus for the connection between this electronic chessboard and Chess.com a free 'DGT Chess App' (Android and iOS) would be made available. Recently DGT announced via the FAQ that the connection between the e-board and Chess.com will not be possible via the DGT Chess App, but that Chess.com itself will make this possible via its own apps. Now it appears that the connection via iOS, on the iPhone or iPad, is not yet possible. DGT refers to Chess.com, I quote: "Chess.com has it's own app which is compatible with DGT Pegasus. Please make sure you have the latest version of the chess.com app. At this moment connection is only possible with an Android device." So, according to DGT, Chess.com would have to make an update to the iOS app to enable the connection to the DGT Pegasus e-board. I hope the information from DGT is correct — i.e. soon there will be an update of the Chess.com iOS app ready for download in the Apple App Store, allowing the connection to the DGT Pegasus e-board.

Jan 16, 2024 - Still doesn't work right. Game Video

The problem. You make a move on the physical board and CDC ignores it. You put it back, do it again and CDC ignores it. You make the same move with a mouse and it works! You carry on playing on the physical board. At some random point time it happens again. I can't explain why but I can recreate the problem which a good start. Take this game as an example… Trying 11. Qb5 will not work but moving the queen to a different square will. Going with 11. Bh3 then trying 12. Bd7 will also not work. It seems that after this sequence of moves white can't put the black king in check from a physical board. I figure that under these conditions even I could at least draw Magnus himself. Unlike the castling post there is no ready explanation. Giving check isn't the problem since, for some games check works ok. This never happened on 'Live' so there must be something different in the 'Play' code. It is almost as if CDC is holding an incorrect state for the e-board making some positions seem illegal when the FEN string is passed in. The FEN would then be erroneously ignored as surmised already on the castling post. This will need to be fixed by CDC.

When I enable the game function with the DGT Smart Board, I can't play with anyone. I try to find someone to play with for 10 minutes, and it gets stuck on "searching...." Why is this happening??? If I disable the function, everything works fine. What can I do? I have a Bluetooth DGT Chessboard, I'm using Max, and DGT Livechess is correctly open and functioning. Thank you.

Here's a video showing me running a DGT Pi with a Raspberry 4b installed. Some removal of material around the HDMI port and USB/Ethernet ports is required to make it fit. I also added a Noctua PWM fan. I can control the fan's RPM output or on/off in proportion to temperature. I have some other videos showing this functionality. DGT Pi 4b

I wanted to let everyone know that PicoChess 3.2 allows you to play all (50?) engines with just a Raspberry Pi. DGT hardware is not required. Just plug your Pi into a monitor and connect a mouse. The PicoChess image can be downloaded at the Google Groups forum "Picochess". ... or I have a copy of the image here: PicoChess 3.2 (5.76GB zip file) A Raspberry 4b is recommended, but it will work on a 3b+. Here's an example of WEB Play: PicoChess WEB play Here's one of me using a 7" touch screen: Touch screen WEB Play Using temperature control on a fan: Raspberry Pi Fan Control (Pico WEB play)

Link to the a video of me playing Stockfish 15 at its highest level on a DGT Pi (PicoChess Version 3). I ran the PGN through the chess.com analysis engine and it showed SF playing at a 98.6% move accuracy and I played a 86.4%, so it was a fairly good game for me. Analysis inset is shown at conclusion of video. Stockfish 15's Elo is estimated at 3277 and is basically unbeatable by a human. Ironically, the analysis engine gave SF a rare "Brilliant" move rating during this match. https://youtu.be/y-fS0eshrZo

Hi, I can't manage to connect my DGT Smartboard to my old Android phone with WhitePawn. I use an adapter from USB-A to USB-B on the phone side. USB-C directly on the board. USB is unlocked. Does anyone have another tip for me. Thanks a lot.

Hi, i need some help to play with the DGT e-Board with BT on a Mac OS Ventura. I use the DGT Live 2 and it works fine with LIChess but I start to test it on Chess.com but i won‘t work… It always said: „DGT: Verbindung zum DGT Brett fehlgeschlagen: Noch einmal versuchen“ The Chess Live 2 has a connection to DGT Board - thats a littel bit spooky to me :-) But when I start a connection to LICHESS it works perfectly… i hope someone can help to find a solution

Hi DGT Club! I could not find a way to use my DGT USB Smart Board for playing against the computer bot of Chess.com. Am I correct in assuming that this would not be possible? Thanks!

