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This looks like a clever solution to the problem for lichess, at least until someone plugs together a relatively simple bot with 100% success rates. Though, jus
by benjoffe 14y ago
This looks like a clever solution to the problem for lichess, at least until someone plugs together a relatively simple bot with 100% success rates. Though, just because it can be cracked easily doesn't necessarily demerit it, perhaps their biggest problem is random untargetted bots, in which case this is great (the argument that it could take longer isn't really important to people on a chess forum).
- mooism2 14y agoIt also keeps out beginners. Depending on the forum (I'm not familiar with lichess) that might be a drawback or a bonus.
- calopetreep 14y agoThe captcha seems very easy (I am not a chess player)- I tried three times and always got a board to solve in one move, so I doubt anyone that knows the rules of chess is going to be excluded. That's probably not a problem for this forum :)
- mich41 14y agoIt is easy. But it still filters out some kind of people you may not want on a chess forum :)
- Samuel_Michon 14y agoAgreed. I had never played chess in my life, but with the help of Wikipedia [1], I figured out which piece to move where. (I enjoy this mini chess, it's like a low tech version of Bejeweled. I don't have the patience for full fledged chess games, but just finding the last move is fun.) [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chess#Movement http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chess#Movement
- redblacktree 14y agoYou might enjoy chess puzzles then. They are usually of the form "[Color] to move. [X] moves to checkmate." Typically, where X > 1, the opponent's moves are forced by check. (i.e. the opponent generally only has one option if you're making the correct moves.)