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Ajax Chess

about

• it's a little ajax chess!
• written in feb 06

• http://www.linuxuser.at/chess

• ChessGames Firefox-Plugin

• Download the Package

general

• 35 kb javascript
• in 1400 lines of code
• code-messup ratio: 15%
• 3 weeks spare time coding

about the game

• it's multiplayer only
• so grab a friend or meet someone in the chat : D

• the moves are checked all 4 secs
• you cannot move your king into chess
• all legal moves are implemented

limitations

• no check-mate recognition
• you will always get a queen if you reach the end with a pawn

freezing

• there is a reconnect-button
• the game has 2 independent connection-checks
• you can make a snapshot and import it in another session

replay & freestyle mode

• replay mode can replay your last game as well as any game in pgn-style
• find games at http://www.chessgames.com

browser compatibility

• firefox & ie very good
• others not well yet

sources

• ajax
  • chess_ajax.js
  • chess_protocol.js

• everything else
  • chess.js
  • chess_core.js
  • chess_tools.js
  • chess_replay.js

• a package with documentation will be released in the future :D

licensing

• the code is licensed as gnu gpl
• so you may modify it freely and distribute it as gpl again
• only for non-commercial purpose

connection

• we use 1 txt-file to communicate
• it's usually 5 bytes. for a move: "mh2h4" m: move, h2h4: movestring

• we use 3 http_requests
  • one for checking the gamestatus
  • one for setting out move / information
  • and another one for deleting the gamefiles on exit

drop me a line: tornamodo at linuxuser.at