Playing the Alien Gambit on the NEW ChessUp 2 Smart Chess Board

In this video, I play the Alien Gambit against an online opponent on a prototype of the new ChessUp 2 Smart Chess Board. Check out the Kickstarter Campaign for ChessUp 2: bit.ly/ChessUp2-IMRosen
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[@bradmcclelland9811]

“Just wish I could’ve seen my opponent suffer.” 😂

[@jimskea224]

A dark side to Eric we didn't know existed.

[@AndrewJens]

All my opponents think that.

[@benstewart4228]

Wake up babe chess 2 just dropped

[@Thogstacker]

November

[@joostvanrens]

Let me sleep!

[@hughpenner5051]

Stolen from chess asmr

[@randomincguylol3647]

Not stolen, just referencing.

[@hughpenner5051]

@@randomincguylol3647 lmao it’s not popular enough to be a reference it’s just stolen

[@jacksonm.6549]

Board is great for people doing OTB prep, because as you mentioned, vision is important in that case.

[@alexwangombe8534]

you could do the same with a regular chess set and a phone

[@Technizor]

@@alexwangombe8534 Paying more to be lazy is my jam tho

[@ShounenN]

If someone made this exact same thing, but with the pieces being magnetised to the board in a way where the board could move the pieces on its own instead you moving them for the opponent would be absolutely incredible. And the only time you'd need to move the pieces is if a piece is obstructing the moving piece from sliding to its new position so you'd have to manually take it there. That wouldn't bother me

[@heyyteej]

I would wait for the official release to get one of these. I funded the original Chessup board on kickstarter and the project was delayed almost a year. After it shipped late, the app crashed constantly, the connection to the board was glitchy, and there was little development from the team to fix. Then they removed the "training" feature that was "in work" on the Android version of the app, which was why I wanted one in the first place, with no updates on when they will release this feature what was originally promised in the kickstarter.

[@MrPotatoShed]

Yeah, after reading about these issues with the first board, I decided not to jump on the Kickstarter. The problem with Kickstarter rewards is that there are no refunds if you're not happy with the final product. For a $200+ electronic device, that's just not a risk I'm willing to take

[@RoryODonnellIsSoAwesome]

It cannot be understated how hard it is to go from concept to production. Not that that's any consolation to you, or your wallet. But I think it's important to remember making stuff is hard.

[@MrPotatoShed]

@@RoryODonnellIsSoAwesome certainly! I agree. That's exactly why I'm very wary of backing Kickstarters. I have had some great experiences with Kickstarter projects, but I've had some bad ones too. I don't blame the creators of these projects--they tried their best and it just didn't work. But while the ChessUp 2 looks awesome and I think I'd love it, it's at a price where I'd rather wait and see if they succeed rather than bear a part of that innovation risk myself.

[@JuliusBjornsson]

I have ChessUp 1 and for me it works really well. Yes, they have been slow implementing what was promised, like the training section. I asked them about that recently and they told me they are now working on it

[@Nitidus]

​@@JuliusBjornsson Oh. So they are collecting funds and working on a completely new product now whilst the original one still doesn't even have its basic functionality completed. That sounds terrible.

[@sak6653]

his queen was trapped 😭😭

[@wismasim]

Qe4 ? (loose a knight)

[@kroepoek3764]

@@wismasimthen you get mated Edit: Rg1+, Bg7, Qe6+, Kf8, Qf7#. You can ofcourse stall a bit by sacking some pieces, but it leads to quite a quick mate

[@giganite5417]

@@kroepoek3764 Would there not be a bishop on g7 blocking the queen when you play Qf7? Like after Qf7 why not Rg1?

[@wismasim]

@@kroepoek3764 Qe6+, Kh7

[@wismasim]

@@kroepoek3764 Qe6+ Kh7

[@marlonnunes00]

This was SO COOL. Just got one using your link, you should do more of this style video, love over the board games.

