ChessUp has been updated in a big way. In fact, I’d say that over half the code was re-written. But enough technical details…what’s new?

Drag And Drop. Pieces are placed by dragging and dropping them onto the board. To remove a piece from the board, drag it off.

Color Choices. Users now have 100% control over the board, text, and background colors.

Piece Styles. There are now 4 different sets that can be chosen for pieces. They are all fairly similar, but the color scheme is different. The old Wikipedia graphics are gone. (They were nice, but they were blended with the backgrounds, which made it impossible to add the color-chooser).

Board Coordinates. A new detail is available: board coordinates. Toggling them on will show the traditional algebraic coordinates along the left and bottom sides of the board.

ChessUp requires JavaScript to be enabled in order to work. Cookies are not required, but they are recommended. Enabling cookies will allow ChessUp to remember the last board position and color choices you submitted. This makes it easy to hit the “Back” button and do little edits without starting from scratch.

The next big “To Do” is to add some context-sensitive help.

OK, enough talk. Here are some quick example images I put together to show off the new flexibility.

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