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warent on Nov 15, 2022 | parent | context | favorite | on: Chess, but moves are simultaneous

I just played a match and it said "Checkmate" when there was no checkmate, maybe a bug? https://cloud.arent.net/s/osQT8eMtPXHeBWQ

gershy on Nov 15, 2022 [–]

Your opponent may have disconnected, giving you the win by default! I've gotta make that wording a bit clearer... right now it always says "checkmate".

warent on Nov 15, 2022 | [–]

Ah yes this seems likely since they just blundered their queen. Great stuff, thank you for sharing this project. I'll bookmark for later :)

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