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(function(d, s, id) { var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0]; if (d.getElementById(id)) return; js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id; js.src = "//connect.facebook.net/en_GB/sdk.js#xfbml=1&version=v2.3"; fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);}(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));Posted by Andrew Ooi Boon Seng on Thursday, 17 March 2016 One thing that has bothered me about facebook is that I cannot embed a chess game into a post. Sure you can put a link to a replayer like...

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I have been playing with this idea of a cheaper alternative to DGT chess boards used for broadcasting chess games. Why not just use cheaper webcams (from RM25) combined with computer software for image recognition. Point the webcam to a chessboard and let the computer do the work of figuring the position and broadcasting it. Any chess board can be used, whether cheap...

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