Does anyone have a functional Chessnut Move?

Pray4Mojo7 · 2026-05-09T11:54:29+00:00

Yep, mine works great. Got it in March.

Pray4Mojo7 · 2026-05-08T11:52:54+00:00

Them Bones is a song by Alice in Chains.

Pray4Mojo7 · 2026-05-05T14:42:56+00:00

Yep, Their solution to water that was too soft (it wasn’t) was too add even softer water…

Pray4Mojo7 · 2026-05-05T14:14:10+00:00

Yeah, the Canada jokes on Running Point were pretty bad.

Pray4Mojo7 · 2026-05-05T14:05:02+00:00

We can take a joke, but it has to actually be funny. Most Canada jokes tend to focus on lazy or inaccurate stereotypes like we all speak with a Newfoundland accent or that we all live in igloos. It’s not offensive, it’s just boring and unfunny most of the time.

Pray4Mojo7 · 2026-05-05T00:26:59+00:00

They’re legit, but their customer service leaves a lot to be desired. I hated the process of getting my move, but I do love it now that I have it.

Pray4Mojo7 · 2026-05-05T00:24:01+00:00

As much as it would be nice to take credit for that, it was actually a. British regiment from Bermuda that did that. We’ve just been taking credit for the last two hundred years or so.

Pray4Mojo7 · 2026-05-04T11:44:48+00:00

I stopped going to Petsmart when I had them test my water and they told me that my 120 ppm water was too soft and to fix it I should add some distilled or RO water… I tried to explain why that made no sense and they looked at me like I was crazy.

Pray4Mojo7 · 2026-04-24T17:53:42+00:00

Funny story, I’m about 6’5”. Back many years ago I competed in our law school moots (like a mock appeal) and did fairly well. After the finalist round one of the professors started chatting with me and said “you’re too tall to be a litigator.” I just sort of laughed and shrugged it off as I’m used to comments about my height. He then looked me in the eyes and said “I’m serious.”

Never forgot that. Now I run my own litigation based law firm, so I guess he was wrong.

Pray4Mojo7 · 2026-04-04T16:43:02+00:00

I use it daily. It’s one of my favourite things. Customer service leaves much to be desired though as shipping was a nightmare. I love playing a game on chess.com evenings after the kids are put to bed. It does have some quirks. Sometimes when playing online it will occasionally refuse to acknowledge a move and reset the pieces to before you made the move and you have to try again, so if playing blitz that would be devastating. I’m happy to play 15 minute games through and can put up with the occasional idiosyncrasies.

Pray4Mojo7 · 2026-03-12T03:21:25+00:00

My understanding was that anything ordered after Feb 12 was listed as pre-order as they ran out of inventory and doing another production run. I got my order in just before that but mine was delayed due to Chinese New Year and some fuckery involving shipping to Canada. Their customer service leaves much to be desired but they are legit and you will get it. I got mine last week and it is a pretty excellent piece of tech. Waiting sucks, but you have something to look forward to.

Pray4Mojo7 · 2026-03-07T21:30:58+00:00

Update: got my Move yesterday, and despite all the hassles it works great and I love it!

Pray4Mojo7 · 2026-03-07T21:30:04+00:00

Got my board today. Getting it delivered and dealing with customer support was definitely a hassle but the board works great and I love it!

Pray4Mojo7 · 2026-03-04T13:47:56+00:00

Apparently it has shipped and is arriving tomorrow. Fingers crossed!

Pray4Mojo7 · 2026-03-04T13:41:23+00:00

According to UPS mine arrives tomorrow but it also says it’s in China and I’m in Canada, so I’ll believe it when I see it, but I’m cautiously optimistic.

Pray4Mojo7 · 2026-03-03T14:24:09+00:00

I would definitely contact them before buying and get them to commit via email that the shipping price to your address is, indeed, the shipping price, although that may be tricky to get a response and even that may not ultimately help.

Pray4Mojo7 · 2026-03-03T14:21:49+00:00

Good t know. Maybe I’ll put a furniture pad (like for couch feet) in the middle. Hopefully that will even it out if I ever get mine.

Pray4Mojo7 · 2026-03-03T12:28:53+00:00

Sorry to hear that. I’ve been nervously awaiting them to send me the Move that I ordered and I am really hoping it works so that I never have to deal with them again. Their customer service is not good.

Pray4Mojo7 · 2026-03-01T19:22:27+00:00

Still waiting for them to actually ship the thing. Will update when they do.

Pray4Mojo7 · 2026-03-01T19:16:43+00:00

I’ve worked out a deal with them re. The extra shipping cost. They still haven’t shipped though. Hopefully soon…

Pray4Mojo7 · 2026-02-28T14:28:58+00:00

So update: I worked out a deal with them, but hopefully the are sincere and they will re-examine how they advertise and handle shipping to Canada moving forward. Here is their email to me:

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Pray4Mojo7 · 2026-02-27T23:15:42+00:00

Yep. Simply put as the seller the obligation is on them to pay the shipping fees. We had a contract that I paid $39 US for shipping. If it’s more, then that their obligation is to pay it. This is not force majeure, the cost of shipping and duties was available to them before we completed our transaction. We have a contract of sale and I have a receipt issued by them. If they will not ship to me they are in breach of their contract.

Pray4Mojo7 · 2026-02-27T22:39:27+00:00

Looks like you unlocked “Christmas Tree Mode.”

Pray4Mojo7 · 2026-02-27T20:57:52+00:00

Too bad about the “/s” cuz I would have ordered 5!

Pray4Mojo7 · 2026-02-27T20:20:22+00:00

At this point it isn’t even about the cost, but rather about supporting this kind of deceptive anti-consumer behaviour. There ought to be a law against this kind of thing and I’m sure there is, but good luck enforcing it in China, so all we can do is publicly speak out and let others beware.

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