A real-time chess game application built with Python FastAPI, WebSocket, and HTMX.

• Real-time chess gameplay between two players
• WebSocket communication for instant move updates
• Beautiful chess board UI using chessboard.js
• Simple and intuitive interface

1. Create a virtual environment (recommended):

python -m venv venv
source venv/bin/activate  # On Windows: venv\Scripts\activate

2. Install dependencies:

pip install -r requirements.txt

3. Run the application:

python main.py

4. Open your browser and navigate to http://localhost:8000

1. First player: Click "New Game" to create a new game
2. Second player: Click "Join Game" and enter the game ID shown to the first player
3. Start playing! White moves first

• Backend: Python FastAPI with WebSocket support
• Frontend: HTMX, chessboard.js
• Chess Engine: python-chess