Launching today
ChessBout
Multiple-choice chess duels & daily challenges ♟️
30 followers
Multiple-choice chess duels & daily challenges ♟️
30 followers
Most chess puzzle apps feel like study tools. ChessBout makes them feel like a game. Solve multiple-choice chess puzzles, play live 1v1 duels, compete in daily challenges, and climb global leaderboards in a fast mobile-first experience with no drag-to-move friction.
@deepak_pathania How are you generating or selecting the answer choices? Are the wrong options random legal moves, common mistakes, or intentionally tempting tactical alternatives?
@kzhao Great question, and getting those options right was actually the trickiest part here.
The wrong options aren't random. For each puzzle, I run Stockfish and look at its top N moves. The correct answer is one of them, and the three distractors are the next-best ones the engine considered. So they're moves a player might genuinely think about, not obvious junk. I also make sure there's a clear gap between the solution and the best distractor, so the right answer is actually the right answer and not a coin flip. For mate puzzles, I filter out any distractor that's also mate.
So they're more "tempting engine alternatives" than "common human mistakes", close enough to consider, but objectively worse. We also have difficulty filters in practice mode, so the harder ones have a smaller gap between the options.
Hope this clarifies it but feel free to ask any follow ups you might have!
The multiple choice options are a different take but I actually really enjoyed it, also helped me get more familiar with chess notation.
Hopefully there can be some matchmaking for live duels in the future to play with strangers, but playing with friends is fun so far!
@ruchi_verma4 Thanks for trying it out!
And yes, once the platform has enough players, I’ll add a matchmaking layer, with a rating system to match similarly experienced players.
Till then, please continue to enjoy playing with your friends!
@deepak_pathania Sounds good and great job!
Minimalistic, easy to get a hang of, hopefully I will be able to get my friends to finally play chess now :)
Really interesting concept.
@chawlaaditya8 Thanks for trying it out, see you on the leaderboard!
Clueso
Really fun take on chess puzzles. I like how ChessBout removes the usual drag-and-drop friction and makes notation feel easier to understand. The daily challenges + leaderboard angle also makes it feel much more like a game than a study tool. Excited to see where this goes!
@hrishikesh_sharma Thanks, Hrishikesh.
Goal was to make chess puzzles feel more like a game, so it’s great to hear that came through in your experience!