Square Off - Chess Set

I don't have a link, but pretty sure it was on the square off cafe group 

Not receiving one is very true.. I've had two on order for a year.. ordered thinking I would get for Christmas last year, got an email saying March 2022, then another moving to July 2022, then another for October 22, and then last week 31 December 2022..  I asked for a refund.. I can find something better to do with my $500 instead of waiting years for a chess board that never comes.   Do not buy!

$500? What did you order? Was it via Kickstarter? 

Finally got my Swap yesterday after an 18-month wait. It’s certainly not a showpiece, the board surface image particularly looks cheap. I’m also getting periodic Bluetooth disconnects — is that a known issue with their other boards?

Having trouble getting my grand kingdom to work with chess.com. I can connect to games but cannot use the board for play. Any suggestions?

Sure. I open the Square off app. I pair my device with the board. I select challenge friends. I search for my friend who is logged into chess.com. When I find him I select his username. A new window opens where I can set the parameters for the game. I select a challenge.

I select challenge friends. I search for my friend who is logged into chess.com. When I find him I select his username. A new window opens where I can set the parameters for the game. I select challenge.

Here is where it gets Squirrley. More often than not. I get the pin wheel of death and my friend cannot see the challenge. A couple times, though, he has seen my challenge excepted it, and the game has begun. Once the game begins, I can only interact with him through the board on my device. The grand kingdom is unresponsive to my moves, and does not animate or reflect his moves.

. More often than not. I get the pin wheel of death and my friend cannot see the challenge. A couple times, though, he has seen my challenge excepted it, and the game has begun. Once the game begins, I can only interact with him through the board on my device. The grande kingdom is unresponsive to my moves, and does not animate or reflect his moves.

I hope that makes sense, and thanks for your help.

Sure, it absolutely makes sense. I had a similar experience several years ago with a friend. We've defaulted to him downloading the Square Off app and playing on that, which does move my Kingdom pieces.

My only suggestion is to make sure you have the most up to date Square Off app.

I have played strangers on Chess.com with the pieces moving. I created a challenge specifically for Chess.com and used a 20 minute plus 10 game. Someone joined and it worked nicely

Since I play weekly with my friend with no time control, we've had only a few minor clitches with the Square Off app.

OK, thanks for the feedback. We will give it another. Go on chess.com. Feeling that ask him to join me on SquareOff. Thanks again for your help!

You bet! Ive been enjoying my board since before Covid. I also lock my board after each use. Good luck.

I had luck with Square Off and Chess.com when I was having issues with it by uninstalling my phone software and completely reinstalling it.

Why do you lock it between uses?

Oh great! I’ll try that too. Thanks.

What do you mean by "locking your board"? I own one but haven't used it in about 9 months. Thx

Nice to see this thread going. I am still playing and loving square off board. I have the Grand Kingdom set and the neo.

I just got the grand kingdom set. Nice concept but only good for games with long time control. Glacially slow piece movement. Interested to see how it holds up but no good for 10 min games