What kind of resources are available for building a 2 player chess games interface?

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I want to create a 2 player chess game. What HTML and JS resources are available for creating a chess board with ability to move the pieces? (note: I dont want a chess engine)

Also once I setup the chess board in browser how should I make the moves consistent with another person who has opened the same webpage in browser?

possible duplicate of [What are some good resources for writing a chess engine?](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/494721/what-are-some-good-resources-for-writing-a-chess-engine) — Curtis, Apr 11 '12 at 08:46
Not a dupe, that question is about AI for chess, this one's about interfaces. — Fred Foo, Apr 11 '12 at 08:49

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Apr 11 '12 at 08:53

You could use the jQuery AJAX functions for communicating the moves between players (and a server) in real-time.

For the end-user interactivity, jQuery UI (official extension of jQuery). Particularly, the Droppable and/or Sortable controls.

(see the linked demos)

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 21 '12 at 03:21

You can have a look at the online chess application I am developing, the UI is written in HTML & javascript (jQuery/knockout.js) and the backend is written in Java running on Jetty 8 server.
I am making use of native websockets for communication. The application is hosted at http://www.chesshunt.com

Although the chess rules are all written at server side, but you can still see the board implementations in Javascript.

What kind of resources are available for building a 2 player chess games interface?

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