DGT Centaur Wooden Pieces

Huge improvement!

You guys have inspired me. My Centaur arrived yesterday, and the board itself looks much nicer than I expected. I ordered a roll of 1" aluminum self-adhesive discs from Grainger, so now I just need to decide which set to convert. Can't wait!

how much did it cost? 

HOLY..... its $400USD!!!!!!

my profile pic says it all...

I want it so bad... It seems like a great chess computer. But I don't have money cause I'm still a kid. Oh well.... :/

It's a phenomenal opponent and plays some incredible top grandmaster level chess

A fantastic game 

CHESS GENIUS V DGT CENTAUR 

[Event "12:53"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2020.04.02"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Genius"]
[Black "You"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]

1. d4 d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. Nc3 c6 4. f4 d5 5. e5 Ne4 6. Nxe4 dxe4 7. c3 Qd5 8. Ne2 f5 9. Be3 e6 10. Ng3 Nd7 11. Be2 Be7 12. Bh5+ g6 13. Be2 b5 14. a4 Nb6 15. axb5 cxb5 16. Ra5 a6 17. Ra1 O-O 18. O-O Bb7 19. Qb1 Qc6 20. Qa2 Bh4 21. Rfd1 Nd5 22. Nf1 g5 23. fxg5 f4 24. g3 fxe3 25. gxh4 Rf2 26. Re1 Nf4 27. Ng3 a5 28. Bf1 Nd3 29. Re2 Qe8 30. h5 Bd5 31. b3 a4 32. Qb1 Qf7 33. bxa4 bxa4 34. g6 hxg6 35. hxg6 Qxg6 36. Kh1 a3 37. Qb5 Qg4 38. Rxf2 exf2 39. c4 e3+ 40. cxd5 Nf4 41. Be2 Qh3 42. Bf1 Qg4 43. Be2 Nxe2 44. Qxe2 Qxd4 45. Rd1 Qxe5 46. Qg4+ Qg7 47. Qxe6+ Kh8 48. Qc6 Rf8 49. Rf1 a2 50. Qa6 Qf6 51. Qxf6+ Rxf6 52. Kg2 Kg8 53. h4 Kf7 54. d6 Ke6 55. h5 Rf7 56. h6 Kxd6 57. Ra1 e2 58. Ne4+ Ke5 59. Nxf2 Kd4 60. Nh1 Re7 61. Re1 a1=Q 62. Rxa1 e1=Q 63. Rxe1 Rxe1 64. Nf2 Re8 65. Ng4 Rh8 66. Kg3 Ke4 67. Kh4 Kf4 68. Kh5 Kf5 69. Ne3+ Kf4 70. Ng4 Ke4 71. Kh4 Kf4 72. Kh5 1/2-1/2

Wow,.... how did white survive that onslaught. 

Game 2 

CENTAUR HAS WHITE 

[Event "game 2"]
[Site "home"]
[Date "2020.04.03"]
[Round "?"]
[White "DGT CENTAUR"]
[Black "Genius"]
[Result "*"]

1. Nc3 Nf6 2. d4 d5 3. e4 dxe4 4. f3 exf3 5. Nxf3 g6 6. Ne5 Nbd7 7. Bg5 Bg7 8. Qf3 Nxe5 9. dxe5 Nd7 10. O-O-O Bxe5 11. Bc4 O-O 12. Rhf1 Bd6 13. Bxf7+ Kg7 14. Qh3 h5 15. Bc4 Ne5 16. Qh4 Nxc4 17. Qxc4 Rxf1 18. Rxf1 Bf5 19. h3 Qg8 20. Qh4 Qe6 21. Re1 Qf7 22. a3 e5 23. g4 hxg4 24. hxg4 Rh8 25. Qg3 Bd7 26. Ne4 Rh7 27. Bf6+ Kg8 28. Bxe5 Be7 29. g5 Bf5 30. Nf6+ Bxf6 31. Bxf6 Qc4 32. Bc3 Qa4 33. Qf2 a6 34. Kb1 Qd7 35. Qa7 Qc8 36. Qe3 Qd7 37. Bb4 Qf7 38. Qa7 Bc8 39. Qd4 Bd7 40. Qa7 Bc8 41. Bc3 Qd5 42. Qb8 Qd7 43. Bf6 Rh2 44. b3 b5 45. Qa8 Kf8 46. Rf1 Kg8 47. Qe4 Qf7 48. Re1 Rh7 49. Bc3 Bd7 50. Bb4 c6 51. Qd4 a5 52. Bxa5 Qd5 53. Qb6 Rf7 54. Bb4 c5 55. Bxc5 Kh7 56. Qb8 Bc6 57. Qh2+ Kg8 58. Be7 Qf5 59. Qb8+ Kh7 60. Kb2 Qf2 61. Bb4 Qa7 62. Qh2+ Kg8 63. Bc3 Rg7 64. Qd6 Qc7 65. Qe6+ Kh7 66. Bxg7 Qxg7+ 67. Ka2 Qc7 68. Qh3+ Kg8 69. Re6 Qh7 70. Qd3 Qd7 71. Rd6 Qxd6 72. Qxd6 Be8 *

Please Sabarian, which height is the king?are they weightered? Where did  you buy it?