[@arcaderiot91]

I have a different board. I use it for playing bots and I can play over the board and save the game files to analyze later. Not have to manually type out moves. Super easy. It's "meh" for playing online games, and only possible for longer time controls for sure. But good practice tool and fun.

[@christalmettbrotchen1298]

6:17 how cool is that :D thats a nice set for beginners

[@neko-chan6145]

thank you showing this new board. i was interested in it.

[@swift8821]

Great deal to get it for $199 instead of $299.

[@daisiesndirt]

thanks for the board preview :)

[@orrin-manning]

This actually looks a lot cooler than I was expecting when I heard this was announced

[@UloPe]

Awesome, this looks like what I wished the chess up 1 would have been! Nice clean design, screen, no phone required. Will buy one!

[@StevenFfr]

This set up is amazing

[@pepperwestwood]

8:41 touch the queen

[@anshaggarwal69]

💀

[@GreenOrochi89]

That one security guard: Don't touch!

[@zada4a]

Im reporting sexual harrassment xD

[@justinarnold1981]

Nice game. That was actually pretty fun to watch. Impressive board!

[@PiercingSight]

I have the original ChessUp, and it's so much fun to play on, especially since I actually play better OTB than I do online. Like a good 200 elo better. Definitely a worthwhile purchase IMO.

[@nicksdrumsticks]

3:16 He do be j'adoube ing

[@fabricebacquart]

OOoh that looks nice. Looks much better than the previous one. I missed the kickstarter but i might get one when it's released :) Thanks for the video !

[@michaelc3977]

Kickstart still active

[@liamwickins9450]

Looks very nice for a prototype. I'm impressed.

[@chrisosborne4731]

How do you premove? :P I do think a very simple speaker to play a sound to indicate the end of the game would be nice, but I'm sure that can be accomplished with a visual queue with the light up squares. I thought the resignation was too subtle.

[@guaranagaucho3071]

No pre-moves, will be much better for blitz with increment + rapid rather than bullet. Definitely stick to digital online if you play bullet.

[@chrisosborne4731]

@@guaranagaucho3071 Haha, I meant the premove comment as a bit of a joke.

[@KeenX72]

Eric you're spoiling us andni love it ❤

[@blankman6626]

Cool board. How does the analytics and game review work?

[@leonromer567]

If this would support Lichess it would be an instant buy!

[@UloPe]

It does

[@mathematicaljulian]

Yea it does

[@MrOnosa]

It supports it. Most things due since they have a very open API.

[@DelayedLaunch]

This is awesome! It’s only $200? For that price, I may pick one up! Looks really fun, I love the bright colored lights. I think I’d be much more interested in longer “Classical” time formats if I were playing with this board. Thanks for sharing!

[@joaochanoca3317]

Cute cat on that picture. Love cats. If you still have him/her, take good care of the cat for me. I had one very close looking like that one, fills me with nostalgia. It was a very long time ago. Probably the reason why I am even writing this😊

[@nomer440]

It’s great but these boards are not it until they figure out a way to move the pieces

[@Jeppelelle]

Yeah, i agree, but there is so many cases that would make it hard, like moving a Knight from g1 to f3 in an opening, would have to move a Pawn out of the way first, then move the Knight, then move the Pawn back to it's original position, many other structures that would require moving secondary pieces away first to be able to move the intended one, could be done but how much time would that waste in a 3m blitz?

[@civilbeard]

I could imagine a board that scoots the pieces out of the way just enough to let the knight squeeze through. Much more complicated than this board though.

[@edwardp7725]

How though? How would it jump the knight? Or capture pieces? Lol

[@Plystire]

@@Jeppelelle Not to mention piece captures. You want those moved for you as well?

[@lifefan]

Do you guys realize that Square Off exists?

[@eshendias6833]

imagine u having to move his pieces as well in the las 10 seconds where y'all fight over time

[@kfarbarata]

this is amazing

[@mehome4163]

@EricRosen the chessup board you used in the video seems to be not available in the shop (yet)?!?

