it all depends upon developers how they look at it coz there are 150 chess variants and all can't be implemented at once.. checkers are a distant thing....
Actually there's a simple way to know what variant can be added, and which cannot. At this moment, lichess may support what PGN supports.
In other words, if the replay of a variant is not valid PGN, then it can't be implemented in lichess.
That's why checkers are not considered, neither is crazyhouse. PGN doesn't have a way to say "a white knight suddenly appears on d4".
Supporting non-PGN variants will require a considerable amount of work, which isn't planned in a close future.
In other words, if the replay of a variant is not valid PGN, then it can't be implemented in lichess.
That's why checkers are not considered, neither is crazyhouse. PGN doesn't have a way to say "a white knight suddenly appears on d4".
Supporting non-PGN variants will require a considerable amount of work, which isn't planned in a close future.
Of course, it would be something for the distant future... and it's not something I particularly care about anyway. I just disagree with MsCaroKann's reasons for disagreeing. :)
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Shogi and makruk is good also :-)
En tout cas je trouve Lichess vraiment bien fait,merci à toute l'équipe :-)
Better to keep lichess as a chess website, not a "games and things" website.
If you start overloading the system, the website becomes a novelty, not a serious competitive platform.
If you start overloading the system, the website becomes a novelty, not a serious competitive platform.
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it may clutter everything. and not easy for designers of a free platform. and i think they want to keep it free forever so no paid accounts... i think more donations can introduce more variants.
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