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Re: Static Chess

#101

Post by donatj » Tue, May 14, 2024, 12:39 PM UTC

I’m frankly kind of bummed that this isn’t fully static chess. As in every possible move is a pre-rendered html file on a server somewhere.

This is more akin to how Yahoo Games and other chess sites worked in the early aughts.

Re: Static Chess

#102

Post by Jeremy1026 » Tue, May 14, 2024, 12:47 PM UTC

Was just playing around a little and found a bug. In the following position it won't let me play F8. https://maxm-staticchess.web.val.run/rnb1kbnr/pp2P1pp/3p4/q1...

Re: Static Chess

#103

Post by RespiceFinem » Tue, May 14, 2024, 12:53 PM UTC

Jeremy1026 wrote: post #102

Was just playing around a little and found a bug. In the following position it won't let me play F8. https://maxm-staticchess.web.val.run/rnb1kbnr/pp2P1pp/3p4/q1...

It's not a bug. f8=X is illegal since white is in check from the Queen on a5.

Re: Static Chess

#104

Post by [deleted] » Tue, May 14, 2024, 12:55 PM UTC

Jeremy1026 wrote: post #102

Was just playing around a little and found a bug. In the following position it won't let me play F8. https://maxm-staticchess.web.val.run/rnb1kbnr/pp2P1pp/3p4/q1...

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Re: Static Chess

#105

Post by arh5451 » Tue, May 14, 2024, 1:16 PM UTC

Only issue I see is that it does not identify check mate.

Re: Static Chess

#106

Post by [deleted] » Tue, May 14, 2024, 1:26 PM UTC

Jeremy1026 wrote: post #102

Was just playing around a little and found a bug. In the following position it won't let me play F8. https://maxm-staticchess.web.val.run/rnb1kbnr/pp2P1pp/3p4/q1...

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Re: Static Chess

#107

Post by tantalor » Tue, May 14, 2024, 1:39 PM UTC

daniel_levine wrote: post #61

throw9474 wrote: post #17

Nice that it detects valid moves, But it doesn't know about checkmate? https://chess.maxmcd.com/r1b1kRnr/p1ppB2p/n2P2p1/8/7P/1p6/PP... Should say checkmate?

Fork it!

Patches welcome

Re: Static Chess

#108

Post by tantalor » Tue, May 14, 2024, 1:41 PM UTC

That's not what "static" means

Re: Static Chess

#109

Post by afauroux » Tue, May 14, 2024, 2:17 PM UTC

I did a static chess page myself some time ago but with p2p connection (using webRTC) so you can play with a friend:

- [Try it](https://afauroux.github.io/chess/) - [Fork it](https://github.com/afauroux/chess)

Re: Static Chess

#110

Post by [deleted] » Tue, May 14, 2024, 2:20 PM UTC

peabnuts123 wrote: post #63

This isn't really static right? It's still dynamically rendered by the backend each time you request the page. There aren't 999999919291293923 pre-rendered pages living on a server somewhere.

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