Chess programmer, mathematics and AI nerd, Clojurian, and macOS/iOS/visionOS developer. The original author of Stockfish, now working on The Marvelous Brass Chessplaying Automaton.
I like Bach, sci-fi, chess, ancient history, linguistics, Rubik’s cubes, and track&field.
I just pushed my first public TestFlight beta of The Marvelous Brass Chessplaying Automaton! The primary platforms are #iPhone and #applewatch, but it works OK on #ipad as well.
The app has database features, opening repertoire management with spaced repetition training, play vs computer, PGN viewing and editing, and much more. The target audience is serious chess players and opening nerds who wants an Apple-native experience.
Finally, my lifelong dream of playing chess on my wristwatch has become reality!
I assume the intersection of Mastodon users, Apple users, and serious chess players is very nearly empty, but in case there are some of you out there:
The Marvelous Brass Chessplaying Automaton, my new chess app for Apple platforms, is ready for beta testing. It supports play against the computer and online (Lichess), database features, opening repertoire management with spaced repetition training, local and remote engine analysis, and more.
Want to test? Let me know!
I got myself a Chessnut e-board! Now I can play against The Marvelous Brass Chessplaying Automaton (the new chess app I’m building for Apple platforms) on a nice physical board.
