From c13210e5ed94183806079a2ec8c1b735cbf4589a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: doomtube <doomtube@realms.pub>
Date: Thu, 8 Jan 2026 01:45:13 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] fixes lol

---
 nakama/go-modules/go.mod  |  2 +-
 nakama/go-modules/main.go | 16 ++++++++++------
 2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/nakama/go-modules/go.mod b/nakama/go-modules/go.mod
index 3db527a..b62bc8c 100644
--- a/nakama/go-modules/go.mod
+++ b/nakama/go-modules/go.mod
@@ -4,5 +4,5 @@ go 1.22
 
 require (
 	github.com/heroiclabs/nakama-common v1.44.0
-	github.com/corentings/chess/v2 v2.0.1
+	github.com/corentings/chess/v2 v2.3.3
 )
diff --git a/nakama/go-modules/main.go b/nakama/go-modules/main.go
index b0e6e5b..0034184 100644
--- a/nakama/go-modules/main.go
+++ b/nakama/go-modules/main.go
@@ -736,8 +736,8 @@ func validateChessMove(fenStr, from, to, promotion string) MoveResult {
 
 	game := chess.NewGame(fen)
 
-	// Find the move and get its algebraic notation
-	var algebraicMove string
+	// Verify move is valid first
+	found := false
 	for _, move := range game.ValidMoves() {
 		if move.S1().String() == from && move.S2().String() == to {
 			// Check promotion
@@ -748,17 +748,21 @@ func validateChessMove(fenStr, from, to, promotion string) MoveResult {
 					continue
 				}
 			}
-			algebraicMove = move.String()
+			found = true
 			break
 		}
 	}
 
-	if algebraicMove == "" {
+	if !found {
 		return result
 	}
 
-	// Make the move using algebraic notation
-	if err := game.PushMove(algebraicMove); err != nil {
+	// Make the move using UCI notation (e.g., "e2e4" or "e7e8q")
+	uciMove := from + to
+	if promotion != "" {
+		uciMove += promotion
+	}
+	if err := game.PushNotationMove(uciMove, chess.UCINotation{}, nil); err != nil {
 		return result
 	}