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ChessDream, a place for chess players to improve

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Re: ChessDream, a place for chess players to improve

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post #8

Found multiple bugs in the puzzle area. If you can give mate in more than one way (multiple correct moves for the last move) it sometimes says your move was incorrect which is not.

yep, the lichess algorithm for finding puzzles from real games is way more sophisticated than this, and they find some really weird bugs

Re: ChessDream, a place for chess players to improve

#12
post #6

Marketing section isn't helping. Some over the top claims mixed with some lies. You are not winning any favors with it. It's clear domain knowledge is lacking in this project. Things like not numbering moves in engine lines, not naming the engine you are using, showing an eval from a point of view of a side to play (usual convetion is to show it from white's point of view so positive eval means better for white, nega…

Thanks for the advice I will surely work on it!

Re: ChessDream, a place for chess players to improve

#13
post #4

claims to use "the strongest [chess] engine out there" - then doesn't name it? presumably this is equivalent to stockfish or leela, or AlphaZero. not saying what's "behind the curtain" => fail. fwiw, lichess.org is free, stable, open source and uses strongest engines: stockfish, leela, and is free.

Its using stockfish, I will make sure to mention it. Thanks for your opinion!

Re: ChessDream, a place for chess players to improve

#14
post #5

You're making some strong claims re the chess engine: > Play, evaluate and analyze games with the strongest engine out there. > Challenge our state-of-the-art chess AI, designed to match and enhance your skill level. Are you using an opensource engine without specifying it?

I am just an 18 years old newbie and your feedback offers me with a lot of things to learn from. Can you provide some more suggestion that you think would be important for me?

Re: ChessDream, a place for chess players to improve

#15
post #5

You're making some strong claims re the chess engine: > Play, evaluate and analyze games with the strongest engine out there. > Challenge our state-of-the-art chess AI, designed to match and enhance your skill level. Are you using an opensource engine without specifying it?

Stockfish according to this linkedin post: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/pukar-khanal-54a09a287_chess-... I struggle to see what this has over lichess and I doubt the claim that it became a go to place for chess players. Just guff.

I mostly say its useful for beginners but it, for now, doesn't stand a chance against the big giants. Do you have anything to suggest that could be useful for me?

Re: ChessDream, a place for chess players to improve

#16
post #9
post #8

Found multiple bugs in the puzzle area. If you can give mate in more than one way (multiple correct moves for the last move) it sometimes says your move was incorrect which is not.

Another bug in that area is when you need to do your move for white but you also need to move the black piece next, otherwise the puzzle won't proceed

Yup, that bug, I've been trying to figure out what's wrong with it since a week now. Thanks for the feedback!

Re: ChessDream, a place for chess players to improve

#17
post #3

Am I correct that there is no way to play any actual matches yet? When is that on the feature timeline?

Yup, I'm trying to minimize the latency but Next JS you know I have to use severless functions which, if the site goes viral while I'm asleep, will make my life living hell because I'm using vercel's hobby plan.

Re: ChessDream, a place for chess players to improve

#18

feedback - I tried the puzzles. 1) they all seem trivial and don't escalate in difficulty fast enough 2) I got stuck on the 14th - I'm making the correct move, but nothing happens. I'm not wrong, but even if I were wrong, the website ought to have some feedback to show me my move is wrong, or an option to give up.

Working on it!

Re: ChessDream, a place for chess players to improve

#19
post #8

Found multiple bugs in the puzzle area. If you can give mate in more than one way (multiple correct moves for the last move) it sometimes says your move was incorrect which is not.

yep, the lichess algorithm for finding puzzles from real games is way more sophisticated than this, and they find some really weird bugs

I used the puzzles provided by lichess themselves. So, could be problem in my code. I will work towards making it more difficult and letting users choose the level of difficulty. Thanks for the feedback!

Re: ChessDream, a place for chess players to improve

#20

Earlier quoted context omitted.

yep, the lichess algorithm for finding puzzles from real games is way more sophisticated than this, and they find some really weird bugs

I used the puzzles provided by lichess themselves. So, could be problem in my code. I will work towards making it more difficult and letting users choose the level of difficulty. Thanks for the feedback!

Ok, if you're just using the lichess puzzles and stockfish, why wouldn't I just go to lichess?
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