If you love Chess use this instead of Chess.com

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

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

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

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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.

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5 points

How does it display opponent moves?

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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.

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4 points

probably magnets… or lights…

or Magic

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4 points

Magnets are magic

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

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

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12 points

I’m also used to cum.

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4 points

I used to spend so many nights with chess cum

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6 points

You chessed in your pants?

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