# Possibility of different chess engine?
**URL:** https://community.playchessup.com/t/possibility-of-different-chess-engine/213
**Category:** General
**Created:** [July 12, 2023, 5:24am UTC](https://community.playchessup.com/t/possibility-of-different-chess-engine/213 "2023-07-12T05:24:36Z")
**Posts on this page:** 10
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### Author:  [@wolfcatala](https://community.playchessup.com/u/wolfcatala)
#### Post date: [July 12, 2023, 5:24am UTC](https://community.playchessup.com/t/possibility-of-different-chess-engine/213/1 "2023-07-12T05:24:36Z")
Hi,
I know the app (and the board) is using stockfish as a chess engine. I recently discovered Maia, which is based on alphazero and promises to deliver more human-like responses. I think lichess is already offering pre-trained Maia bots to play against for some time now. I would like to know if updating the app to be able to choose between Maia and Stockfish is something that is feasible/desirable as a new feature or not.
Thanks!
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### Author:  [@Jeff](https://community.playchessup.com/u/Jeff)
#### Post date: [July 12, 2023, 2:01pm UTC](https://community.playchessup.com/t/possibility-of-different-chess-engine/213/2 "2023-07-12T14:01:55Z")
Hi - yes you can play the Maia bots.
1. Create a [lichess.org](http://lichess.org) account (you may already have one)
2. While logged in to lichess on a web browser, follow the maia bots:
[maia1 : Activity • lichess.org](https://lichess.org/@/maia1)
[maia5 : Activity • lichess.org](https://lichess.org/@/maia5)
[maia9 : Activity • lichess.org](https://lichess.org/@/maia9)
You can follow by clicking the “follow” button on the page. It looks like a thumbs up on my browser
1. when setting up a game in the chessup app, choose lichess as the platform, and then challenge the maia bot of your choice
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### Author:  [@Jeff](https://community.playchessup.com/u/Jeff)
#### Post date: [July 12, 2023, 2:09pm UTC](https://community.playchessup.com/t/possibility-of-different-chess-engine/213/3 "2023-07-12T14:09:16Z")
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### Author:  [@wolfcatala](https://community.playchessup.com/u/wolfcatala)
#### Post date: [July 12, 2023, 2:44pm UTC](https://community.playchessup.com/t/possibility-of-different-chess-engine/213/4 "2023-07-12T14:44:45Z")
That’s great, thanks!!
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### Author:  [@Julius](https://community.playchessup.com/u/Julius)
#### Post date: [August 16, 2023, 9:25pm UTC](https://community.playchessup.com/t/possibility-of-different-chess-engine/213/5 "2023-08-16T21:25:34Z")
By the way, there are also a lot of community bots on Lichess that are interesting as well.
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### Author:  [@Ed\_Ferreira](https://community.playchessup.com/u/Ed_Ferreira)
#### Post date: [September 14, 2023, 10:32pm UTC](https://community.playchessup.com/t/possibility-of-different-chess-engine/213/6 "2023-09-14T22:32:55Z")
Cant play classical chess with any Maia bot in Lichess. The only bot I know I can play classical chess in Lichess is YEOLDWIZ, wich is great because it sends a message where we can choose his ELO. Unfortunately cant play it in Chessup, it allways declines. Is there any bot in Lichess that we can play classical chess in Chessup? Cant find one. Thanks!
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### Author:  [@Arnaud](https://community.playchessup.com/u/Arnaud)
#### Post date: [September 15, 2023, 4:16pm UTC](https://community.playchessup.com/t/possibility-of-different-chess-engine/213/7 "2023-09-15T16:16:11Z")
Hi, I can play correctly the Maïa bot with CHESSUP bord.
So be sure you have the last firmware and last version of the app. Sometimes you need to uninstall and re install the app. Try it and tell us the result.
Bye
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### Author:  [@Arhios](https://community.playchessup.com/u/Arhios)
#### Post date: [October 8, 2023, 6:55am UTC](https://community.playchessup.com/t/possibility-of-different-chess-engine/213/8 "2023-10-08T06:55:53Z")
Bik’s “Chess for Android” app now supports the ChessUp:
[https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.chess&hl=en](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.chess&hl=en)
Oh boy, this is so great !
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### Author:  [@JahnBlechinger](https://community.playchessup.com/u/JahnBlechinger)
#### Post date: [October 17, 2023, 10:28am UTC](https://community.playchessup.com/t/possibility-of-different-chess-engine/213/9 "2023-10-17T10:28:41Z")
Hi Jeff,
i can only play as white against maia. When i choose black the ai wont make a move. When i quit the game the board suddenly shows what move white has done.
Hope heres the right place to report this bug.
thanks for your great work!
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### Author:  [@Jeff](https://community.playchessup.com/u/Jeff)
#### Post date: [October 17, 2023, 2:48pm UTC](https://community.playchessup.com/t/possibility-of-different-chess-engine/213/10 "2023-10-17T14:48:23Z")
Here is our bug reporting form:
> **[ClickUp Forms](https://forms.clickup.com/10628956/f/a4buw-927/5JB0C0ICQKQQOBD22L?ref=tsg)**
Thanks for reporting