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342 points avadhesh18 | 1 comments | | HN request time: 0.233s | source

Hi HN!

I'm the developer of rdx, a mildly popular ad-free, privacy and user friendly Reddit client. This time, I made something for a very specific use case: solving chess puzzles with no internet.

Why? Well, my Wi-Fi is terrible in the bathroom—and that's where I do some of my best thinking. I tried printing out “mate in X” puzzles to solve offline, but they weren’t fun without interaction. So I built OffChess.

OffChess is an iPhone/Android app that contains over 100,000 chess puzzles, fully offline and completely ad-free. You can solve puzzles by category (Mate in 1/2/3/4/5, tactics like pins/forks/skewers, or openings like Sicilian/French, etc). You gain or lose points based on how you perform, so there's a light rating system to keep things engaging.

No accounts, no tracking, no monthly subscriptions, no internet required. Just pure, old-school tactical chess training, wherever you are.

You can check out the iPhone/iPad app at https://apps.apple.com/us/app/chess-puzzles-offchess/id67447... or the Android app at https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.offchess

Would love feedback, bug reports, or suggestions.

Thanks!

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tomhow ◴[] No.44499848[source]
[stub for offtopicness]
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avadhesh18 ◴[] No.44500190[source]
Can you please explain what it means? I have been using HN for years and only seeing this for the first time. Seems like some mod action but searching on google didn't return anything.
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1. chatmasta ◴[] No.44500253[source]
Yes, very strange and I was wondering why my comment which is on topic was added here…

There are other comments which are clearly on-topic, e.g. direct feedback about the app, which have been relegated to this weird sub-thread.

If this is a new feature, I’m not a fan of it. We have downvotes for off-topicness.