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AI · April 20, 2013

Open-sourced my Java chess AI high school project

Chess AI in Java - 2005 High School Project. Contribute to theronic/chessmate development by creating an account on GitHub.

Open-sourced my Java chess AI high school project launched on April 20, 2013 with 51 votes, #49 of 528 launches that month and more than 90% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 13 years on.

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Chessmate is a Java-based chess AI program originally developed as a high school project in 2005 and later open-sourced on GitHub. It is designed for developers and chess enthusiasts interested in studying or contributing to AI game-playing implementations. The project allows users to explore the source code and participate in ongoing development of the chess engine.

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