Just in case "Live Chess" disappears without the disconnect issues in "Play" being resolved, My personal work-a-round is to play on lichess.org, until at such time the connection issues are fixed. I've found they match my skill level up quite closely in matches. Additionally, they make you keep your board synchronized to the game. On chess.com it's basically just a peripheral (like a mouse) and you are actually playing the screen. Your board can be totally out of synch with the game (yeah, we've all had it happen).
Personally, I'd rather play my online matches here, since I think chess.com offers a lot of options beyond DGT integration. However, I have a "fall back" option is I can no longer use my DGT board here. I'm optimistic, that chess.com will successfully integrate the DGT functionality in "Play" to the same level I am currently experiencing in "Live Chess".
Here's my video on connecting your DGT e-Board to lichess.org, if for no other reason than it gives you another option for playing online.
Make sure you look in the description for timestamps on corrections.
Summary of the video Instructions: 1) Download DGT LiveChess App from DGT LiveChess 2) Create an account on lichess.org 3) Create an *Access Token (click on your name, choose "Preferences") *might be best to use "Configure" tab on DGT board page to do this (after step #4). 4) Select DGT Board from "Play" menu option 5) Duplicate the displayed (DGT) page tab 6) Select "Play" at bottom of page and verify the software sees your e-Board 7) Select the OTHER duplicated tab and then select Lichess.Org to get back to the main menu 8) You are now ready to create a game and play against either a computer or online participants with your e-Board
Just in case "Live Chess" disappears without the disconnect issues in "Play" being resolved, My personal work-a-round is to play on lichess.org, until at such time the connection issues are fixed. I've found they match my skill level up quite closely in matches. Additionally, they make you keep your board synchronized to the game. On chess.com it's basically just a peripheral (like a mouse) and you are actually playing the screen. Your board can be totally out of synch with the game (yeah, we've all had it happen).
Personally, I'd rather play my online matches here, since I think chess.com offers a lot of options beyond DGT integration. However, I have a "fall back" option is I can no longer use my DGT board here. I'm optimistic, that chess.com will successfully integrate the DGT functionality in "Play" to the same level I am currently experiencing in "Live Chess".
Here's my video on connecting your DGT e-Board to lichess.org, if for no other reason than it gives you another option for playing online.
https://youtu.be/AwboO7LY87Q
Make sure you look in the description for timestamps on corrections.
Summary of the video Instructions:
1) Download DGT LiveChess App from DGT LiveChess
2) Create an account on lichess.org
3) Create an *Access Token (click on your name, choose "Preferences")
*might be best to use "Configure" tab on DGT board page to do this (after step #4).
4) Select DGT Board from "Play" menu option
5) Duplicate the displayed (DGT) page tab
6) Select "Play" at bottom of page and verify the software sees your e-Board
7) Select the OTHER duplicated tab and then select Lichess.Org to get back to the main menu
8) You are now ready to create a game and play against either a computer or online participants with your e-Board