#Cavachess WebSocket socket.io server

This is the WebSocket component for the Cavachess project.
Cavachess is a community website around Chess.

Initialization (localhost)

• Git clone this repository
• Install dependencies => npm install
• Launch your websocket server => node server.js

Get Cavachess

• See : https://github.com/tgachet/cavachess

Features

1 vs 1 Chess games Ingame chat Matchmaking :

• Players must choose the same game mode
• Players must have a close rank (+/- 200 pts)

Known issues

• Leaving or reloading the page close your websocket connection (instant loss)
• Currently no id user restriction (you can play against yourself)
• Queue sometimes failing to match players

Dependencies

• socket.io
• express.js

Author

Thomas Gachet