GoChess Mini Smart Chess Board AI Electronic Chess Game Set For All Levels

excellent chess set. If your getting back in to chess like me then this is perfect with plenty of options to get you started again and its not just playing against an AI it does connect to others online as well.

Bought for my 8 year old daughter as she loves chess apps. Board is really nice, lighting is excellent, lovely materials. Feels premium. Integration with the app is seamless and very intuitive. If I had a recommendation, it would be to have a feature where recommended moves are explained with reason for learning purposes. Perhaps this is a feature we have simply missed, but overall, functionality is excellent. Size is perfect.

Wow. I'm really with this chess board! I've played only a few games and I've learnt a lot already. Look forward to seeing what Particula come up with next!

The best chessboard

Anylasis don't work and piece reconison is bad and pieces look bad

Excellent

Excellent product!

I purchased the GoChess mini (not from Amazon) and I am really impressed with the board and its features. The quality of the board packaging pieces and App is superb. This is a quality product. What has really impressed me is the GoChess Support. I have had a couple of issues that I presented to the GoChess team. Issue number 1 was that the Android App would take time to reflect the actual battery %. Increasing in chunks (minor issue it gets there eventually). Issue number 2 is that battery life is approx 4-5 hours, I believe that the web site states it should be more like 10 hours. GoChess are aware of these two issues and about to bring out a new update of software to address the % battery glitch and options to optimize the LEDS to give more control over the LEDs to achieve the stated 10 hours of battery life. Their communication on these subjects to me was very quick and courteous. I had a couple of concerns before buying the board and one was the modern pieces and how identifiable they would be. Personally I have had no issues with identifying the pieces. There have been comments in forums re the size of the Bishop I cant see anything wrong and it scales for me perfectly with the other pieces. It is really clear on the website that there is no individual piece recognition. Generic piece recognition placement is achieved through magnets (the same in all pieces)so you are responsible for placing the pieces in their correct position. The pieces themselves are not magnetic. I have had no issues with this approach occasionally when first setting the board up you may have to move a piece slightly for it to be recognised initially as a piece. During play it may very rarely miss your move, once every 3-4 games so keep an eye on the clocks to see whose turn it is and that your move has been recognised. The LEDs will also help with this as they will not change to the opposing side until the move is recognised. Lack of individual piece recognition was not an issue for me in fact this approach makes it much less prone to faults that I see other boards have with individual piece recognition, less to go wrong in my opinion. Not having individual piece recognition will take longer to set the board up for puzzles, not a concern for me. The board responded quickly to online moves on chess.com and Lichess and I did not notice any perceivable lag. I have been playing Rapid chess for 10/15 mins. I would not really want to play 3 min Blitz just because of the physical logistics of trying to move the opponents pieces, a common issue with any eboard. I have had zero issues with bluetooth connectivity and the board was found for the first time on a number of different Android phones (android 12 and 14). I had a couple of wifi issues on my end that dropped the internet for a couple seconds but caused no issue with the gameplay. I did also note other issues that have been put out there concerning playing AI. It sometimes does not identify blunders (Red circle) on lower AI settings. At the moment there is also no game review. I believe that probably both of these will be addressed very shortly. I think the App has a great simple interface and I had no problems playing Lichess or Chess.com games or face to face (OTB) via the app and board. I could share PGNs for Liches, GoChess AI and Face to Face to clipboard on an Android device or share via multiple apps within Android including Gmail. Once on Gmail I could copy and paste into the likes of Chess.com or Lichess. Playing chess.com on the app is very much like playing full blown on the main chess.com app with most options available including playing the bots. The PGN for chess.com is not available via the app and can be copied from within the chess.com account. The Lichess part of the app is stripped down in comparison to chess.com and no option to play bots. It is a very different experience playing on a real board than a flat screen and way more enjoyable. I think that GoChess have a really excellent board/pieces and app and would give this 10/10.

Le jeu d’échecs est parfait, les pièces modernes sont très jolies et agréables à manipuler, une fois connecté au smartphone tout fonctionne parfaitement, les parties contre l’IA correspondent au niveau annoncé

Very good AI board! You can have cheats for one person who is not such a good player against a good player and have an even competition. I really like that it lights up to whoever’s turn it is. It makes for a smoother game. My sons game has really improved!

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Je suis triste de ne pas voir les pièces bouger toute seule comme sur la vidéo du kickstarter. Je ne sais pas si c'est moi qui ait mal compris le fonctionnement ou si la fonctionnalité n'est pas disponible pour le moment ou si elle ne le sera jamais. J'avais beaucoup d'espoir de voir cette fonctionnalité sur mon GoChess. J'ai acheté ce jeu pour que mes enfants apprennent et que cela évite les dispute et la triche entre eux. Je suis content pour cela car le jeu est vraiment top sur la partie technique l'IA et les lumières sont top. Autre problème c'est le plateau de jeu qui n'est pas de niveau, je dois mettre le quick start guide en dessous pour que le plateau ne bouge pas, dommage. Autre point négatif c'est l'obligation d'avoir un téléphone allumé à côté pour jouer. J'ai dédié un vieux téléphone au GoChess pour que les enfants jouent sans avoir besoin d'utiliser mon téléphone personnel. J'ai écrit à Particula concernant la fonctionnalité des pièces qui bougent toute seule en espérant que ce soit moi qui n'ait pas compris comment cela fonctionne.

Well designed pieces. Good sized chess board and pieces. The app is easy to connect with third party chess apps and once connected to the board all we have to do is play and enjoy!