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Complete timed chess matches in Minecraft's native Paper dialog UI

Chess turns Paper's native dialog system into a live, clickable 8x8 board. Challenge another player, choose a clock, and play a complete match without chest menus or a physical board. ## Highlights - **Native dialog board:** 64 individually clickable squares in a clean, live interface. - **Complete move handling:** castling, en passant, promotion, check, checkmate, and stalemate. - **Timed games:** 17 presets from one-minute bullet to five-hour games, with increment options. - **Useful board feedback:** legal moves, selection, last move, check, captures, coordinates, and both clocks can be displayed directly in the dialog. - **Player-friendly controls:** flip the board, offer or accept a draw, resign safely, close the dialog, and reopen an active game at any time. - **Resource-pack aware:** the textured board is bundled, can register itself with ResourcePackManager, and has an optional Unicode fallback. - **Folia ready:** game mutations, clocks, commands, dialog sends, and pack delivery use Folia-safe scheduling. - **Configurable:** tune sounds, expiry timers, board behavior, labels, and messages. ## See it in game

A timed Chess match in Minecraft's native dialog UI

## Requirements - **Java:** 21 - **Server:** Paper 1.21.11 or Folia based on the same API - **Optional:** ResourcePackManager This plugin requires Paper's native Dialog API and does not run on a standard Spigot server. The chess engine and the board pack are included in `Chess.jar`; ResourcePackManager is not required. ## Getting started 1. Put `Chess.jar` in the server's `plugins` folder and restart. 2. With ResourcePackManager installed, Chess registers its pack automatically. 3. Without ResourcePackManager, host `plugins/Chess/resourcepack.zip` and set the public URL at `resource-pack.url` in `plugins/Chess/settings.yml`. 4. Have one player run `/chess duel ` and the other run `/chess accept `. Set `ui.dialog.use-glyphs: false` for standard Unicode pieces without the custom textures. Set `resource-pack.use-resourcepack: false` when another system will merge or distribute the pack. ## Commands | Command | What it does | | --- | --- | | `/chess duel ` | Send a timed duel request. | | `/chess accept ` | Accept a request from that player. | | `/chess decline ` | Decline a request from that player. | | `/chess open` | Reopen your active board. | | `/chess help` | Show command help. | Time modes: `1`, `1|1`, `2|1`, `3`, `3|2`, `5`, `5|2`, `5|5`, `10`, `10|5`, `15|10`, `30`, `60`, `120`, `180`, `240`, and `300`. In increment modes, `5|2` means five minutes plus two seconds after each move. All players can use Chess; version 1.0.0 has no permission nodes. ## Support - [GitHub repository](https://github.com/castledking/Chess) - [Issue tracker](https://github.com/castledking/Chess/issues) - [Discord community](https://discord.com/invite/pCKdCX6nYr)

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