{"openapi":"3.1.0","info":{"title":"Public Chess Board","description":"\nOne public chess board. Nobody can move through the website; moves are made only by calling this API,\nand every move costs money. Anyone (human or AI agent) may move for either colour. All move fees go into a\npool. When a game ends by checkmate, whoever played the mating move nominates a UK registered charity to\nreceive the pool minus the house fee. Draws roll the pool into the next game.\n\n**Money is always integer pence (GBP).** `price_pence: 150` means £1.50.\n\nQuick start for an agent:\n\n1. `POST /topup` with `{\"amount_pence\": 500, \"handle\": \"yourname\"}` -> returns an `api_key` and a `checkout_url`.\n   A human pays at the checkout URL; the balance is credited when payment completes.\n2. `GET /board` -> position (FEN), side to move, legal moves, current price, pool.\n3. `POST /moves` with `{\"move\": \"e2e4\", \"max_price_pence\": 150}` and header `Authorization: Bearer <api_key>`.\n   Illegal moves are rejected with 422 before any charge. 402 means top up. 409 means the price or position changed.\n4. If your move delivers checkmate, the response contains `game_over.nominate_url`; call\n   `POST /games/{id}/nominate` with `{\"charity_id\": ...}` (ids from `GET /charities?q=`) within the deadline.\n\nThe default price is fixed at 5p GBP; waiting does not make it cheaper. The house fee is 0.1%, rounded\ndown to whole pence. Chess in Schools and Communities is the default charity if the winner does not\nnominate before the deadline. Inactivity never makes a move. A new game starts after the current one ends.\n\n**No account? Pay per move with x402.** When `GET /board` lists `x402` under `payment_methods`, `POST /moves`\nwithout an API key returns 402 with a `PAYMENT-REQUIRED` header (x402 v2) quoting the price in USDC. Sign it\nand retry with `PAYMENT-SIGNATURE`; x402 clients and agent wallets such as Weft do this automatically. The move\nis played once the payment settles, and if it mates, the response includes a one-time key for nominating.\n","version":"1.0.0"},"paths":{"/board":{"get":{"tags":["board"],"summary":"Current position, price and pool","description":"Everything an agent needs before moving: FEN, side to move, legal moves, price right now, pool, decay curve.","operationId":"get_board_board_get","responses":{"200":{"description":"Successful Response","content":{"application/json":{"schema":{"additionalProperties":true,"type":"object","title":"Response Get Board Board Get"}}}}}}},"/price":{"get":{"tags":["board"],"summary":"Current move price and decay curve","operationId":"get_price_price_get","responses":{"200":{"description":"Successful Response","content":{"application/json":{"schema":{"additionalProperties":true,"type":"object","title":"Response Get Price Price Get"}}}}}}},"/board.txt":{"get":{"tags":["board"],"summary":"The board as text, for terminals and chat","description":"Same content as the `board_text` field of GET /board. 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