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Re:How to Get Good at Chess, Fast by chendry on Sunday November 24, 2013 @11:25PM (#6792475)
I wrote a website (http://nextchessmove.com/, GNUChess-backed) and corresponding iPhone app (Stockfish-backed, $0.99, mostly covers website hosting). Both let you drag pieces around "freestyle" and ask the engine for a move.

I've gotten absolutely clobbered with traffic lately, presumably tournament-related. I'd love to hear what you all think about the site's applicability to learning the game.

Re:How to Get Good at Chess, Fast by xerophtye on Monday November 25, 2013 @12:19AM (#6792642)
That's a pretty cool idea. will check it in my free time. Btw Does it just give ONE next move? or a series of moves until a significant accomplishment? because sometimes a move is only epic because of the subsequent moves it allows you to make. A sacrifice on its own doesn't seem like a good move. Its only when you see what opening that gave you, that you truly appreciate it.
Re:How to Get Good at Chess, Fast by chendry on Monday November 25, 2013 @12:34AM (#6792684)
Thanks! It does indeed only give one move. I'm really just standing on the shoulders of the chess engines (GNUChess, Stockfish) and they simply tell me what the computer would do given a position. I'd like to get more insight into why the engine prefers one move to another, but my understanding isn't quite there yet.
Re:How to Get Good at Chess, Fast by xerophtye on Monday November 25, 2013 @05:28AM (#6793350)
Umm, i suppose u are using an API for this, well why not use a series of API calls? Is there someway to detect some sort of accomplishment? (like piece captured, or check?)