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Life & fun · June 1, 2020

e4e5

Casual, minimal chess app

e4e5 launched on June 1, 2020 with 73 votes, #640 of 4,317 launches that month and more than 75% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 6 years on.

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What it does

e4e5 is a minimal, casual chess app. It is based on Stockfish, a strong, powerful chess engine, compiled to webassembly. The UI is deliberately minimal and clear. The app works in offline mode and can be installed on iOS/Android as a progressive web app.

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