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

I don't usually leave reviews, but this one was earned. My ChessUp 2 developed an LED issue several months after the warranty expired. The support team was responsive, professional, and communicated clearly throughout the entire process. They repaired my board, and it came back working perfectly. I don't expect every situation to be handled the same way, but it's refreshing to see a company that genuinely cares about its customers. Highly recommended.

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.

I bought the ChessUp board to give my 4 year old a visual tool to learn chess. A few months later, she knows pins, forks, basic opening strategy, basic checkmates, and more. The board itself has incredibly intuitive features which is very satisfying to use. I use the board to play online games over the board myself too. The app has additional training and analysis tools which are just even more icing on the cake. Highly recommend!

What’s new

Features
• Improving the performance of loading board games from the network
• Updating PGN generation to include # and + as well as full san notation for each move

Bug fixes
• Fixed piece positioning after loading a fen string