Can You Beat 1024 Bytes of JavaScript at Chess?

Can You Beat 1024 Bytes of JavaScript at Chess?

5 years ago
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https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/n7vpnw/can-you-beat-1024-bytes-of-javascript-at-chess

The first time I played The Kilobyte’s Gambit, I lost in four moves. Chess is hard and I’m bad at it, but I didn’t expect to lose to a program that’s running on 1024 bytes of JavaScript. I played a few more times, losing within six moves every game, before I decided that The Kilobyte’s Gambit would always get the best of me. The new game is an ingenious bit of design—combining chess with the aesthetics of 1980s Apple II games and The Queen’s Gambit.

The Kilobyte’s Gambit is hosted on Vole.wtf, a site that hearkens back to the messy, early days of the internet.