Re:Micro-Max, a 133-line Chess Source
by xwdv on Thursday September 23, 2021 @05:07AM
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Why bother implementing rules at all? Just create an interface to move pieces around on a board wherever you want. If you play chess you should know the rules and how to move pieces.
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Re:Micro-Max, a 133-line Chess Source
by greyman on Thursday September 23, 2021 @07:23AM
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I kind of agree, chess without promotions, castling and en passant is not chess. But the guy also made full version, with impressively small size:
For real purists: a close-to-minimal version that does understand full FIDE rules including under-promotion can be found here. It measures 1433 characters.
(although I don't know why people who adhere to chess rules are called "purists", but whatever. :-))
In Ultima Online we would play chess to pass time on long sea voyages while hunting for monsters or treasure.
There was no rules engine, it was just a simple board where you could drag and drop pieces around on any which way, which allowed for a lot of flexibility in how you played. We could even play random chess this way.