Chess

Requirements

Chip

ESP32-P4

Resolution

any supported panel

PSRAM

2048 KB required

Storage

512 KB on the device store

Package size

150 KB

What you get

The whole game, with nothing left out: castling, en passant, promotion, check, mate and stalemate, and the draws for threefold repetition, fifty moves without progress, and too little material left to mate with. Two players share the device. Tap a piece and every square it may go to is dotted, with a ring around anything it can take - so the board never lets you play an illegal move, and never has to tell you off for trying. The last move stays marked, a king in check turns red, and the moves are written down in algebraic notation beside the board as you play. There is no computer opponent: this is a board for two people. For the 10 inch screen.

Features

• Every rule, enforced: castling, en passant, promotion, check, mate and stalemate.
• Tap a piece and every square it may go to is dotted, with a ring around anything it can take - so an illegal move is one you cannot make rather than one you are told off for.
• The last move stays marked and a king in check turns red, so nobody has to ask what just happened.
• The moves are written down in algebraic notation beside the board as you play.
• Take back undoes a mis-tap, which is what two people sharing one screen actually need.
• Draws are called properly: the same position three times, fifty moves with nothing taken and no pawn moved, and too little left on the board to mate with.
• Keeps the running score, and picks the game up where you left it.
• Two players share one screen. There is no computer opponent.

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