Linear Chess
Linear Chess
Scroll horizontally to see the whole board. Click a piece, then click a square to move.
Board loading...
White to move
Selected: none
8x8 Preview (Read-only)
Settings▶
Restart Game
Square size
72px<br>Fit to screen
Enable AI opponent
AI Level
1 - Beginner<br>2 - Easy<br>3 - Intermediate<br>4 - Advanced<br>5 - Expert
You Play
White<br>Black<br>Random
Show 8x8 preview<br>Flip board<br>Show selected piece<br>Show square notations
FEN
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What is this game?▶
This is standard chess with all normal rules, but displayed as a single 1D strip of 64 squares.<br>Moves are still validated using real 8x8 chess logic, and you can optionally view the synced 8x8 preview board.
Why create this?▶<br>Other 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.
What AI/Chess Engine is used?▶<br>This 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.
Who created this?▶<br>Hasan Nahleh, Founder of YouBee.ai. Source code: GitHub.
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Player vs AI<br>Player vs Player (Offline)