[HN Gopher] Chess, but neither player moves first
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       Chess, but neither player moves first
        
       Author : gershy
       Score  : 17 points
       Date   : 2022-11-14 22:25 UTC (35 minutes ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (chess2.fun)
 (TXT) w3m dump (chess2.fun)
        
       | ludston wrote:
       | Site is immediately hugged to death.
        
       | svnpenn wrote:
       | aaand its dead:                  > curl -v chess2.fun        *
       | Trying 159.203.9.162:80...        * Connected to chess2.fun
       | (159.203.9.162) port 80 (#0)        > GET / HTTP/1.1        >
       | Host: chess2.fun        > User-Agent: curl/7.84.0        >
       | Accept: */*        >        * Recv failure: Connection was reset
        
       | halfjoking wrote:
       | What happens if both players choose the same open space for their
       | move?
        
         | gershy wrote:
         | Both dead!
        
           | mensetmanusman wrote:
           | Or a d20 roll to see who survives based on how many times you
           | have upgraded your units!
        
         | IIAOPSW wrote:
         | I assume it works just like Diplomacy. Meaning they both
         | bounce. Unless one of them has support to move by another
         | piece, and that piece itself is not under attack.
        
       | gershy wrote:
       | Hope you don't break my site :)
        
         | tomglynch wrote:
         | too bad. it's broken.
        
         | mensetmanusman wrote:
         | Seems broken, is this a simultaneous move interface for chess?
         | sounds interesting!
        
           | shric wrote:
           | That already exists: https://www.kfchess.com/
        
             | gershy wrote:
             | It's not the same!
        
               | shric wrote:
               | I believe you :) Just pointing out what the parent
               | described.
        
             | jojobas wrote:
             | This is realtime chess with cooldown, OP seems to have made
             | the "lock in a move for simultaneous execution" (nobody
             | seems to have seen it).
        
               | mensetmanusman wrote:
               | Yes, this is what I was asking about. A lock-in move
               | mechanism.
        
             | palata wrote:
             | kjchess is pretty fun, just tried!
        
         | jojobas wrote:
         | Aaaaand it's down.
        
           | gershy wrote:
           | Oy vey... working on it
        
             | subroutine wrote:
             | Hurry gershy!
             | 
             | In the meanwhile, check out visualizing the Reddit (and HN)
             | hug of death:
             | 
             | https://www.tylermw.com/visualizing-a-reddit-hug-of-death-
             | an...
        
       | andrewclunn wrote:
       | So how does castling, En Passant, and moving one's king into a
       | checked (but wouldn't have been checked, but for the move of the
       | opponent) position work?
        
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