About Chess Squire

Chess Squire is a free online chess platform brought to life by a sole developer as a passion project. It offers chess enthusiasts a comprehensive set of tools and resources to enhance their skills and enjoyment of the game. The platform provides a variety of features designed to cater to players of all levels, from beginners to seasoned players.

Features

• Play Timed and Untimed Puzzles: Chess Squire allows users to play timed and untimed puzzles for free and without any limits. Leveraging the extensive Lichess puzzle database, the platform offers a diverse array of challenges to keep players engaged and motivated.
• Endgame Drills: Hone your endgame skills with a collection of drills specially curated to help you master crucial endgame concepts and checkmating techniques.
• Variety of Bots: Challenge yourself by playing against a variety of different bots, each with its own unique playing style and difficulty level. Choose to play with assists for guidance or unassisted for a greater challenge.
• Analysis Board with Stockfish 16: Utilize the analysis board powered by Stockfish 16 to deeply analyze your games and puzzles, gaining valuable insights and refining your strategic understanding.
• Opening Trainer: Mastering chess openings is a crucial step to becoming a formidable player. Here, you can practice and perfect various chess openings through repetition and targeted exercises. Select an opening to begin, and explore its key variations and strategies.

Chess Squire Updates

November 2024: UI Enhancements

• Arrow Visual Enhancements: Adjusted the arrow width and opacity, making the arrowheads semi-transparent for better visual clarity when analyzing moves.
• Sound and Mute Button Added: Chess Squire now features sounds during key actions, with an option to mute. Your sound preference is saved in your browser's memory, so your choice persists across sessions and pages.
• New Bot Images: Refreshed the look of the bot avatars, adding a blue background to make them stand out.
• UI Font and Color Update: Changed the font and adjusted the color scheme across the site for a more modern and clean design.

July 2024: Opening Trainer Added

Designed to help users practice and master their chess openings. This tool offers a variety of opening systems and variations for users to explore and refine.

Open Source License

Chess Squire is released under the GNU General Public License v3.0 (GPL-3.0). This means that you are free to use, modify, and distribute the software under the terms of the GPL-3.0 license.

Special thanks

A sincere thank you is extended to the following open-source projects and resources for their contributions to the development of Chess Squire:

• chess.js: A JavaScript chess library that handles chess rules, move generation, and validation. GitHub
• chessboardarrows.js: A JavaScript library for drawing arrows on a chessboard, useful for displaying and analyzing chess moves visually. GitHub
• chessground: A JavaScript chess library for creating interactive chessboards and games. GitHub
• Stockfish: A powerful open-source chess engine that powers the analysis board in Chess Squire. GitHub
• Lichess Puzzles Database: The puzzles database from Lichess, which provides a diverse selection of chess puzzles for players to enjoy and solve. Lichess Puzzles

Gratitude is expressed for the contributions of these projects and resources to the chess community.