Reviewing and playing on Chessnut Air+, a fully wooden electronic board

August 20, 2024 NHaselton Uncategorized

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Playing on a beautiful, fully wooden electronic chess board, the Chessnut Air+.
Check out Chessnut’s Air+ here: https://www.chessnutech.com/hangingpawnschess
If you like it, use the code Hangingpawns to get a 17% discount!

I got an Air+ from Chessnut the other day. I have reviewed it in the video, and tried to give my objective opinion, showing both the good and the bad. I think it’s extremely useful since I often play online games over a real board, and Air plus makes it much more convenient.

The guys at Chessnut have made a great looking board. It’s fully wooden, well designed and it seems solid, which is very important to me. It’s simple, no markings, no notation, nothing. The pieces are wooden too.

It’s very easy to use and set up as well. Which, since I’m a grandmother when it comes to computers, is also very important to me!

#chessnut

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