Launches
Coming soon
Upcoming launches to watch
Launch archive
Most-loved launches by the community
Launch Guide
Checklists and pro tips for launching
Products
News
Newsletter
The best of Product Hunt, every day
Stories
Tech news, interviews, and tips from makers
Changelog
New Product Hunt features and releases
Forums
Forums
Ask questions, find support, and connect
Streaks
The most active community members
Events
Meet others online and in-person
Advertise
Subscribe
Sign in
Start new thread
Topic Forums
p/general
p/product-recommendations
p/ama
p/introduce-yourself
p/self-promotion
Product Forums
p/claude
p/cursor
p/elevenlabs
p/figma
p/linear
p/notion
p/posthog
p/raycast
p/replit
p/supabase
p/vercel
p/voicenotes
p/perfect-circle
Test your designer skills!
Visit Product
Follow
The Kilobyte's Gambit — Try beating 1024 bytes of Javascript
Mahesh Shrestha
Featured
9
•
4yr ago
Can you beat a Chess computer written with 1KB of Javascript?
9
142
Login to comment
Replies
charlie
Came close but couldn't beat it. Very impressive!
Upvote
(1)
Share
4yr ago
Miklos Megyes
My online blitz rating is 1200, and I couldn't beat it in two tries. Very impressive!
Upvote
(1)
Share
4yr ago
Alex Sh
wow. I have won it. But it is not bad for new chess players. I think she's the rate is around 1700 ELO.
Upvote
(2)
Share
4yr ago
James Quinn
Afino Puzzles 1.0
Really cool! Thanks for sharing
Upvote
(1)
Share
4yr ago
Matej Guid
InstaText
Is the Javascript code publicly available?
Upvote
(1)
Share
4yr ago
Matt Round
Perfect Circle
Maker
@matejg
The code's shown in the How It Works/Info content, and there are links to the original coder's site & book where some of the techniques are explained (note that it's not open source, permission's required)
Upvote
(1)
Share
4yr ago
Jan Mazurek
I like how you made it look like!
Upvote
Share
4yr ago