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The Kickstarter project is now live. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/soontech/regium-automatic-chess-e-board-0 No mention of the concerns. There are four comments claiming it's a scam. The comments have now been changed so only backers can post, and the creator is frantically trying to post lon...

AdminX wrote: ↑

Mon Feb 24, 2020 11:27 pm

This is one impressive demo for scam!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G3WWuHgIwQ0

Hi Ted - notice you never see a human in the picture when thE pieces move. In later videos you do.

Steve

If this is an elaborate scam!! I am sold, but how do they get my money? Who is going to buy this without independent reviews. You do have to admit they do CGI very well for a bunch of scammers. If it is a scam. They need to be selling the CGI or stop motion...well done! https://www.youtube.com/watc...

What they fail to mention is what is so revolutionary about Regium Chess? Like, what can it do that isn't featured in this video of real working hardware? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AQLOj-TylGg The electromagnetic movement was the innovation. Up to this point all boards that move the pieces au...

Tomorrow was supposed to be the launch of Regium chess board, an amazing product that moves the pieces using electromagnetism. It connects to all the major platforms and seems to be the perfect electronic chess board. Now it looks most likely to be a complete scam! Here's the Chess.com blog that see...

Based on the Stockfish development site, preparations for Stockfish 11 are underway. Looks like it will be released soon.

http://abrok.eu/stockfish/

Steve

Marty responded. Nothing definite, but it looks like there may be a glimmer of hope!

Steve Maughan wrote: ↑

Wed Dec 18, 2019 7:49 pm

Hi Ed - I've sent an email. Let's see what happens!

Steve

Rebel wrote: ↑

Wed Dec 18, 2019 4:19 pm

Ask Marty for the source code?

It's all we need to move these oldies into the 21th century.

Hi Ed - I've sent an email. Let's see what happens!

Steve

Rebel wrote: ↑

Wed Dec 18, 2019 4:19 pm

Ask Marty for the source code?

It's all we need to move these oldies into the 21th century.

+1 for MChess.

A couple of years ago I briefly corresponded with Marty. At that time he didn't rule out a new version of MChess. It had "maybe-one-day" status.

Steve

This is because you mistake it to be a World Championship for engines. While in fact it is a World Championship for programmers / book builders / hardware constructors. If anything is amiss it is the notion that when you download an engine and are running it on your run-of-the-mill PC, you are doin...