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ChessKernel v0.1.0

First production-ready release. Self-hosted chess platform — no external paid dependencies.

Features

Gameplay

  • Real-time multiplayer via Socket.IO
  • Bot games against Stockfish (easy / medium / hard / max)
  • Move clock with configurable time controls (bullet / blitz / rapid / classical)
  • Full castling support — including king-to-rook drag (chess.com convention)
  • Resignation, draw offer / accept / decline
  • Page-refresh reconnect without auto-loss

Analysis

  • Post-game Stockfish analysis (depth 20)
  • Move classification with chess.com-exact colors: brilliant, great, best, book, inaccuracy, mistake, blunder
  • Classification badges on the board's destination square
  • Eval bar that tracks exact board height (CSS Grid)
  • Best-move arrow overlay for non-optimal moves
  • L-shaped SVG arrows for knight-move annotations (right-click drag)

Social & Ranking

  • Glicko-2 rating system per time control
  • ELO-based matchmaking queue
  • Friend system (request / accept / remove)
  • Token-based game invitations (shareable link)
  • Leaderboards per time control
  • In-app notifications

Platform

  • i18n: English, Portuguese, Spanish
  • Dark / light theme
  • Responsive layout
  • Docker Compose production stack (Nginx, PostgreSQL, Redis, NestJS, React)

Getting Started

git clone https://github.com/mateuseap/chesskernel.git
cd chesskernel
cp .env.example .env  # fill in secrets
docker compose -f docker/docker-compose.prod.yml up -d
docker compose -f docker/docker-compose.prod.yml exec server npx prisma migrate deploy

See Deployment Guide for full instructions.

Requirements

  • Docker 24+ and Docker Compose 2+
  • Stockfish 15+ (on host or container)
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