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

Currently not very usable at all. App won't sync well with the board, so if a move is made on the board and the app doesn't sync, it will throw off the game completely to where the AI is making bad choices to reflect what it thinks is on the board. Trying to fix this just causes more issues, and there isn't a way to properly end a game in progress, so it results in just turning off the app and the board. Board by itself is good, app is struggling badly in this current state

I realized that you should restart the board after the firmware update or else it's super buggy. The app still has minor bugs to iron out, such as the battery level indicator that's inaccurate. The update button should confirm whether the board is up to date or not. I hope to see further enhancements in the future in terms of user interface and features. So far it is playable with the app, it just takes some time to get used to it even though it's not perfect. This has much potential ahead.

I won't rate harshly because I get it is a work in progress. Also I'm a casual chess player, so cannot speak to the AI quality or chess service integration. That said, these are the areas that need improving: - Maintaining board synchronisation. Often the app will display the hints on touching a piece, but the board LEDs won't mirror this. - No checkers support - adding the checkers pieces doesn't change the board mode. - The chess icons shouldn't scale with the device's font size settings.

What's new

Favorite selection for playing chess openings
Bug fixes