DGT Chess Computer

If you are playing a timed game, it moves appropriately based on how much time it has. Meaning on a long game, it will take more time on it’s move when it has 30 minutes left. As the time winds down, just like we would, it starts moving more quickly. If you play an untimed game, it moves instantly.

can you set up middlegame & endgame positions?

Yes you can, you have to start with the pieces on their original squares as there's no "real" piece recognition, but it's still a fairly fast process

Have had it for a week and I am impressed. As other users pointed out, it does not make outright blunders to level its play, it is more like subtle positional errors. As I get good and even winning positions and its level of play improves significantly. I have been able to convert very few good positions as it always seems to find a tactical way out (similar to my experience playing stronger human opposition, they just keep coming at you even from a worse position). So hopefully, will allow me to improve my play. It is definitely a more engaging playing experience, which alone justifies the price.

Have you pimped out the pieces of your Centaur yet? It's what all the cool kids are doing nowadays.

It's unfortunate that the DGT Centaur that I ordered becomes defective in just around 7-months even if I don't use it regularly. I just hope the DGT team will contact me and provide support. Here's the video on YouTube: https://youtu.be/nEhYXP3gjzM

ok fine

It's sad that so far the DGT team is not yet responding to my concern about the defective e-paper display on my DGT Centaur. Does anyone here can help me and contact DGT? I sent message for support on their website twice and I receive an email twice also that in 3 to 5 days DGT team will contact me but until now no response. I also contacted the vendor but their advise is to contact DGT directly which until now is not responding. You may view the issue that I'm having on my DGT Centaur here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nEhYXP3gjzM  

I hope the DGT team will give support to their product especially in my case where the DGT Centaur is not yet more than a year in my possession and the device is properly kept and seldom used but lately it's e-paper display malfunctioned. Contacted them twice on different occasions but no DGT team provides support. The product is expensive and its disheartening to your customers that you don't provide support. I would appreciate if anyone here can call the attention of the DGT team regarding the issue on my DGT Centaur. The YT link is complete of info on how the DGT team can contact me if they care to their customers. Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nEhYXP3gjzM 

If you cannot get any response from DGT then I would try replacing the e-paper display myself which is available here. https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B072J2LG8N/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o03_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

I'll try to contact the online seller at Amazon again of the DGT Centaur board to have them contact the DGT team. I will try to exhaust all effort first before I attempt to thinker the device. By the way I bought Certabo board and the support is very good. Pietro is very accommodating. 

Hi all,

Another question re the Centaur if that is OK.  I've had mine for about 3 weeks.

I'm an "on and off" beginner but know the basics.  I got the Centaur as I don't have an in person chess partner and miss playing "over the board."  That said, however, my Centaur played a strange move today.

While playing today both black (Centaur) and white had castled.  When I made my move the Centaur responded as if the King was still in his starting square.  Has anyone had this before?

I corrected the situation and did not check the display at the time to see what the computer was thinking.

I was playing in friendly mode.

Thanks.

Yes, I think it happend to me as well on challenging mode, it was rare but not sure if it was my fault when I did the castlle, it should have prompt an error though. It hasn't happend again.