I created a Chess engine in JavaScript

[kabs]

Hey everyone,

I wrote this Chess engine in JavaScript over the course of 2 weeks having never written one before. The GitHub repo is here: https://github.com/will-lamerton/pixel-chess and you can play it over at https://chess.barr.media/.

This is literally just a side project but I'd love to improve it and build it out so feedback/help/contribution is all welcome. The readme in the GitHub repo will describe more about the project, its shortcomings and its roadmap

Cheers!

https://preview.redd.it/01q0g1z2doj...bp&s=7f2be529b9ef77bf4a837630f43e41e8f5087bcd

 

[613jono]

@kabs Wow! Really love the 80's vibes

 

[kabs]

@613jono Hey thanks so much, glad you like the retro vibes!

 

[michaelaj]

@kabs Really cool - what was the hardest part about building this?

 

[kabs]

@michaelaj Thanks very much! The hardest part to this day is speed. Being able to search as deep in the game tree as possible as quick is possible is a huge challenge. It’s not bad at the moment but there’s certainly things we can do to improve it!

 

[613jono]

@kabs Nice

 

[kabs]

@613jono Thanks a lot! Appreciate the comment