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Date: 18 Jun 2007 04:51:39
From: Tom
Subject: web based chess board
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Hi,
Apologies if this is an inappropriate place to post this, but I've
knocked together a simple web based chess board program and thought
others may find it useful. It's available at http://www.tomjefferys.co.uk/chess/chess.html
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The reason I wrote it is to facilitate playing email chess, and also
to give my javascript/css skills a workout. You can make moves by
clicking and dragging a piece, and you can then create a permanent URL
to that particular position (ie so you can then email it to whoever
your playing, or just bookk the game for later), it also has
rudimentary support for PGN files. It's done almost completely in
DHTML (no flash etc), and should work in most modern web browsers.
(However, unfortunately I don't have access to a Mac, so I wouldn't be
surprised if it doesn't work in Safari). Hope it's of some use.
Thanks,
Tom
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Date: 27 Jun 2007 12:51:37
From: David Richerby
Subject: Re: web based chess board
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Tom <[email protected] > wrote:
> Apologies if this is an inappropriate place to post this, but I've
> knocked together a simple web based chess board program and thought
> others may find it useful. It's available at
> http://www.tomjefferys.co.uk/chess/chess.html
Nice. One small point: the notation for pawn captures is wrong. They
come up as just `xf6' or whatever, instead of `exf6'. Strangely, en
passant seems to work fine: `1.e4 e6 2.e5 d6 3.xd6' but `1.e4 e6 2.e5
d5 3.exd6.' Also, checkmating moves don't seem to get entered in the
move list, e.g., `1.f3 e5 2.g4 Checkmate: Black wins.'
Dave.
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www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~davidr/ fun child's toy but it doesn't work
in the dark!
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Date: 27 Jun 2007 12:30:27
From: David Richerby
Subject: Re: web based chess board
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Tom <[email protected] > wrote:
> It's available at http://www.tomjefferys.co.uk/chess/chess.html
No such domain. Did your registration lapse or did you typo the URL?
Dave.
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www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~davidr/ E-commerce portal but it doesn't work
in the dark!
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Date: 27 Jun 2007 12:43:09
From: David Richerby
Subject: Re: web based chess board
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David Richerby <[email protected] > wrote:
> Tom <[email protected]> wrote:
>> It's available at http://www.tomjefferys.co.uk/chess/chess.html
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> No such domain. Did your registration lapse or did you typo the URL?
Oh. Seems to be working, now.
Dave.
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David Richerby Aquatic Radioactive Goldfish (TM):
www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~davidr/ it's like a fish but it'll make you
glow in the dark and it lives in
the sea!
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Date: 18 Jun 2007 15:46:45
From: Guy Macon
Subject: Re: web based chess board
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Tom wrote:
>Apologies if this is an inappropriate place to post this, but I've
>knocked together a simple web based chess board program and thought
>others may find it useful. It's available at
>http://www.tomjefferys.co.uk/chess/chess.html
>
>The reason I wrote it is to facilitate playing email chess, and also
>to give my javascript/css skills a workout. You can make moves by
>clicking and dragging a piece, and you can then create a permanent URL
>to that particular position (ie so you can then email it to whoever
>your playing, or just bookk the game for later), it also has
>rudimentary support for PGN files. It's done almost completely in
>DHTML (no flash etc), and should work in most modern web browsers.
>(However, unfortunately I don't have access to a Mac, so I wouldn't be
>surprised if it doesn't work in Safari). Hope it's of some use.
Very nice!
Colors need tweaking. Dark pieces on dark squares are hard to see.
With a slight modification, this would be an ideal way to publish
an opening or a tutorial on a website. Just add a tree of moves
with the usual "click on the plus sig to expand, click on the
minus sign to collapse" scheme on the move tree, and make it so
that when you click on a move in the tree, the board walks down
from the root playing the moves and thus generating the position
for that move. A text comment below the board would be a good way
to annotate the move tree for tutorial use.
--
Guy Macon
<http://www.guymacon.com/ >
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