[@eric-rosen]

It is being launched as a kickstarter campaign. The link to purchase it through Kickstarter is here: bit.ly/ChessUp2-IMRosen

[@JeanFoutre-yi5us]

Hello Mr.Rosen, i'm a low rated chess player and i would like to know your opinion on the Latvian Gambit for black? It's not played often but my intuition makes me think that this can be your kind of thing? Is it completely impossible to use at your level?

[@justinoboggio8887]

I miss the arrows explaining the moves haha

[@AS-xy3eu]

You had Queen to g6 mate move for a long time :) The board is cool!

[@ElinRaden]

How does it feel? How do the pieces feel? Are they heavy enough or do they feel like cheap plastic pieces? With delivery it would be $300 with the bag so I'd like to know more about the feel of things. Thanks in advance

[@nyztan0]

In the future I would hope that the opponent would make their moves on your board automatically so you don't have to move their pieces, that would be truly next gen

[@nihal7478]

It exists but it costs alot of 💷

[@madsbp]

​@@nihal7478 how do they solve the problem of the knight jumping over other pieces? 💣

[@Justjemming]

@@madsbp I lol-ed at this comment

[@aliveandhopeful5080]

It'll be interesting if this gets to a time scramble, because we have to move the opponents pieces as well 😅

[@calvinj3275]

So cool !!!

[@Mrkwicka123]

Can't wait

[@BRM2X]

W board, thanks for this showcasing.

[@Alexander-fv5vp]

Mine is already pre ordered now I gotta wait til November I am so jealous

[@AlexRochette]

I hope they have an option for brown/beige pieces. Black/White pieces are hard to tell apart.

[@HowToSandAFloor]

In gonna be on hunger strike until the next speed run video is posted 😂

[@blacklistnr1]

The killer feature(at least for me) would be showing my threatened pieces (a count would be even nicer!)

[@tianrunzhang6557]

I wonder what's gonna happen when you make an illegal move on the board

[@Conker1337]

I pledged it, can't wait

[@googooboyy]

Can we switch off the lighting up of the leds? when u touch the pieces?

[@Coliekokker]

The chessnut looks higher quality but it doesnt have the timer screen

[@nyenwtn8073]

You can play half-blindfold by not moving your opponent's pieces and just remembering the moves

[@alipakdin7372]

Hi Eric, As you know, there is a new board that moves the opponent's pieces by its own and there is no need for us to move the opponent's pieces, someday you should try that board too, they are a little more expensive

[@WhyAreWeStilllHereJustToSuffer]

But slow

[@asOO3tnCC]

Is the first one working probably now? When I got it, it wasn't yet and it has been collecting dust for over a year now.. Would love to start using my $600 board as intented

[@barnabasastrofengia5345]

excellent training tool

[@Johnnyyoo1]

How does the board know if I released my hand from the piece? If it just pressure then what if I place it but don’t apply pressure? Would it still read the move despite not removing my hand?

[@danny208YT]

Wow that's so cool

[@guardian-X]

Its pretty cool, but would be a lot more awesome if the pieces could move itself.

[@MonteCarloLeBron]

more of this please 😅

[@KierenLefevre]

Only thing holding me back from ordering is how to deal with time scrambles when you have to make your opponents move before your own, I would lose every time bc I'm bad haha

[@FranciscoRAmado]

Saw a small glitch in black's timer at 2:40 going from 9m17s to 9m14s. Is it just lag?

[@PebelWasTaken]

Does it work with lichess also? I play friends on both websites.

[@KrispyPlatypus]

I do want this board, it’s very cool

[@perishedsoul72]

can you pre-move if there's no piece occupying the pre-move square?