Do people here think that Stauton 6 is too large..?

Amazon does not have much to choose...I am looking for my chesspieces for centaur

Thanks in advance,

Jose

I think Stauton 6 is is to large, 5 is perfect. 

Update: my parents are getting me one!!!! So excited...

Thanks!

XD

Wow, great parents you have. You should make a picture when you have it.  Have fun!

yeah! I'm paying for about half the price and they're paying for the other. I've been saving for a while... 

Hey guys, been admiring the work you have all done to get the wood pieces adapted to the Centaur!  Nice sets.  I didn't want to buy another set of chessmen as I have quite a few already, so thought I could adapt an existing set. 

I was going to use some nice and very playable HOS Reykjavik II Plastic pieces in red and white that I have, 3.75" King, but with a 1.65" King base they're a fraction too large, at least for the King, taking 88% of the square.

Then I tried some HOS Marshall Library plastic pieces, but with a 2.875" King with a 1.3" base, overall the set seems too small.  (Although they are ideal for a board with 1.75" squares, and the Centaur squares are not far off at 1.875".  It's just the set seems a bit diminutive because of the King being 1/2" shorter that the Centaur 3.375" King, and the other pieces much smaller than those of the Centaur.  (This is actually a set I probably shouldn't have picked up on sale BTW as I'm having a hard time finding a suitable board!)

Then I remembered a nice set I got with a green and cream chessboard nearly 20 years ago.  All leather bottomed pads, lacquered pieces, Staunton design, 3.75" King with a 1.5" base, ideal for a 2" square board, so like the DGT running at exactly 80% of the square here.  My sole concern is that the board will look _slightly_ more crowded as the King and Queen and Knight are bulkier and the King is .38" taller, the Queen .25" taller, and the Knight .43" taller with a .11" wider base. 

The rook however is identical to the Centaur rook, an exact copy, and the wood pawn is only 1/16" larger base diameter, with a slightly more bulbous crown.  BUT, they are also far heavier, and I'm not sure if that will be an issue with play?  The green and antique boxwood pieces are nice.  (I don't know what DGT was thinking; simple cream / antique coloring for the white would have really set off against the white squares; I don't like playing white on white...)

Anyway, analysis paralysis, here are the specs on both sets, and a couple of pics, let me know what you think, thanks! (Apologies for organizing the data this way, hopefully it will be legible):

DGT Plastic vs. Lacquered Wood / Weight and Base       

K  35.53 g/1.25 oz - 1.5" Base      69.39g/2.45 oz - 1.56" Base

Q  28.33 g/.99 oz - 1.375" Base      71.1 g/2.5 oz. - 1.5" Base

B  21.34 g/.75 oz. - 1.25" Base      45.2 g/1.59 oz. - 1.3" Base

K  21.69 g/.76 oz. - 1.25" Base      56.02 g/1.97 oz. - 1.3" Base

R  21.38 g/.75 oz. - 1.25" Base      37.75 g/1.33 oz. - 1.25" Base

P  10.9 g/.38 oz. - 15/16" Base      28.45 g/1 oz. - 1.06" Base

A few pictures:

 DGT / Wood piece comparison (I have no idea why the program rotates this pic 90 deg. to the left!)

DGT white vs. Wood antiqued boxwood

DGT black with Green lacquered wood

I have some HVAC tape for the bottoms that should work, but think I might just cheat and order the 1" aluminum rounds from Demon Tweek that Sabarian referenced here.  Please take a look at the weight differences between the two sets and let me know if you think that would be an issue, as well as if you think the wood pieces look too bulky on the board.

I appreciate any input; I'll order the aluminum rounds and hopefully those will be recognized by the system.  Thanks again.

P.S. In looking back through the thread I'm impressed with how GMcKinney got the foil so even on the bottoms of each piece.  I tried cutting rounds for my bases but couldn't get it consistent and didn't want to take a chance on scratching the wood.

And I just noticed that the pieces Sabarian showed are very similar in size to mine; they are definitely a bit larger than the DGT pieces but look great.  

Nice setup, does anyone know when dgt will release a wooden set for centaur. I want one like that and without the obvious square rings on board.