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A. M. DeWitt wrote on Tue, Feb 6 12:20 PM EST in reply to François Houdebert from 11:19 AM:

Okay, the link is fixed. However, it goes to the games dashboard instead of the implemetation itself. I checked, and I didn't see Hectochess listed (or maybe I missed it); however, I did find the implementation's URL.

I have inspected the Hectochess implementation, and it is quite stellar, but there are a few mistakes to fix, which should be pretty easy:

  • Black's kingside Knight and Champion have been switched (Champion should be next to the Rook, and Knight should be next to the Bishop)
  • White's promotion zone is two ranks too far forward. It should be at the farthest rank.
  • A King should be able to castle two or three squares to either side. Currently, the implementation only allows the latter.
  • Your board has the white corner square on the left (it should be on the right). Because of this, you ended up swapping the King and Queen (from White's perspective, Queen should be on left side, and King on right side).

Also, some things worth mentioning:

  • Hectochess uses a 64-move rule instead of a 50-move rule, due to the increased board size.
  • Since there are so many Pawn promotions, it may be beneficial to split the options into two rows or have scrolling on the promotion dialog.