
Chess Puzzle
Chess.com's daily puzzle on a 32×32 board, then the solution plays out move by move.
At a glance
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Themes
Settings
| Setting | Type | Default | Options / range |
|---|---|---|---|
Puzzlesource | choice | Daily puzzle | Daily puzzleRandom puzzle |
New random puzzle every (min)new_every0 = only with the Next button | whole number | 0 | 0 – 1440 |
Think time (s)thinkBefore the solution plays | whole number | 8 | 1 – 120 |
Seconds per movemove_seconds | number | 1.5 | 0.5 – 10 |
Boardtheme | choice | Night (LED) | Night (LED)WoodGreenBlue |
Orientationorientation | choice | Side to move at the bottom | Side to move at the bottomWhite at the bottom |
Intro card (title, side to move)intro | on/off | On | on / off |
Highlight last movehighlight | on/off | On | on / off |
Try it
$ uv run deskdot preview chess --settings '{"source":"random"}' --out chess.png$ curl -X POST http://127.0.0.1:8765/api/apps/chess/activateOr ask your agent: “Show Chess Puzzle on my panel”. It calls show_app with "chess". New here? Set up DeskDot first.
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