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Comment by denysonique | Hacker News Reader

I don't see there any need for a change

  Black plays; checkmate in one!

This is the most obvious form for chess players; universally used throughout many chess quiz books.

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Uh, if it's a CAPTCHA intended to be usable by those who know chess as opposed to those who actually play chess then yes, they should probably ask for what they actually want instead of saying something that will lead the user to the right assumption.

Of course if it's really "CHESS player CAPTCHA" then I could be way off...

It's on a chess website, so yes, it's for chess players.

Chess players who can see.

Perhaps it was designed in part to keep newbies out.

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