One of the issues on the issue tracker for my app JustChess is a comment about back button behavior. Technically, their problem is that if they press the back button […]
JustChess 2.3 – Fixing a castle.
Well, rather fixing castling, I suppose. There were quite a few problems with castling in my JustChess engine. In fact, it was so bad, I probably should have removed the […]
Justchess 2.2 – Fix “problème en fin de partie”
In case you didn’t catch that, don’t feel bad, I didn’t either. It is French for “Endgame problem”. The rest of the issue on the tracker went like this: “Quand […]
JustChess 2.1 is out with en passant bug fixes!
I haven’t worked on the JustChess app in about 5 years. However, I was recently made aware that there was a custom ROM, named DivestOS, which suggested my old app […]
Did Hans Niemann Cheat?
A slightly different post today, and certainly not my usual style. Opinion pieces are not usually my thing, but today I played a chess game that made me stop and […]
To castle, or not to castle, that is the question, picoEngine….
As you can see from the above screenshot, one of the engines possible moves is e8g8, which is for the black king to castle on the king’s side. This is […]
Uh, picoEngine? I thought you said the king was safe?
Except he’s not. That’s right. I big technical oversight on my part allowed the king to not be safe at all! while (boardPositions[k] == ‘*’ && notI) { Needed to […]
Fool’s Mate Friday: Where to, Governor?
Today’s update is pretty basic. Just cleaning up and filling in some blanks on my JustChess app. While I wont bore you with the whole commit, you are welcome to […]
Fool’s Mate Friday: Check or Stale Mate?
Apparently, in 1988, World Champion Gary Kasparov accidentally stalemated his opponent during a blitz tournament in Canada. Mr. Kasparov had a king, queen, and a bishop against Kiril Dimitrov Georgiev’s lone […]
Fool’s Mate Friday: Suggestions, anyone?
Well, more specifically, suggestions, computer? One of the cool things about having the built in JustChessEngine in my JustChess app, is the option to have the engine suggest a move […]