phichess

This web app allows two human players to play "over the board" on any device with a web browser.

It features an adaptive layout with one or two board views: Play on a mobile screen while sitting opposite each other or on a monitor while sitting next to each other.

Live: 👉 philer.org/chess

On devices & browsers that support it, the app can be installed as a Progressive Web App (PWA).

Features / To do

• detect checkmate
• detect draw by stalemate
• detect draw by threefold repetition
• detect draw by fifty moves rule
• detect draw by insufficient material
• interpret timeout against insufficient material as draw
• detect blocked positions?
• highlight last move
• highlight check
• show legal moves
• piece symbols in algebraic notation
• option for regular notation
• export PGN
• export FEN
• import PGN (skipping FEN import for now)
• progressive web app (PWA)