Play Gomoku free against a real engine or a friend. No account, no download. Climb an eighteen-rung ladder from Ninth Grade to Ninth Dan. Xiangqi and Go are next.
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Hi Product Hunt 👋 — I'm the maker of YiBoard.
This project started with a simple observation: Western board games are everywhere online, but the Chinese classics — Gomoku, Xiangqi, Go — rarely get the same treatment. And when they do, they're usually behind a signup wall or buried in a mobile app you have to install.
So I built the opposite: a browser tab, a board, and nothing else. No install, no account, no waiting in a queue. Open it, play a match, close it. Your rating (real Grades and Dans, not platinum badges) stays if you choose to attach an email.
Three things I'm proudest of:
1. **Server-side refereeing** — every move in an online match is validated by the server before it lands, so a modified client can't fake a win.
2. **A real engine in your browser** — alpha-beta pruning under a hard 500ms budget, running locally. No server round-trip, which means no rate limits and no queue even when we're busy.
3. **Four languages done properly** — English, Español, 日本語 and Português do Brasil, including rules and error messages, not just the marketing page.
Right now Gomoku is fully playable; Xiangqi is in development and Go is planned.
Happy to answer anything about the ranking system, the engine, or the roadmap. Would love to hear what you'd want first — Xiangqi or Go? 🎯
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