Feature request: allow recording and presentation of any piece movement in a study/broadcast • page 1/1 • Lichess Feedback • lichess.org

moonshine2002

This feature request is asking for the possibility to record and present (inside the Lichess interface/website) any position of chess pieces on the board plus any piece movement order without restrictions, i.e. without FIDE Laws of Chess or any other variants rules (Atomic, Horde,...) enforced. Basically a sequence of (illegal) FEN-positions that could be recorded and "replayed" on the Lichess website.
The first use case for me is that it would enable to record and present any movements that might have happened on a physical board (such as a DGT). Novice players and especially young kids tend to accidentally include illegal moves when playing on a physical board. With the option to still display those actions via Lichess interface, it would enable clubs/coaches/players to have a record of their non-compliant games.
The second use case would be the possibility to create studies with illegal positions such as pawns only to illustrate certain aspects of the game of chess.
Of course I would accept to have no possibility for computer analysis nor for any valid PGN export. I would only ask for the option to have the resulting series of FEN positions as an export option.
Implementation might not be too messy. I could imagine having a new variant called something like "unrestricted piece movement" to choose from and then having PGN and analysis disabled. The movements could then still be shown in a notation list that shows the long algebraic notation, i.e. including start and end square of a piece. But I'd be just as happy without a move list in such a variant.
Thank you!

This feature request is asking for the possibility to record and present (inside the Lichess interface/website) any position of chess pieces on the board plus any piece movement order without restrictions, i.e. without FIDE Laws of Chess or any other variants rules (Atomic, Horde,...) enforced. Basically a sequence of (illegal) FEN-positions that could be recorded and "replayed" on the Lichess website. The first use case for me is that it would enable to record and present any movements that might have happened on a physical board (such as a DGT). Novice players and especially young kids tend to accidentally include illegal moves when playing on a physical board. With the option to still display those actions via Lichess interface, it would enable clubs/coaches/players to have a record of their non-compliant games. The second use case would be the possibility to create studies with illegal positions such as pawns only to illustrate certain aspects of the game of chess. Of course I would accept to have no possibility for computer analysis nor for any valid PGN export. I would only ask for the option to have the resulting series of FEN positions as an export option. Implementation might not be too messy. I could imagine having a new variant called something like "unrestricted piece movement" to choose from and then having PGN and analysis disabled. The movements could then still be shown in a notation list that shows the long algebraic notation, i.e. including start and end square of a piece. But I'd be just as happy without a move list in such a variant. Thank you!

moonshine2002

@thibault any chance to get this feature in Lichess?

moonshine2002

Alright I guess this is too exotic of a request to be commented.
Or maybe the time has not yet come for free "move" recording on Lichess... :-)

Alright I guess this is too exotic of a request to be commented. Or maybe the time has not yet come for free "move" recording on Lichess... :-)

SergioGlorias

@moonshine2002 https://github.com/lichess-org/lila/issues/15607

moonshine2002

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Thanks @SergioGlorias for linking a related github request.
For this kind of support to illegal move broadcasting, I am fine with completely waiving the analysis feature (i.e. analysis cannot be used). I would just really like to be able to broadcast that sort of move order played on a digital board.

Thanks @SergioGlorias for linking a related github request. For this kind of support to illegal move broadcasting, I am fine with completely waiving the analysis feature (i.e. analysis cannot be used). I would just really like to be able to broadcast that sort of move order played on a digital board.