--- title: "Vibe Chess" url: "https://aigamehub.app/en/games/vibe-chess-beffe8" source: "https://github.com/vgebrev/vibe-chess" source_type: "github" play_url: "https://chess.gebrev.com" platform: "both" login_required: false pricing: "free" origin: "original" ai_tools: ["Claude", "ChatGPT", "Suno", "ElevenLabs"] game_languages: ["en"] author: "vgebrev" author_handle: "vgebrev" category: "Casual" categories: ["casual", "puzzle"] tags: ["browser", "chess", "open-source", "stockfish", "vibe-coding"] added: "2026-10-19T13:22:23.678Z" updated: "2026-10-19T13:22:23.679Z" locale: "en" content_locale: "en" --- # Vibe Chess A browser-based chess game with a pirate skin; play against the Stockfish engine or a friend on the same device, with music, sound effects and character voices. ## Description Vibe Chess is a chess game built with SvelteKit that runs entirely in the browser and is playable on phone. You can play against the Stockfish engine or a friend on the same device. It uses a pirate theme with music, sound effects, character voices and speech bubbles, and supports swappable skins. The code is released under MIT with a live static build deployable to Cloudflare Pages. ## Original post A chess game vibe-coded in a single weekend Topics: browser-game, chess, game, vibe-coding # Vibe Chess A weekend project to see how polished a chess game I could vibe code in a single weekend. Play against Stockfish or a friend on the same device, in a pirate skin with music, sound effects, character voices and speech bubbles. It is built with SvelteKit, runs entirely in the browser, and is playable on a phone. See [SPEC.md](SPEC.md) for the full specification and the decisions made along the way. https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/a7c37bb7-ddcc-47ad-8b64-30934f32a641 ## Credits - **Meat Proxy:** [Veli Gebrev](https://veli.gebrev.com) - **Code:** [Claude](https://claude.ai) - **Graphics:** [ChatGPT](https://chatgpt.com) - **Music:** [Suno](https://suno.com) - **Sound Effects:** [ElevenLabs](https://elevenlabs.io) - **Chess rules:** [chess.js](https://github.com/jhlywa/chess.js) - **Engine:** [stockfish.js](https://github.com/nmrugg/stockfish.js) ## Development ```sh npm install npm run dev # dev server on http://localhost:24377 npm run check # svelte-check / TypeScript npm run lint # prettier + eslint npm run format # prettier --write npm run test:unit # vitest (watch mode) npm run test:e2e # playwright, phone and desktop viewports npm test # unit (single run) + e2e ``` ## Build ```sh npm run build # static output in build/ npm run preview # serve the build on http://localhost:24378 ``` The output is a static SPA (adapter-static, `index.html` fallback) and can be deployed to Cloudflare Pages as-is. ## Skins Served skins live in `static/skins//`; each `skin.json` is edited by hand. Source art is kept out of the repo. To re-export a skin after its art changes, place the originals in `scratchpad/skins//assets/` and run: ```sh python3 -m venv .venv && .venv/bin/pip install -r scripts/requirements.txt # once .venv/bin/python scripts/convert-skin.py ``` ## License [MIT](LICENSE), for this project's own code and assets. The libraries and font it uses keep their own licenses: Stockfish is GPL-3.0, chess.js is BSD-2-Clause, and the Pirata One font is under the SIL Open Font License (`static/skins/pirate/font/OFL.txt`).