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Re: Visualize move, protection and threat status in chess

#11
Would be nice if there was also an "advanced" mode. Only highlight pieces that have less defenders than attackers. And highlight pins.

And I assume even more advanced modes highlight perhaps central squares that might be obtained and which open lines. See https://en.m.wikibooks.org/wiki/Chess_Strategy/Open_lines for a nice example.

Re: Visualize move, protection and threat status in chess

#12

Would be nice if there was also an "advanced" mode. Only highlight pieces that have less defenders than attackers. And highlight pins. And I assume even more advanced modes highlight perhaps central squares that might be obtained and which open lines. See https://en.m.wikibooks.org/wiki/Chess_Strategy/Open_lines for a nice example.

Hm. If I were an advanced player I might be up to creating an advanced mode! ;-)

Re: Visualize move, protection and threat status in chess

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Very cool idea? Do you have a demo or write up about how it works? also would like to know how one can use it.

It's not a very detailed explanation but the write-up is here: http://techn.ology.net/visualize-move-protection-and-threat-... It's written as a server program in Perl, but it's relatively easy to install and run on your own computer: > git clone https://github.com/ology/Chess-Inspector.git > cd Chess-Inspector > perl Makefile.PL > make > sudo make install > perl bin/app.pl Then open http://localhost:3000 in your web…

These instructions are incorrect. Please check out the repo README. (Basically relace all the "make stuff" with `sudo cpan .`)
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