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 Each variant page offers two modes: against a human or computer opponent,
21 which is here to help learning the rules.
22 h3.blue.section Comments
24 All games start with a random assymetric position. #[br]
25 Games are untimed, and played anonymously. #[br]
26 No chat, to rather focus on the moves :)
27 h3.red.section Bug report
29 If you find a bug in a game, please follow this procedure: #[br]
30 1. stop playing: click on the resign button; #[br]
31 2. click on the PGN to download it; #[br]
33 #[a(href="mailto:contact@vchess.club?subject=[vchess.club] bug report") contact@vchess.club]
34 with relevant comments and the PGN attached. Thank you!
35 input#modal-welcome.modal(type="checkbox")
37 #welcome.card.text-center
38 label.modal-close(for="modal-welcome")
39 h3.blue.section Welcome to vchess.club!
41 p A fun place to play chess variants in real time!
42 p But wait... what is a chess variant?
43 img(src="/images/Hexagonal_chess.svg")
45 As suggested by the picture, a variant setup generally
46 looks more or less like a chessboard with regular pieces
47 (otherwise it's no longer a variant but a whole new game!).
48 p(style="font-style:italic;color:purple") However...
49 p Each variant has its own new rules, which can involve
51 li * different pieces movements
52 li * different chessboard(s)
53 li * new pieces
54 li * moves side effects
55 li ...and so on
58 Example: imagine that a capture is an atomic explosion, wiping all adjacent squares
59 – except the pawns, which as cockroaches can resist this kind of event.
60 p Also state a goal: make the opponent's king explode.
61 p → Congrats, you defined Atomic chess! (Playable here)
63 p(style="font-style:italic;color:purple") OK, this all sounds interesting, but why would that be fun?
65 Because all games here start with a random setup: no more boring
66 openings memorization, you have to rely on your chess skills only :)
67 p Moreover, I claim that the chosen variants here are fun to play :P
69 For informations about hundreds (if not thousands!) of variants, you
70 can visit the excellent #[a(href="https://www.chessvariants.com/") chessvariants] website.
71 p(style="cursor:pointer;color:darkgrey" onClick="setCookie('visited','1');document.getElementById('modal-welcome').checked=false") Do not annoy me again!
72 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]
75 v-for="(v,idx) in sortedCounts",
76 v-show="v.name.startsWith(curPrefix)",
82 const variantArray = !{JSON.stringify(variantArray)};
83 //JSON.parse("!{variantArray}".replace(/\"/g,'"'));
84 script(src="/javascripts/utils/misc.js")
85 script(src="/javascripts/utils/socket_url.js")
86 script(src="/javascripts/components/variantSummary.js")
87 script(src="/javascripts/index.js")