ARMAGEDDON POP

🧩 Overview

This frontend is a responsive, asynchronous chess game explorer built with PHP, MySQL, JavaScript, and Bootstrap 5. The database backend supports partitioned game tables and intelligent filtering.

🔷 Primary Components

• index.php: Main entry point that assembles the page.
• controller.php: Interprets and routes GET parameters, controls DB querying.
• display.php: Renders search form, PGN viewer, game metadata.
• define_tables.php: Logic for dynamic table resolution.
• connect.php: Central PDO DB connection setup.

🎛️ JavaScript Functionality

• db.js: Handles async UI (sliders, ECO buttons, counters).
• inputs.js: Autocomplete behavior via datalist for filters.
• suggestions.php: Backend PHP suggestion engine for inputs.

📋 Search Features

• White / Black player input
• ECO code and date range
• Collection ID filtering
• Game result filter

🧠 Dynamic UX Highlights

• Column toggling (left/right panels)
• Live year slider with dual bind to date inputs
• PGN4Web autoplay on search
• Real-time search and partial rendering
• Live DB game count refreshes

📁 Extensibility & Roadmap

• Hooks for statistics and history tables
• Designed to scale beyond 10M games
• Custom slices and game joins planned
• Moves and position indexing ready via new tables

🚀 System Highlights