Will these self moving boards work with chess.com?

https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/square-off-world-s-smartest-chess-board--2#/

No.  so far the descriptions require both side to hook up directly using a connected phone app.

Ahh so both players need one, thats a bit odd, are you sure about that as it sounds like it can be used on playchess server

Can I play with players from websites like chess.com, ICC chess, etc.?

At this stage, the board can interact only with the Square Off Platform i.e.: the user can play Board vs Board or Board vs Square Off App. However, multi-platform connectivity is one of our primary objectives and to make that happen, we are in talks with the leading chess websites. Hoping to begin with our beta trial soon.

• This will be great, and they so much cheaper than DGT boards, Like the idea of playing longer games on a real board, especially where the opponents pieces move on their own

wow.  I saw people making these boards (that were skilled with electronics and such) and I was thinking why doesn't someone make that for the public?  This is how I want to play online chess!  I'm in for one!

Have not heard anything more about them for a few months, must see how they progressing

That is cool. I was wondering the other day if this would ever be made.

And to answer the OP's question, it appears not out of the box.  It is encouraging that the founder of the board made an effort to meet with the guy behind chess.com, and chess.com dude was skeptical but then quite impressed with the product once he saw it firsthand.  It's all about momentum with a product like this...if it sells well, people will make the effort to support it.  So it may not happen immediately...but if there is forum buzz on chess.com for the product that will help!

I would assume players would only use it for longer duration games.  I'd argue it's a good gimmick, I think it's less distracting than having to translate your opponents moves onto a physical board, and translating your moves onto a virtual board.  Chess is all about focus after all!

Would be great, being able to play a game where do not need to look at the computer for the duration.  The price is fairly low too, much cheaper than the DGT boards which do not even move the pieces for you

     Only concern is the current board they have made is not quite full sized

 The other downside at the moment is you can only play someone else who has the board and phone app. So basically nobody.

     It will only take off if it can be integrated into sites like chess.com where it can be used in the regular live games against anybody regardless if they own the board themselves. Otherwise it is going to be too difficult to find opposition

Well you can't have everything!  And a prediction and warning.  If it sells well, they will introduce a full size board and pieces later, and chess.com support will come.  If it does not sell well, they will not make a larger board and chess.com support very uncertain.  So if you want that full size then pony up for this version or you may never see it!  (I'd say, gift the unwanted version away later to a chess buddy, or sell on ebay to help pay for the newer, larger set).

Also, I checked out their page, they claim they have already partnered with a service that has 200,000 players, and that your opponent does NOT need to have the board.  I don't even think they need the phone app in this instance, but I'm not familiar with their partner playchess.com

The only way I see this product succeeding is with a collaboration with the big chess services (chess.com, icc, etc.). To elaborate, the major chess websites can provide the traffic/membership necessary to become lucrative. I doubt it'll happen though as they'll want to maintain leverage by holding a strong grip on their digital pipeline.

I think this product is right where chess needs to go in today's technology.  I love chess.com and love playing with people all around the world at anytime and having a rating and a good community...... but chess should be played seemingly "off the grid" as it was for hundreds of years, not on a 2d computer screen, iphone screen, etc.  If this product works well and also get support by a robust community, we will all be able to sit down at a table and play on a tangible chess set with traditional looking pieces/board against anyone else around the world at anytime while focusing on the chess board not the din of a screen.   Crossing my fingers this works out.  Already purchased a set based on the promise of compatibility with the playchess server (which I'm not really familiar with and am sure sucks compared to chess.com).  Chess.com should buy into this company, market the board as a chess.com board, have it specially compatible with chess.com and run away with it ... this is like the internet of things in a chess board and if done right, could be an amazing device. 

Looking forward to hearing your report

I d like to have it playing chess.com or/and icc, etc
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Playing without boards would be kind of defeating the object of the things

No? Then what is the point of their statement of agreement with chess.com?

An update from June 30, reviews the entire production process in surprisingly great detail and explains delays. It gave an estimated September shipping date. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/infivention/square-off-worlds-smartest-chess-board-relaunched/posts/1878784

There was another update posted in July but it is only viewable by Kickstarter backers.

They talked with erik and he demoed a prototype. He showed interest in supporting it but until there are enough in the wild, it probably won't be a priority. The site doesn't support DGT boards either.

https://www.chess.com/blog/erik/playing-on-the-automated-chessboard-squareoff

The site is working on some APIs too, so maybe the Square-Off developers have been involved with testing those.