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Show HN: Pioneer 2 – a retro Soviet chess computer playing online

https://play.pioneer2chess.com/

I built Pioneer 2, a retro-style chess computer inspired by 1980s dedicated chess machines.

It runs a personality-based chess engine and is playable directly in the browser.

The goal was to recreate the feeling of old chess computers while running modern engine logic underneath.

You can try it here: https://play.pioneer2chess.com

The project is open source: https://github.com/arnebailliere-oss-svg/pioneer2

( 2 comments | on HN )
Re:Show HN: Pioneer 2 – a retro Soviet chess computer playin... by vunderba on Monday March 09, 2026 @01:21AM (#47305155)
Just a heads up - your github only has a single HTML file for the landing page itself - not the actual source for the chess game.
Re:Show HN: Pioneer 2 – a retro Soviet chess computer playin... by Tdxt on Monday March 09, 2026 @07:22AM (#47307603)
You're right to point that out. I misspoke in the description. The repository currently only contains the landing page and project files. The chess engine itself isn't open source at the moment. Thanks for catching that.