Also when I get tired of being in the house it would be nice to be able to sit in the garden under the roof of the pergola in the fresh air. Having a DGT PI or maybe a Centaur board one can play against the computer and get used to real figures. All this is housed in a lightweight design that you can take with you. Maybe you want to play on veranda and take in the sun. Out of interest, could your friend who has the King Performance tell you if it has the option of auto resign and offer draw? Spielen Sie mit dem DGT-Centaur auf einem echten Brett mit gewichteten Schachfiguren. Einfach einschalten und loslegen! Der Computer ist immer bereit und hält Sie fit. Bei Bedarf gibt er Hinweise und hilft Ihnen, Ihr Spiel zu verbessern. Selbstverständlich ist auch eine Option zur Stellungseingabe enthalten.

Other chess computers are made to play at the highest strength. They are impossible to beat. At lower levels they play unnatural and unhuman. They are simply no fun to play against. Thank you for the heads up. Non of my entry level to mid-range level computers have auto resign or offer draw feature - not even my most feature rich unit, the Saitek Talking Chess Academy. No connectivity options at all. It's a very closed system: No upgrades, no online play, no PGN export. This means that you'll have to setup a custom position via it's menu and buttons which IMO is, like I mentioned earlier, very tedious. I've done it once myself and decided there are better ways to do this (ie. Lichess, Lucas Chess). I think you need to determine what your goals are. Are you interested in playing OTB (over the board) chess once this COVID19 is over?I ended up setting up the position using the physical pieces from their respective locations from the first step. However, because of the way Set-Up works on the Centaur it was a bit of an ordeal.

A hint system, suggesting the top moves. (Note that using this skewers the adaptive difficulty; The more you use hints, the smaller the probability to win on your own, at least that's my experience.)

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The battery took a LONG time to charge. About 5 hours but I was playing a lot while it was charging which I’m sure affected the time to full. Now that it has been fully charged I have played about 4 games and see no real drain on the battery. With the E-Ink display I am hoping it will last a long time. Die herausragende Besonderheit ist das adaptive intelligente Schachprogramm, das sich schon während der laufenden Partie automatisch Ihrer Spielstärke anpasst. Wo andere Geräte auf der stärksten Stufe unschlagbar sind und auf den niedrigeren Leveln unnatürlich spielen, ist Ihnen - gleich ob Anfänger oder Turnierspieler - der DGT-Centaur schon ab dem ersten Zug ein ebenbürtiger Gegner. I see no way to export the PGN of the game. I have been writing down my moves for later analysis but being able to export would have been nice.

Adaptive intelligent Chess Computer automatically adjusts itself to your playing strenght. It gives you a fair chance to win, to learn and, most importantly to have fun! I tried going into Set-Up mode hoping that the computer would use the position I had onscreen as the selected position to set up. Again the Centaur had the final position displayed in Set-Up mode.

Centaur knows 3 fold repetition and fifty move rule but it does not offer a drawer outside of those rules. It does not offer to resign either.

DGT would like to thank the many software developers who made it possible to develop Centaur for the many chess lovers around the world. The only thing that worries me is that it seems to be fragile. The board is very lightweight plastic with no bottom on the board leaving the lights and electronics fairly exposed. The bottom of the chess pieces have a thin foil coating under which you can see the electronics. They have no real protection. I feel like the board in particular would not survive even one small drop. I could be wrong but I am not going to experiment. LOL You don't need to buy anything whilst you are a beginner. Just practice lots of tactics, openings, watch the videos, use the lessons on here, and play live games and see where you went wrong in analysis- no need for anything else. Also use the forums for advice for beginners. There's no need for computer screens or tablets. Just start playing chess naturally with intelligent auto-sensing technology. Impressive looking weighted pieces and on board lighted display within the squares themselves engage you in a fully contained, highly-tactical chess play experience that you will enjoy for hours upon hours.

With the sensor board you can simply move pieces in a natural way. Whether you are a beginner or an experienced player, whether you are a home player or a club player, Centaur Always adapts to your level as soon as you make your first move!