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♞ About Pithy Chess

Hi. I'm Mike D.

I'm a four-eyed computer nerd who somehow decided building a chess engine was a reasonable way to spend his time.

I was once the Assabet Valley Regional High School Chess Club Champion.

No big deal.
(Undefeated.)

Pithy Chess is a lightweight chess engine built for people who just want to play chess without downloading seventeen launchers, creating an account, or being asked to subscribe to Premium Chess Ultra+.

It runs directly in your browser and includes legal move generation, castling, en passant, promotion, position evaluation, iterative deepening, quiescence search, and multiple difficulty levels.

Built by a nerd. Powered by JavaScript. Allegedly tested by someone who once went undefeated in high school chess club.