r/ComputerChess

After giving Chessnut NEXT on the Mac a try, I have to say the Grandeur feature—especially the spoken analysis—is really helpful. For beginners, the simplest review style, like the „friendly guide,“ shouldn’t be overlooked; it’s quite nice for anyone IMHO.

On the other hand, the more advanced analysis options for experts will (Im a lower-ELO player) satisfy even the most experienced and demanding Lichess users.

Sure, Lichess is far more powerful than NEXT, but it’s a bit like the difference between Mac and PC:

• The Mac is a beautiful, easy to handle polished dancer.

• The PC is a brutal, no-nonsense blue collar workbench.

Same here: the Chessnut app is simple, easy to use and navigate, and really nice to look at. They clearly learned from Apple. Aside from a few minor issues and glitches in this first NEXT version, I’ve only found one real bug so far: no Lichess and Chess import, even though it’s advertised.

What I didn't get to work or understand is the Mistake book feature.
Anyone knowledgeable coming forward to enlighten me please.

Overall, it’s just another free tool in the crowd, but it shines in a subtle, clever way: the daily Grandeur tasks keep you connected to chess in a low-pressure, almost subconscious way. And who can complain about that?

I’m curious to hear what other NEXT users think, especially about Grandeur and the spoken feedback.

Do you have any workarounds for the import issue?
PS: Im not a chessnut fanboy, a bot, commercially connected in any way to anyone, aside to my most beautiful Zwergspitz "Jeannie" - I use Mac OS since 1984

I am looking for an electronic tabletop chess computer that is rated over 2200, preferably higher, but not something that costs like $300 or something unreasonable.

My problem with all the past chess computers I have bought is that the sensor board always peels off and breaks after continued use.

If I am spending $150-250 I want something that will not break!

Can you recommend anything?

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I am new-ish to chess (I used to play as a kid and know some openings, tactics, etc) and am getting back into it with my kids. I see a lot has changed with playing against a computer and with AI - such as MAIA. I am wondering if there is an AI bot that can be adaptive in the sense that it learns from how you play - and makes games challenging at your level to make it difficult but not impossible to win and adjusts with you over time. When I google this - Gemini seems to suggest that the chessnut evo board has this functionality but it seems like the career mode is close but not really an adaptive ai - or is it?? This seems like something obvious to me that should exist so I’m hoping for some suggestions to try. I’m open to a phone app, computer application, e-chess board etc… thanks!

I’ve always wondered why we can’t exclude specific moves when analyzing our games with the engine. Like many chess content creators even admit that the engine’s analysis is rubbish especially for lower rated players, but I feel like this could be such an easy fix. Like I could be in a dead lost position unless I find a 20 move sequence where it says I’m winning but I would never be able to find the correct moves to support it, which would just give a false perception of the position.

Why not add the ability to tell the engine like “yup you see that move, you’re not allowed to play it anymore.. how’s my position looking now?”

I wrote chess engine that played with stockfish and my engine survived until the endgame.

Engine searchs the best move using alpha beta pruning, based on Negamax.
Also, engine has transposition tables, killer moves, qsearch, ordering moves.

Evaluation functions evaluates material balance, uses PeSTO tables and divides games to midgame and endgame.

Engine supports uci protocol.

github: https://github.com/0sewter0/chess\_engine.git

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The title is just for clicks haha. I mean I am going to open about it, this engine was vibe coded through and through, the only non-AI here is the logo. I just want to share it here just so I can get feedbacks regarding on its newest version which is still on pre release because I haven't done any tunings yet, but it is significantly better than the current latest release.

Big thanks to the people I have talked to in the Stockfish discord. Although most people if not all (at least the one's I've talked to) hates LLMs with a passion, they still answer all of my questions. Also big thanks to the developer of Askaig, since they recommended new stuffs to implement on my engine. Big thanks to Mr. Graham from the CCRL team, because even though it is fully vibe coded, they still accepted it and tested it.

The engine is called Coco, it was derived from the name of the MC of the series called Witch Hat Atelier. Yeah, that's all.

It was actually already tested by CCRL and rated:

CCRL Blitz

**Coco 1.1.1 64-bit**	**2595**	

It was an old version though, that is why I am posting this to maybe get some other people to test the current pre-release of it here:

https://github.com/NotKaede-11/Coco-Engine/releases/tag/v1.5.0-pre.1

Expected elo gain is +~300, but I cannot confirm yet since I still refuse to run gauntlet to this day.

The main repo is here:

https://github.com/NotKaede-11/Coco-Engine.git

Thanks for your time!

I've been working on a small tool that pulls your recent Chess.com games,
runs engine analysis, and instead of just showing raw eval numbers, tries
to spot patterns like "you keep hanging pieces" or "your king stays
exposed too long" then gives you a weekly summary and lets you drill
your actual blundered positions.

You pick a "coach" tone (encouraging, blunt, or just the data) for how
it talks to you.

It's early, made solo, and definitely rough around the edges mainly
posting becausee I'd genuinely appreciate feedback from people actually
learning the game, since that's who it's built for. If you try it, let
me know what's confusing, broken, or just not useful.

https://victorvermabonany.github.io/ev-scanner-public/chess/

I would really appreciate people playing against it and giving me some feedback