Tuesday, June 13, 2017

Chess.com stopped working on 32-bit iPads after it passed 2^31 games played


You might have to wait a few days to make your next move on Chess.com if you happen to play the game from a 32-bit iPad or iPhone device. In a comical turn of events, yesterday the popular platform unexpectedly stopped working on 32-bit iOS devices after its counter clocked a total of 2,147,483,648 games played. In case you’re wondering what the significance of this figure is: It means that Chess.com officially broke the 32-bit integer limit. As a result of this otherwise triumphal achievement, numerous chess players were suddenly no longer able to play the game from their old iPads and iPhones…

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