Square Off - Chess Set - Chess Forums - Page 39

jr87 · 2017-06-06T11:08:05-07:00

Has anyone heard of this Square Off chess set?It is a chess board that uses blue tooth to your phone, and lets you play an opponent from anywhere in the world. So basically it merges online chess & otb chess. Your opponent pieces move by their self. And when you move on the board it registers on

BaronVonChickenpants

Nov 19, 2019

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#761

I am not interested in blitz personally, I can;t think fast enough! I think premoves become very helpful in blitz, and you cannot premove on these boards

KVJin

Nov 19, 2019

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#762

sound67 wrote:

KVJin hat geschrieben:

How about the blitz mode? Since Swap is 3x faster than their old models but Neo only 1.5x faster will it be a deal-breaker? Or the pieces are just too small to play blitz games comfortably?

Given the levels that Stockfish inside reaches even with 0.1 secs of time, I seriously (!) doubt it'll make much difference.

I think when they said 3x faster they meant the mechanical arm that will move the pieces from 1 square to another 3 times faster than their old models

BaronVonChickenpants

Nov 19, 2019

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#763

I think the speed improvements are designed for play via Chess.com really. On the current devices the piece movement takes up too much time, especially on captures, so you need to play a 15min game minimum or else you time out.

geneaber

Nov 19, 2019

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#764

I jumped in and backed a Neo. Really looking forward to it!

daniel_gsp

Nov 19, 2019

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#765

Maybe you'll get lucky and this reaches 600,000$

I think the spaces for lost pieces and being able to play other games were the deal breaker for me. Many people I know don't even know how to play chess

BaronVonChickenpants

Nov 19, 2019

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#766

It doesn't matter if people you know know how to nplay, you play with it online anyway! That's the point!

I have a Grand Kingdom set, and while it is nice to have the pieces get parked in their spots when taken it is by no means essential. It also takes extra time to move the piece off to its space, and then come back to move the opponents piece into the now vacant square

daniel_gsp

Nov 19, 2019

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#767

What I meant was, it will probably be used to play other games as well

As for time consuming, I have no experience but the SWAP comes with the PRO version of the arm bot so at least I know it will be as fast as they can make them

KVJin

Nov 19, 2019

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#768

BaronVonChickenpants wrote:

I think the speed improvements are designed for play via Chess.com really. On the current devices the piece movement takes up too much time, especially on captures, so you need to play a 15min game minimum or else you time out.

Yes and even a 1.5X improvement on Neo doesn't seem to be fast enough. If Neo has to pro armbot it would be a great machine. Will probably pick it instead of the Swap

BaronVonChickenpants

Nov 19, 2019

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#769

I am super happy using the Grand Kingdom set to play Rapid games here, 15 10 is perfect. I don't think I want to try a faster game even with a movement speed improvement.

My /only/ gripe is that I wish the pieces were a little heavier as they are a bit easy to knock over

KVJin

Nov 19, 2019

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#770

Oh, I see. Also, do you think the pieces are large enough to play let's say a 5 mins game?

BaronVonChickenpants

Nov 19, 2019

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#771

Not sure how the size of the pieces affects the suggested game length, but I wouldn't use the existing sets for 5 min games on chess.com, you will lose too much time while the pieces move. The new ones on kickstarter are supposed to be quicker.

You can play games against other Square Off users, and in those games your clock is paused when the pieces move, so can play quicker games that way, but that is not in chess.com

Rubicon0367

Nov 19, 2019

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#772

Post #809 “My /only/ gripe is that I wish the pieces were a little heavier as they are a bit easy to knock over”.

Would it not be the case that heavier pieces would be harder for the mechanism to drag the pieces across the board using magnetic force?

Rubicon0367

Nov 19, 2019

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#773

I was thinking that the extra weight would cause a higher drag coefficient leading to the piece becoming decoupled from the magnet. I believe (although may be mistaken) the current square off board uses pressure sensors so the computer may not know it had dropped a piece. There may be materials one could use beneath the pieces to lessen the friction.

But yes, long term wear is also another consideration.

BaronVonChickenpants

Nov 20, 2019

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#774

Yes, I'm sure that's the reason they are so light, as I said it's my only gripe!

daniel_gsp

Nov 20, 2019

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#775

Really closing in on the 600.000$, good news for the NEO supporters

Is is unrealistic to hope for delivery before June 2020??

markymarkuk

Nov 20, 2019

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#776

Hi Guys, Probably a stupid question but I can't find out what the latest version of the Square Off Kingdom Set Firmware is, my current one is 35v1, or the latest version of the App, my Android version is 3.2.8(309). Tried to find on Square Off website if there are later versions...Or do these devices update automatically?

BaronVonChickenpants

Nov 20, 2019

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#777

They update automatically, when you connect the board to the app it'll prompt you up update before you can do anything.

daniel_gsp

Nov 20, 2019

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#778

$596.000 with 12 hours to go

BaronVonChickenpants

Nov 20, 2019

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#779

Man, I want that battery in the Neo! Maybe they'll do it anyway since it was so close

cmdrtango

Nov 20, 2019

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#780

BaronVonChickenpants wrote:

Man, I want that battery in the Neo! Maybe they'll do it anyway since it was so close

They should or people will get mad.