Chess Up 2 board I coming out!

I thought the Kickstarter rewards buy-in was $199 (not including shipping) for the starting tier with the product?

It is. He is from Australia, which is slightly more expensive.

@Terminated800 - $400-$600? Not sure where you get your info from. The board is currently $199US which is 305 Australian dollars. Much less than the numbers you threw around. Are you sure you're not looking at something else? The Chessnut products run $350US to $700US, are you thinking of them?

If you need OTB tournaments to "socialize" then perhaps that is a you problem. I do not need to play OTB to socialize, I use my job, my neighbors, my friends, and my family. If I get to play IRL chess, then great, until then I will attempt to mimic the OTB experience as closely as possible with e-boards.

Maybe @Terminated800 wanted the upgraded packages. That would explain the higher rewards in AU$.

This is what I see when I look at the chessup website

@Terminated800 That the first reward level - Without the bag or the checkers pieces?

I think it is the normal chessup, with no add ons

FWIW, that's the original Chessup board...not the Chessup 2.

The chessup 2 board doesn’t appear on the website

It's on KickStarter.com as a buy-in towards the Chessup 2 that's still in development. I believe the estimated ship date is in November of this year. Just search for 'chessup 2 kickstart'

Following this!! Sounds sick. I'm going to have to start saving up!

Did you find the ChessUp 2 on kickstarter.com?

I don’t have an eboard but I am looking … as a chess set collector, low quality player trying to improve and an active player on this site … I imagine I’m part of the target market for this product. From a distance and with little knowledge - apart from reading and watching videos - the Chess Nut Evo looks a fair way ahead of the Chess Up 2 … and to me the Chess Up looks more toyish than the Evo which seems a more stylish option. In the end, I probably won’t get either because they are expensive and freight to this far off land is always an issue but it is interesting to view the development of these boards from afar. I’m sure both are good quality and will find buyers.

Honestly, Mark, I think they are two different markets.

The Evo can do a lot, even create your own engines to train with. But it is for people who already know how to play (you fall into that group).

The Chessup is geared (in my opinion) towards lower level learners (say THAT 5 times fast) but can also be used by more experienced players.

I am still trying to figure out the tie-in with chess[]com, other than an income stream when it gets to a certain saturation and they make you have a certain level of membership in order to use the built in screen feature here . Thank goodness it will be (according to the developer) able to be used at the other site.

Thirteen days to go on the Kickstarter campaign.

Thank you for the explanation @Rsava. - much appreciated. 👍 The Evo for me if I can find a way 👍

I am looking forward to the chessup 2 because it hopefully will satisfy what I am looking forward to in an electronic chess board. 1. Stable, reliable and easy connection to chess.com without using a phone or app. 2. Easy to see lights on squares, instead of say one small LED per square which can easily be missed while playing. 3. A well made product for a good price. I have a premium membership I plan on maintaining at chess.com so the prospect of future use being restricted by chess.com is not a personal concern.

Yes, I am looking forward to the Chessup2 as well.

As an FYI, the two features (1 & 2) are also available on the Evo with a much bigger screen. The entire square is outlined in light on the Evo.

It will be interesting to see how small the screen actually is, as the Chessup2 has specs that are slightly smaller than the Chessup1 (overall unit size 396mm x 346mm for the 2, 400mm x 359mm for the 1). I have the 1, cannot imagine cramming an easily readable screen on that unit.

The eOne has 4 lights per square as well, very easy to read.

I also have a premium membership, my comment was thinking of people who do not have one - they sink the money into purchasing the board then get told a year later that the online function for the site is useless because they now have to pay for premium access.

So regarding the highest tier to back ChessUp2 on Kickstarter, how and when does the Chess.com discount code apply? Do backers receive the discount immediately, or do they have to wait for the kit to be delivered before they can sign up for the premium membership on chess.com with the discount voucher?

Chessnut Evo is $1000 USD...

Wrong.

Chessnut Evo is $629 US. Screenshot take just now.