Chess.com's Piotr & Live Chess in the News!

Submitted by erik on Wed, 05/28/2008 at 10:55pm.

There was a really interesting interview posted today with Piotr, Chess.com's main live chess developer. Check it out (WARNING - contains a LOT of nerd-speak) =>

http://prototypejs.org/2008/5/28/an-interview-with-piotr-dachtera

There has been other coverage here: http://ajaxian.com/archives/live-chess-with-comet and http://cometdaily.com/2008/05/07/comet-games-chess-tick-tack-toe-pong-and-poker/

Enjoy!

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by shadowc - 6 months ago
Buenos Aires Argentina

Member Since: Jul 2007
Member Points: 468

Bill, that was a hard game to look at... (because the picture was so small!) lol

by arisser - 6 months ago
Lancaster PA United States

Member Since: May 2008
Member Points: 44

Very interesting! I was wondering why Live Chess was using Prototype (I'm a jQuery man myself), now I know! Very cool to see that ordinary ajax calls weren't enough to keep everything in sync! Now I'm off to learn about this "Comet" thing ;) Keep up the good work!

by billwall - 6 months ago
Palm Bay, FL United States

Member Since: May 2007
Member Points: 2047

But the position is interesting from a weak game. White had to lose a tempo or two to get in that cramped position, but Black missed winning moves. Black should be winning now, but had better moves earlier in the game. White should exchange pawns and both castle, but Black is ahead in development. The opening was 1.e4 e5 2.Qf3?! Nf6 3.Bc4 d5 4.Bb5+? (4.exd5 was better) c6 5.Ba4 Nbd7? (5...Nxe4 wins) 6.Ne2 (6.exd5 is better) Bc5? (6...Nxe4 or 6...Nc5 wins)

by GordonMcKinney - 6 months ago
Austin, TX United States

Member Since: Aug 2007
Member Points: 89

For us geeks, those are some great links.

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