claude (blind_chess)
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# IDEA.md — blind_chess
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## What is this?
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Web-based two player chess game cleanly imlementing the game variation below, but where the physical separation is digial and the moderator is the computer.
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Implements existing chess game open source code (research)
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## Original game variation (real world)
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2 players play chess, battleship-style, a moderator sits between them syncing boards and announcing if a proposed move is acceptable. Player 1 and player 2 cannot see each other's boards, but the moderator
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sees all.
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The game depends on the moderator, who needs to understand the “hierarchy” of statements, for example:
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That piece no longer exists
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The piece has no legal moves
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Illegal move
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Moving that piece will not help you
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White has moved
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Black has moved and captured
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White is in check
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Black has castled
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White has moved and captured en passant
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The moderator has a full board of his own, and needs to make sure the player boards have pieces of his own color placed correctly
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There are definite strategy points for the players. It is very important that if a player touches a piece, and the moderator is silent, the player must move that piece until a legal move is completed.
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## Problem it solves
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This game is very cumbersome in real life and requires 3 people. Digitizing it eliminates all of that.
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## Constraints / preferences
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chess.sethpc.xyz -> two buttons (regular chess(vanilla) or blind chess(variaton) -> creates a hashed link for you to send to the other player. Only way to join a game is to follow that hashed link
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OR propose a better method for low-friction p2p
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Game follows verbage and rules of variation, but the moderator and moderator board are digitized. Each player only sees their pieces.
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## Things to address
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Does the sourced version highlight acceptable moves? if so, we should un-highlight illegal moves, and not reveal capture moves. Unlike normal chess, once you touch a piece you must move that piece, except
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if that piece has no legal moves.
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Highlighting in general should be a per-game toggleable option at game rules start.
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