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Show HN: Pioneer 2 – a retro Soviet chess computer playing online
I built Pioneer 2, a retro-style chess computer inspired by 1980s dedicated chess machines.
It runs a personality-based chess engine and is playable directly in the browser.
The goal was to recreate the feeling of old chess computers while running modern engine logic underneath.
You can try it here:
https://play.pioneer2chess.com https://play.pioneer2chess.com
The project is open source:
https://github.com/arnebailliere-oss-svg/pioneer2 https://github.com/arnebailliere-oss-svg/pioneer2
- vunderba 7mo agoJust a heads up - your github only has a single HTML file for the landing page itself - not the actual source for the chess game.
- Tdxt 7mo agoYou're right to point that out. I misspoke in the description. The repository currently only contains the landing page and project files. The chess engine itself isn't open source at the moment. Thanks for catching that.