Obsidian Chess

An Obsidian plugin for all your Chess related notes.

Workaround

There is currently a problem with obsidian getting the assets. A simple workaround is to get the assets folder from the releases page. More info about this issue can be found in Issue #3.

Index

• Usage
• Documentation
• Features
• Q&A
• Inspiration
• Technology
• Support me

Usage

Simply create a code-block with the language set as chess and then pass the arguments in a YAML syntax.

Here is a simple board displaying a variation of the Caro-Kann opening:

```chess
fen: rnbqkbnr/pp2pppp/2p5/3p4/3PP3/8/PPP2PPP/RNBQKBNR
flipBoard: true
lastMove: d7d5
```

Note: You can easily get the FEN code of the position from the website where you play online chess. For example: Lichess' board editor.

Documentation

Here is a list of all the arguments that can be passed to the code-block:

Features

Here is a condensed list of the current and future plugin's features:

• Display a chess position by passing its FEN code.
• Customize the board with different themes and piece sets.
• If you don't like the built-in themes, create your own.
• Flip the board to see it from black's perspective.
• Highlight the tiles of the last move or check.
• See the board tile's coordinates.
• Custom, user defined, board themes.
• Ability to display arrows between tiles to show the main ideas of the position.
• Ability to mark tiles to show their importance in the position.
• Board editor window to automatically generate the code-blocks for you.

Q&A

Q: Why did you make this plugin?

• A: When I tried to make some notes about a new chess opening I was learning, I didn't find a way to embed a chess position on an markdown file since Lichess' <iframe> only allows to display full games. So i resorted to just taking a screenshot of Lichess' board editor and pasting that image in the markdown file. When I heard of the Obsidian October contest I thought it would be a good excuse to make a chess plugin.

Q: What's your rating?

• A: I'm quite bad at chess; I'm still just learning and have only recently started taking the game seriously. As of writing this I'm around 1400 to 1500 on rapid. If you're interested, you can check out my lichess account. I have never played on a tournament, so I don't have an official FIDE rating.

Inspiration

As you might have already noticed, this plugin was heavily inspired by Lichess.

• The themes were reverse engineered, with a color-picker, from their their website.
• The piece sets were grabbed from Lichess' official assets.

Technology

For all the interested nerds out there, this plugin was built with Svelte. Feel free to use this plugin as a template for you future Svelte plugin.

Support me

If you found this plugin useful, consider buying me a coffee ☕ (or a beer 🍺) and leaving a thank you message.