ChessUp

Bryght Labs

About this game

ChessUp is a companion app for the ChessUp smart chessboard. The app provides chess game archives and analysis. The app can link with the chessboard over BLE to provide live Ai assistance. The app can also provide an internet connection for the board in order to play remote chess opponents on various chess platforms.

Ratings and reviews

Love the board, but app connectivity with it seems terrible. Anytime I select an AI opponent with me as black, white just won't move. I can get it to work if I select an opening and make white's move for it, but even then I have to back out and then resume the match for it to actually play. Also kind of annoying that the AI doesn't seem to try to play any real openings. Or when I choose to follow an opening it just does one move and then does nonsense. Works good online.

Caveat emptor!!, released before development was complete, board great but features don't work without the app, which needs an overhaul, once the computer made an illegal move instead of getting out of check, another time would not allow a knight to take a piece, the square would not light up at all for a clearly legal move for the win!, in summation, the app simply doesn't work, but at least can be updated, hopeful that the purchase will not be total waste of time and $ for a mediocre product.

The growing pains are over. ChessUp2 has yet to have required a recalibration and is being improved on an ongoing basis. There is a lot to love and nothing to complain about. ChessUp2 lives up to its promise, but it's still getting improved. Bravo! It's not only smart but also pretty, well-sized, and well-priced for its quality and features. I do have 1 complaint: Like every chess book I've read and course I've taken, it has failed thus far to improve my game. Could it be me? Nah!

What’s new

Features
• Opening name search in game setup searches anywhere in the opening name

Bugfixes
• Fixing duplicate board games being imported after being successfully uploaded