Description of DGT Bluetooth Electronic Chess Board Rosewood
We proudly announce the release of the DGT Wireless e-Board for individual use. The DGT Wireless e-Board uses Bluetooth. Only Rosewood versions of the DGT Wireless E-board will be produced. It will be able to be used in combination with any of the DGT chess sets - Timeless, Royal, Classic, Venus or Design.
Please note some of the special features of the DGT Wireless E-board:
- 10+ meters Bluetooth true-wireless communication and approximately 40+ meters successfully tested indoors with high quality dongle.
- USB wired communication
- 24 hours full play rechargeable Li-Ion battery, rechargeable over USB cable to PC or main adapter.
- Three-color LED status indicator.
- Increased scanning speed (6 scans/second).
- Firmware upgrade feature makes it easy to install future software enhancements and new functions.
- DGT XL clock functions as display for board instructions.
More detailed information you can find the manual of the DGT Bluetooth e-board. This board is not built to be used in a tournament setup, but small tournaments can use this board for broadcasting games.
DGT Chess Board Features
- Automatically store games in the memory of the board while you play, and retrieve the games as PGN later; Beautifully-inlaid wood board with official FIDE tournament-size squares (5.5 x 5.5 cm, 2 1/4" x 2 1/4"); Board only 1.8 cm thick. The same as a normal chessboard
- Three different designs Staunton Wooden Chess Pieces are available, each with a king height of 95mm (3 3/4")
- Elegant wood storage box holds pieces, cables, AC power adapter, and the DGT software CD-ROM
- Possibility to connect a DGT Clock
- Simply connects to USB or serial port of your PC; Driver CD included for Windows 95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP.
The DGT Electronic Board is supported by many programs, and new programs are added to this list frequently. See below for current list- The gift box comes with a special edition of the famous Fritz program and 100 days free access at PlayChess.com
DGT Chess Board works with these Chess Software Programs
- TOMA: DGT Projects' professional chess tournament broadcasting software. Great for live tournament broadcasting, but also for publishing existing games.
- World Chess Network: Play against internet opponents with the electronic board!
- ChessBase Products: Fritz 8, Fritz 7, Fritz 6, Fritz 5.32, Fritz 5, Hiarcs 7.32, Junior 5, Nimzo 99
- Arena (All versions)
- A graphical user interface to play with many chess engines like Crafty, GNUChess, LambChop and many, many more!
- Internet Chess Club: Play live online chess with BlitzIn + the WoodIn plugin.
- US Chess Live: Use US Chess Live Windows Version 4.0 to play on the game site, using the DGT Electronic Chess Board.
- Pocket Grandmaster: A fully featured and extremely strong award winning chess playing program for Pocket PCs running Pocket PC 2002 or Windows CE 3.0. This new version also supports the DGT Electronic Chess Board.
- Please note that not all Pocket PC's are supported. It does not seem to work with the DELL Axim.
- Arena: A graphical user interface to play with many chess engines like Crafty, GNUChess, LambChop and many, many more!
- Internet Chess Club: Play live online chess with Blitzin
- and more!
