A chess game viewer/editor for Obsidian.
To use Chesser, you first need to declare a chess code block like so:
This will create a basic chess board in the start position.
You can declare various settings inside the chess code block, like a FEN string to describe a particular board position. You can find the full settings list below.
Here are the available settings for a chesr code block:
| Name | Possible Values | Description |
|---|---|---|
fen |
A valid FEN string | Starts the chess board with a particular position. |
orientation |
white/black |
Orientation of the board. |
pieceStyle |
A valid piece style name. Check this to view available styles. |
Style of the pieces on the board. |
boardStyle |
A valid board style name. Check this to view available styles. |
Style of the chess board. |
drawable |
true/false |
Controls the ability to draw annotations (arrows, circles) on the board. |
viewOnly |
true/false |
If enabled, displays a static chess board (no moves, annotations, ...). |
free |
true/false |
If enabled, disables the chess logic, all moves are valid. |
You can permanently set some settings in Chesser's obsidian plugin settings.
- Add PGN format support
After disabling Safe Mode, you can find third-party plugins in Settings > Community plugins > Browse > Search for "Chesser".
After installing, you can then find the installed plugins under Settings > Community plugins. They need to be enabled in order to take effect. You can also uninstall them there.
Feel free to contribute.
You can create an issue to report a bug, suggest an improvement for this plugin, etc.
You can make a pull request to contribute to this plugin development.
Chesser is licensed under the GNU AGPLv3 license. Refer to LICENSE for more informations.
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