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Timur's Chess

A 14th century chess variant with giraffes

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230 (0.0%)

points · traction gained Oct 17, 02:39 UTC → Oct 17, 13:13 UTC

Still tracked: re-read by each daily run while under ~168h old (window closes ~Oct 18, 14:52 UTC).

comments · buzz 0 in latest interval

listed Oct 11, 14:52 UTC

Traction (points) over time

8 readings (one per daily ingest run). Dots are recorded values; lines just connect them — nothing in between is measured.

Key statistics

Traction: 23points
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Rank in GAME this week: #4of 55 HN
Rank overall this week: #40of 993 HN
Sector hit rate: 11.3%6/53 · 7D
Traction line: Hit10+ points
First reading: 1Oct 11, 15:36 UTC
Last reading: 23Oct 17, 13:13 UTC
Readings: 8over 142h

Launch-day race · #4 of 112 Show HN launches on 2026-10-11

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#3BraiNOTES, handwritten notes on your lecture PDFs in a browser tab35 points
#4Timur's Chess23 points
#5Plimsoll, a self-hosted sandbox for code your AI agent writes16 points
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