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Comment · 4 years ago
Good idea
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Comment · 4 years ago
Thanks, good idea! I can see some cases where you don't necessarily want to play the same correct 3 moves – if you just want to test a bunch of other moves to get more information (yellow/greys). But there could be a button to automatically play the moves you've already gotten right.
Comment · 4 years ago
Thanks for the feedback!
Comment · 4 years ago
I am planning to add a third color for the correct piece, but wrong move. Just need to find out what to do if it _also_ yellow. Maybe show both colors? I'll figure out something. Thanks for the feedback!
Comment · 4 years ago
I bought the domain before I knew what I was gonna do with it :D

But I have plans for some extra modes or games that are less Wordle-like. They're not exactly GeoGuessr-like either, although being dropped onto a chess square and finding out whether you're on c3 or g6 could provide some fun!

Comment · 4 years ago
Thanks for the feedback! For now I'm selecting games where they play near-optimal moves or where the continuation is somewhat logical, so that you could narrow down the options by combining several logical continuations into one guess. I think it would be really hard to solve if an illogical bad move appeared in the line. However, since I'm storing the solve percentage of each puzzle, it would be fun trying it now and then to compare the difficulties.

Adding OTB games is a good idea. I am thinking of adding some classical games, but I'm not sure if I'll have a new category or just add them to the regular daily ones.

Comment · 4 years ago
Yeah I have gotten some reports that dark mode plugins could mess up the board. If you can turn it off for specific websites, I suggest doing that, and rather use the dark mode on chessguessr.com.
Comment · 4 years ago
I try to carefully pick games where you don't have to guess amongst random bad lines. There could be several logical continuations, and then you could combine variations into one guess to narrow it down. In that sense, some of the same Wordle strats apply. Consequently, most of the positions are taken from games between high-rated players, where their moves are logical or near-optimal. Two of them have featured world champion Magnus Carlsen.

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