I’m building apps to study chess in ways that help me think through topics other than chess.
One that I have deployed (though am still developing) is Ascii Chess. Some features on the way are,
- The Bishop’s Triangle: the linear equations and triangles associated with diagonal-moving pieces
- Checkmate Pie: a visualization of the King’s options as a pie(ish) chart
- Piece-Agnostic Pneumonics: The construction of shapes on the board to remember the position of pieces
- Tactics as Pneumonics: The use of tactical explorations as memory devices rather than to (directly) discover best moves
- Platform Integration with chess.com and lichess.org
I know this seems a bit vague and abstract. I’ll be creating video demoes to illustrate its value to myself and (maybe!) to you too.
Thanks for visiting!
‐ Josh M.