{"slug": "show-hn-linear-chess-normal-chess-on-a-1d-board", "title": "Show HN: Linear Chess – Normal Chess, on a 1D board", "summary": "A developer created Linear Chess, a version of standard chess displayed as a single 1D strip of 64 squares while maintaining all normal rules and 8x8 logic. The project, inspired by Hacker News comments arguing chess is technically a 1D game, includes an optional AI opponent and a synced 8x8 preview board for visualization training.", "body_md": "Scroll horizontally to see the whole board. Click a piece, then click a square to move.\n\nBoard loading...\n\nWhite to move\n\nSelected: none\n\n8x8 Preview (Read-only)\n\nSettings▶\n\n72px\n\nWhat is this game?▶\n\nThis is standard chess with all normal rules, but displayed as a single 1D strip of 64 squares.\nMoves are still validated using real 8x8 chess logic, and you can optionally view the synced 8x8 preview board.\n\nWhy create this?▶\n\nOther than \"why not?\", comments on Hacker News by traderj0e and highphive, arguing that chess technically is a 1D game, were a direct inspiration. It might also help with blindfold-style board visualization training... or at least that is the theory. I am around 1500 on LiChess, so please treat this as \"enthusiastic field research,\" not grandmaster-certified science.\n\nWhat AI/Chess Engine is used?▶\n\nThis uses js-chess-engine in the browser for legal move validation, game-state checks (check/checkmate/stalemate), and the optional AI opponent with selectable levels 1-5 from Beginner to Expert.", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/show-hn-linear-chess-normal-chess-on-a-1d-board", "canonical_source": "https://youbee.cloud/chess/chess.html", "published_at": "2026-05-25 17:48:22+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-05-25 18:08:07.818193+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-products", "ai-tools"], "entities": ["Hacker News", "LiChess", "js-chess-engine"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/show-hn-linear-chess-normal-chess-on-a-1d-board", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/show-hn-linear-chess-normal-chess-on-a-1d-board.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/show-hn-linear-chess-normal-chess-on-a-1d-board.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/show-hn-linear-chess-normal-chess-on-a-1d-board.jsonld"}}