[@justingibson495]

How does the board handle castling? couldnt really tell when he did it

[@Rundik]

Brave of you. It it fails a lot of people will be angry at you

[@shannonmagann9009]

dude where did you get that board? ive seen some on ali express but i dont know if theyre good

[@willpchess]

its a prototype lent to him to try (and sell to us)- worked as I've bought one through the link

[@KreatorX1029]

Feels like chess tech is getting closer and closer to the Harry Potter chessboard where pieces move automagically

[@JuliusBjornsson]

There are already boards available with that function like Square Off and the Phantom. On KIckstarter there’s also Go Chess and I’m pretty sure Chessnut will be releasing one soon

[@The-Mahi]

Imagine getting into a time scramble 💀

[@st3am941]

time trouble would suck on this, gotta eat up your time moving the ops pieces

[@naudiatf2791]

wasn't there a smart board where the pieces move on their own ? lol I swear i saw a youtube ad for that.......

[@pastuh]

so many kickstarters for chess 😂

[@goals6588]

More of this

[@TerryCristopher]

I like it, the only thing I would want different is nicer pieces, I haven’t played in an ordinary set in 35 years, lol

[@DigitalicaEG]

Didn’t plan to spend 500 dollars on two chess boards today yet here we are. Thanks Eric 😅

[@falcon_224]

Damn i was expecting opponent's pieces to move automatically lol and what if you play something other than what's highlighted what happens?

[@RoyalMusic24K]

Blundered checkmate

[@adminanonymous1521]

I presume it knows you are touching a peice the same way touch screens work. Capacitive touch technology which detects your body's electric current.

[@mattp1821]

If you’re playing as black will the display flip so you can read it?

[@randusp90]

Eric you need to take this to shark tank

[@Greghouse]

So while you make moves for your opponent, your time is running? Hmm

[@udoonua2818]

$100 off, this board must cost a grip.

[@millionairemindset1998]

How much this is? And what board this is?

[@chullupa]

Eric rosen has a chessboard that is made of skull

[@nivekg992]

Oh no......I want that. Its a very cool board.

[@HiddenBush64]

Heya Rosen.

[@thomasreid2609]

is it weird that i've only ever played online chess before so I have basically zero pattern recognition when looking at real pieces?

[@javierortega879]

No me entero lo que dice porque ni entiendo ni quiero entender su idioma pero aprendo mucho de sus movimientos y sus ideas Muchas gracias por enseñarnos a progresar en este maravilloso juego

[@VietnameseBloxFruitPlayz]

Mate in 1 multiple time lol

[@diegodelallata]

Split screen would be nice

[@picsoussbu4012]

Does it work with Lichess ?

[@mathematicaljulian]

Imagine if “touch move”

[@shadowfantasiesf8556]

Opponents pieces should be 2d computer visuals.

[@rawrxd3723]

I feel like having to move move the pieces would get annoying fast

[@Kewickviper]

Does this board work with lichess?

[@davidbanner1020]

Where's the link to pre order? The only link is to the funding page.

[@swift8821]

They are the Same thing

[@tmpqtyutmpqty4733]

What if you make a different move than what your opponent's move marking show?

[@hakeemhakeem4503]

Is it possible to have shipping to UAE I love it

[@cz19856]

Imagine playing bullet online with this

[@dalemcdowell2684]

Are you naturally left-handed? I just noticed how much gesturing you do, and the piece movements seem natural with the left.

[@eric-rosen]

I write lefty, but play sports righty. When it comes to chess, I don't mind moving with either hand. Given the set up in this video it was more comfortable to move and gesture with my left hand

[@joemama0]

​@@eric-rosenlefty unite!

[@eyetwitch0]

​@@eric-rosen as my mom used to tell me for doing the same: you're ambiconfused

[@DeionBonner]

Can you premove? I assume time scrambles are a pain on this...

[@sirjavis5462]

Wish the board was magnetized so the pieces move automatically have to double move is a lot

[@Jason-Moon]

Love 960 on the chessup. 960 for life, y'all

[@thetransferaccount4586]

alien gambit is too fun