The world's smallest chess program in JavaScript

Jojo Yee · 16. Jul 2012, 02:51 PM

How small? It's only 1 KB.

"This version won the first JS1K contest and defeated several hundreds of novice players along the world. Its just crazy how small this game is" - Source

Play it online here: http://js1k.com/2010-first/demo/750

v.laurie · 16. Jul 2012, 09:34 PM

It's certainly small but it didn't work too well for me in one short attempt at a game. As Black, It made pointless pawn moves (1. e4 a4 2. d4 h4 and so on) and I couldn't get it to castle.

Jojo Yee · 17. Jul 2012, 01:05 AM

Nope, this tiny chess engine doesn't support castling.

16. Jul 2012, 02:51 PM	#1 (permalink)
Jojo Yee Maestro di Search Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 7,402	The world's smallest chess program in JavaScript How small? It's only 1 KB. "This version won the first JS1K contest and defeated several hundreds of novice players along the world. Its just crazy how small this game is" - Source Play it online here: http://js1k.com/2010-first/demo/750

16. Jul 2012, 09:34 PM	#2 (permalink)
v.laurie Senior Edtor Join Date: Jul 2010 Posts: 1,380	It's certainly small but it didn't work too well for me in one short attempt at a game. As Black, It made pointless pawn moves (1. e4 a4 2. d4 h4 and so on) and I couldn't get it to castle. __________________ Vic

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17. Jul 2012, 01:05 AM	#3 (permalink)
Jojo Yee Maestro di Search Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 7,402	Nope, this tiny chess engine doesn't support castling.