It fixes castling, CDC ignoring moves (the big one) and (as far as has been reported) ghost moves. [10/12@14:32] EXPR-02 Available **FIXES** You still need a mouse to move OUT OF CHECK. There is sometimes an issue with Cherub if Angel is already running on a page when it starts up. When Rabbit first starts you will see a blank board - pick up/put down any piece Minor changes (icons) **NOTES** Do not use 'Focus Mode' on CDC (it unfortunately needs to pick up the 'Your Turn' message from the page) Remember to keep a mouse handy! **FINAL TESTS** One game Lichess/Stockfish as white (the final move of the game was not read - a known angel issue)One game CDC as Black (no issues) [11/12@13:11] Looks like there is still an issue when playing as black and trying to move out of check. And if that were not enough you can play on that other chess website with it with the new Angel L*c***s extension. And if that were not enough (for those not following the Rabbit version) your DGT3000 clock now works as long as you are in Rabbit mode. Cherub (on Github) - Just extract and run Angel CDC Play - You need this version (not the old Live one) Angel Lichess - For the other site I would have liked to have done a bit more polishing before putting it out there but given that we have (fingers crossed) A WORKING PLAY BOARD I think it is worth getting it into your hands as soon as possible for testing. I understand your excitement to go play but please read the next bit VERY CAREFULLY: CDC ‘PLAY’ BOARD: ** YOU MUST USE RABBIT MODE ** The Play board is not fixed if you run Live Chess. You need to have Rabbit installed and it must be the 32-bit version. If you already have the 64-bit one installed you can still install the 32-bit one as they will live happily side by side. When you first run Cherub, you will need to enable Rabbit mode. To do this uncheck 'disable rabbit' and restart. From now on if Live Chess is running on start-up, it will use that otherwise it will try Rabbit and if that fails (i.e., it's not installed) it will go back to hunting for Live Chess. If you are using Rabbit mode always open up Rabbit config before playing to check for a connection to the board because Cherub can't tell the PC to Board connection state. DO NOT run Rabbit Connect before starting Cherub (if you do then Cherub will not be able to get a connection to the board). After Angel connects check the console for the message 'Play' board correction->FROMWHITE (or BLACK). If it says NONE the 'play' fix isn't being applied. Let me know how you navigated to the screen so I can fix it! L*C***S ** YOU MUST USE LIVE CHESS MODE TO PLAY ** Download the plugin and you are good to go. You need to run the L*c***s connection page as you normally would. That's it. There is a known issue where the odd move reads the name of a transit square. Try this for a workaround: Disable piece animations in Lichess (Go to Preferences->Display->Piece Animation and set to None). DGT3000 You need to set your clock to option 25 and press play You must be in Rabbit mode (so this is only CDC for now) NOTES Cherub infers which side is you by the screen orientation. The on screen board should have you on the bottom playing up. Make sure only one instance of Angel is running. If you open the 'Play' board in two tabs then they will each fight for a connection to Cherub. When you are setting up your board if you keep getting 'mismatch detected' just lift a king off the board and put it back on last. The L*c***s plugin works with Stockfish games as well as real people Winged Horse now allows settings to be saved so you don't need to configure it every time. If you have the store version installed you don't need to uninstall it to run the test version This software is experimental so keep a mouse handy (you should have no unregistered moves but there could be edge cases. If you do send me the FEN+the move you were trying to make). Rating points don't get refunded! That's it for now but I will update this post rather than spamming the forum title pages. For bugs, please include the version numbers (Angel/Cherub), the mode (Rabbit or Live Chess) a link to the game and a copy/paste of the Console Log. It really does help. Goodluck and have fun

Here's a link to the great work by Hyper-Dragon on the Chrome extension for Lichess. https://youtu.be/KhKGkPimHAE

Link to a video that shows the DGT Angel Chrome Extension for the 'Play menu option on chess.com https://youtu.be/x550FG5exo4