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submitted 10 months ago by sag@lemm.ee to c/opensource@lemmy.ml

If you love Chess use this instead of Chess.com

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[-] Psyhackological@lemmy.ml 32 points 10 months ago

I don't want to brag but I'm one of these people that have lifetime donation. They do the amazing job.

[-] 0485919158191@lemmy.world 32 points 10 months ago

I agree. I am subscriber of theirs. They provide immense value, for free.

[-] fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.com 25 points 10 months ago

Long ago, I made an app that controlled a headless Firefox instance and would manipulate a Chess.com webpage via an API. Then I found a guy to help build a custom wooden chess board I could monitor with an ESP32 and make calls to that API for moves, bridging a real board in a DIY setup. Never did finish the board, but realizing now I should have released the API layer.

In any event, glad Lichess exists.

[-] ryannathans@aussie.zone 6 points 10 months ago

How does it display opponent moves?

[-] mrmetaverse@lemmy.ml 4 points 10 months ago

probably magnets.. or lights...

or Magic

[-] ryannathans@aussie.zone 4 points 10 months ago

Magnets are magic

[-] fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.com 2 points 10 months ago

An LED in the corner of each square would light up an existing piece and the place to move it to. The Pi would ping the API, which would compare the current location to the board on the webpage to determine the change.

[-] sem@lemmy.ml 18 points 10 months ago

Written in Scala ❤️

[-] ooterness@lemmy.world 18 points 10 months ago

Every time I see "lichess", it makes me think about "lich-ess", i.e., a female undead wizard.

[-] mukt@lemmy.ml 12 points 10 months ago

Lichess actually has some stuff not there on chess.com. One of the heavyweights in open source world.

[-] dallying9468@lemmy.one 11 points 10 months ago

And the level is better on lichess, even if that's difficult to find 2800+ players.

[-] Luvs2Spuj@lemmy.world 8 points 10 months ago

Took me awhile to adjust as I was used to the .cum UI, but it really is great.

[-] 3laws@lemmy.world 12 points 10 months ago
[-] FundMECFSResearch@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 10 months ago

I used to spend so many nights with chess cum

[-] antipiratgruppen@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 10 months ago

You chessed in your pants?

[-] chip@feddit.rocks 1 points 10 months ago

I shudder imagining that a stupid company could make .cum domains actually happen. Looking at you Google and your .zip trolling.

[-] wiki_me@lemmy.ml 1 points 10 months ago

I played it for a while i could not save games against the computer so i could play them later.

this post was submitted on 01 Aug 2024
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