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

[@marlonnunes00]

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

[@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.

[@orrin-manning]

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

[@neko-chan6145]

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

[@daisiesndirt]

thanks for the board preview :)

[@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

[@christalmettbrotchen1298]

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

[@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

[@justinarnold1981]

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

[@swift8821]

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

[@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.

[@WiiGi]

Oh nice, whats the name of that board? Ive been looking into something more auto

[@blankman6626]

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

[@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.

[@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

[@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.

[@eshendias6833]

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

[@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😊

[@KeenX72]

Eric you're spoiling us andni love it ❤

[@pepperwestwood]

8:41 touch the queen

[@anshaggarwal69]

💀

[@GreenOrochi89]

That one security guard: Don't touch!

[@zada4a]

Im reporting sexual harrassment xD

[@marcususa]

KZbin now recommends this video, after the kickstarter deadline. Would be nice to see these videos BEFORE, then we could order them at the kickstarter price.

[@brawl3r]

Agreed… hopefully there will be another promotion

[@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?

[@nicksdrumsticks]

3:16 He do be j'adoube ing

[@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

[@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

[@HowToSandAFloor]

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

[@justinoboggio8887]

I miss the arrows explaining the moves haha

[@aliveandhopeful5080]

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

[@Alexander-fv5vp]

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

[@Mike_Dubayou]

4:00 how does it know your hand is still on the piece? Also what would happen if you were in an online game, and you randomly move pieces around? Does it tell you to adjust back, and just forfeits if you don’t?

[@googooboyy]

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

[@tianrunzhang6557]

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

[@justingibson495]

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

[@Conker1337]

I pledged it, can't wait

[@perishedsoul72]

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

[@BRM2X]

W board, thanks for this showcasing.

[@kfarbarata]

this is amazing

[@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

[@microwavecoffee]

I think even auto knight moves can be engineered, but that would require the diameter of each chess piece to be at most 1/2 of the side length of the grid square, and players would need to adjust pieces precisely or the board should have automatic magnetic adjust.

[@parkersplayground6202]

So true

[@ericlindholm9482]

Such things have been around since the 1980s.

[@GSMaheshGS]

Such boards already exist. Brand square off

[@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?

[@blacklistnr1]

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

[@watchdominion00]

i need to get one of these!

[@mattp1821]

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

[@trainwithcharan]

wow i need this

[@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

[@MonteCarloLeBron]

more of this please 😅

[@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.

[@FranciscoRAmado]

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

[@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

[@FeLiNe418]

I wonder how you would play on the board on time scramble

[@AS-xy3eu]

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

[@tbuitendyk]

Bg7

[@naudiatf2791]

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

[@RoyalMusic24K]

Blundered checkmate

[@tmpqtyutmpqty4733]

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

[@st3am941]

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

[@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

[@nyenwtn8073]

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

[@danny208YT]

Wow that's so cool

[@barnabasastrofengia5345]

excellent training tool

[@DeionBonner]

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

[@tylerpartin3676]

Are the pieces on these chess sets weighted?

[@Coliekokker]

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

[@PebelWasTaken]

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

[@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

[@markussirius2891]

It sucks that you use your time on the clock to move their pieces.

[@nkgaviation]

Can you underpromote to a knight a rook or a bishop like you can on chessup 1

[@calvinj3275]

So cool !!!

[@goals6588]

More of this

[@KrispyPlatypus]

I do want this board, it’s very cool

[@hakeemhakeem4503]

Is it possible to have shipping to UAE I love it

[@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?

[@Rundik]

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

[@VietnameseBloxFruitPlayz]

Mate in 1 multiple time lol

[@diegodelallata]

Split screen would be nice

[@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

[@ironbutterfly3701]

wish there wasa winning light animation

[@pastuh]

so many kickstarters for chess 😂

[@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

[@The-Mahi]

Imagine getting into a time scramble 💀

[@davidbanner1020]

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

[@swift8821]

They are the Same thing

[@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?

[@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

[@nivekg992]

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

[@raviravi5342]

Does that mean you will be able to use the a.i while playing on the board showing the best moves, while playing online? There are like 6 different levels something..

[@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.

[@johnmike7635]

Can you make more videos with it. It is a little bit of a different experience

[@DigitalicaEG]

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

[@EuropaBCA]

Can't wait

[@carcrash25]

You should try playing The Drake Opening on it

[@mathematicaljulian]

Imagine if “touch move”

[@thetransferaccount4586]

alien gambit is too fun

[@risaalshaan]

Lmk when the pieces teleport.

[@KF1]

Eric are you left handed or is that just how you play otb?

[@Greghouse]

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

[@joofpoof]

what happens if u do an illegal move on it?

[@pro_player8239]

can you desactivate the lights?

[@IAGO3000]

we have chess 2 before GTA 6