4 link(rel="stylesheet", href="/stylesheets/index.css")
10 h1.text-center(style="font-style:italic") Welcome to v[ariant] chess club !
12 span.help(onClick="document.getElementById('modal-help').checked=true") Help ?
13 a(href="/demo.webm") Demo !
14 input#modal-help.modal(type="checkbox")
17 label.modal-close(for="modal-help")
20 On a variant page, read the rules by clicking on the title "<Variant> rules".
21 Try playing against a human: click the leftmost "new game" button :)
22 ...then, while waiting you can play against a (rather weak) bot or a friend.
23 //On the index page, try typing the first letters of a variant.
24 h3.blue.section Comments
26 All games start with a random assymetric position. #[br]
27 Games are untimed, and played anonymously. #[br]
28 No chat, to rather focus on the moves :)
29 h3.red.section Bug report
31 If you find a bug in a game, please follow this procedure: #[br]
32 1. stop playing: click on the resign button; #[br]
33 2. click on the PGN to download it; #[br]
35 #[a(href="mailto:contact@vchess.club?subject=[vchess.club] bug report") contact@vchess.club]
36 with relevant comments and the PGN attached. Thank you!
37 input#modal-b4welcome.modal(type="checkbox")
39 #b4welcome.card.text-center
40 label.modal-close(for="modal-b4welcome")
41 h3.blue.section First visit?
43 span(style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline;cursor:pointer" @click="showWelcomeMsg") read this
44 span before playing ☺
45 input#modal-welcome.modal(type="checkbox")
47 #welcome.card.text-center
48 label.modal-close(for="modal-welcome")
49 h3.blue.section Welcome to vchess.club!
51 p A fun place to play chess variants in real time!
52 p But wait... what is a chess variant?
53 img(src="/images/Hexagonal_chess.svg")
55 As suggested by the picture, a variant setup generally
56 looks more or less like a chessboard with regular pieces
57 (otherwise it's no longer a variant but a whole new game!).
58 p(style="font-style:italic;color:purple") However...
59 p Each variant has its own new rules, which can involve
63 td * different pieces movements
65 td * different chessboard(s)
69 td * moves side effects
74 Example: imagine that a capture is an atomic explosion, wiping all adjacent squares
75 – except the pawns, which as cockroaches can resist this kind of event.
76 p Also state a goal: make the opponent's king explode.
77 p → Congrats, you defined Atomic chess! (Playable here)
79 p(style="font-style:italic;color:purple") OK, this all sounds interesting, but why would that be fun?
81 Because all games here start with a random setup: no more boring
82 openings memorization, you have to rely on your chess skills only :)
83 p Moreover, I claim that the chosen variants here are fun to play :P
85 For informations about hundreds (if not thousands!) of variants, you
86 can visit the excellent #[a(href="https://www.chessvariants.com/") chessvariants] website.
87 p(style="cursor:pointer;color:darkred" onClick="setCookie('visited','1');document.getElementById('modal-welcome').checked=false") Click here to not show this message next time
88 p(style="font-size:0.8em") Image credit: #[a(href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_chess_variants#/media/File:Hexagonal_chess.svg") Wikpedia]
91 v-for="(v,idx) in sortedCounts",
92 v-show="v.name.startsWith(curPrefix)",
98 const variantArray = !{JSON.stringify(variantArray)};
99 //JSON.parse("!{variantArray}".replace(/\"/g,'"'));
100 script(src="/javascripts/utils/misc.js")
101 script(src="/javascripts/utils/socket_url.js")
102 script(src="/javascripts/components/variantSummary.js")
103 script(src="/javascripts/index.js")