Millennium E-One online board

I hope you are correct johnnyduval. I would much prefer simply moving pieces to their squares without pressing on them.

Think about it logically. No point in them fussing about the metal conductivity if it’s a push mechanism. 

According to an article I found  on a German chess website, it uses a system similar to the DGT Centaur (and I presume the Pegasus).  The material on the bottom of the pieces will indicate the presence of a piece, but not its identity.  As a result, you don't have to press down on the piece, but you do have to make sure the pieces are set up correctly at the start.

Here's a link to the page.  It was discussed by someone from Millennium (who is a sponsor of the website)  I set my browser to automatically translate German, and found it did a very good job of it:

https://perlenvombodensee.de/2021/12/25/besser-am-brett-als-vor-dem-bildschirm-das-neue-eone/

Ah yes I had also seen that. Strangely Someone over on the Pegasus thread said their board indicated when a piece was in the incorrect place, but I ignored that as I think they were confused really.

Both these boards use the simpler system that knows a piece is there but not which piece. This also makes it trickier to set a special position up, but that’s the least of our worries for now!

I saw this: ChessUP

Annyone know this alternative?

It's delayed until april.

Mine shipped tonight! I have and love the king performance so I expect good things with the eOne.

fingers crossed for you brettkoz. I had the precursor to the Millennium present day computers back in the 80s, and the quality was the Best.

Hi Brettkoz, that sounds fine for you :) Have you ordered via Schachversand Niggemann in Germany? They told me to send out the boards on 7. or 8. of February. Friday last week the boards arrived at german customs in Leipzig.

I ordered through chesshouse. Shows up tomorrow.

If you can do some video reviews on it.  I have only been able to find one video on it and that was in German.  There’s a total lack of video footage on this thing.  Trying to decide between this and Chessnut Air.

We now have some videos of the eONE.  This one is showing game play

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1CQA4AOksTY

From what I get the piece recognition and mechanics seem solid and better than the pegasus/square off pro and gameplay seems smooth.  I think the main downside and what most people will have a gripe about is the size.  If it had been bigger it would have killed the Pegasus as it looks to be much more polished straight out of the box.  What's saving the Pegasus is its bigger size but it's still very buggy from all I read and heard.

I believe if Millennium can deliver a smooth polished playing experience with the eONE they will sell alot of them despite the size being smaller than the competition.

Hi, I decided to open the club Millennium eONE User Group for discussing board related issues and playing games against other eONE owners. In the next days more and more people get the board and it would be fun to play other owners on chess.com

https://www.chess.com/club/millennium-eone-user-group

I got my eONE just yesterday. From playing around with it seems like a really nice board.

There is a little caveat. The white pieces have a purple tint.

I wonder if this is by design or a quality management issue.

I think it is by design because I have seen pictures of the pieces before the unit's release and they had the same coloring. Let me ask what was your experience playing online at chess.com with the EOne

 

@ekrabin I only played two games through ChessLink App on lichess. So I can give you only my initial impression.
All in all everything seems to works fine. Although I had two detection errors. But this might be my fault. I would guess that with time you figure out how you need to move your pieces for proper detection.
I have iOS, so the chess.com is not ready, yet.
The pieces are really nice, although they are small they are easy to grab and have great weight distribution.
I also like the board with the red LEDs and the minimalist handling.
My “only” complaint is the tint, which at least for me makes the set look kind of toy-ish. This is why I am returning it.

Thanks nitrogen28 for your feedback.

Alright, I have had the opportunity to play over chess.com and lichess and I have to say I'm impressed. Like everyone who's reviewed this product so far, I had a couple of detection errors but it didn't affect the game play and like the previous comment mentioned, I think you could get better at doing what it takes to have a successful piece detection. 

I don't mind the color, didn't even notice it until I saw it mentioned here.

The size is perfect for me, I have a small, crowded coffee table, so this smaller board is perfect.

The smaller size is a benefit for people who want a real board and piece set but not one as large as a tournament board.