Chess Demo — Handover
What this repo contains (current state)
This repo currently contains a single-file HTML chess demo:
index.html— the playable chess board (single user controls both sides)assets/pieces-basic-svg/— SVG piece set used by the UI
No backend and no Svelte migration has been done yet.
How to run locally
Option A: open directly
Double-click index.html to open in a browser.
Note: some browsers may block local asset loading depending on settings.
Option B (recommended): run a local static server
From the repo root:
python3 -m http.server 8000
Then open:
Features implemented
- chess.js integrated: legal moves only + strict turn order
- Mobile-friendly tap interaction
- Promotion selection UI (modal)
- End-game UX:
- Check: highlight king
- Checkmate / stalemate: modal + board lock
- Turn pill shows outcome on terminal state
- Undo / Reset buttons
Assets / paths
Pieces live here:
assets/pieces-basic-svg/
The UI loads them via relative path (make sure folder names match).
Next steps (planned)
- Migrate current implementation to SvelteKit (initial parity pass)
- Add NanoID game URLs + persisted game state (FEN load/save by id)
- Add backend API (Node/Express) + storage (Postgres or file-based)
