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Life & fun · January 5, 2017

Halfchess

Learn to be a better Chess player, playable in your browser

Halfchess launched on January 5, 2017 with 69 votes, #741 of 3,670 launches that month and more than 50% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 9 years on.

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What it does

Halfchess is a new way to learn chess from 0 to 1000 Elo. Phantom Chess and Schmess are here too.

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