Matt RoundMar 24
How is this already over 5 years old?! *crumbles to dust*
https://vole.wtf/kilobytes-gambit/
The Kilobyte’s Gambit ♟️💾 1k chess game

Can you beat 1024 bytes of JavaScript?

VOLE.wtf
Show threadMatt Round
Browsers & hardware have improved a LOT so I might try making it look an extra move ahead (suspect it’ll still lock up for too long for some board states though)
Mar 24 at 9:41pmWeb
Show threadMatt RoundMar 25
The most annoying thing about this game was when it took off on Hacker News and dozens of people proclaimed it to be bug-ridden rubbish because they didn’t know about en passant
Show threadRobee? Na! 🌈Mar 25
@mattround Wait, it does en passant? ZX81 1K chess couldn’t even do that!
Show threadMatt RoundMar 25
@RobeeShepherd Yep, it's got en passant, castling & promoting pawns to queens
Show threadRobee? Na! 🌈Mar 25
@mattround It’s annoyingly good for 1k