gochess

Demo

The board can be flipped with the flip command.

Features

List of features

• features.
  • have a console to type commands in, ie 7a5a to move local piece from field 7a to field 5a.
  • implement CLI background color checkered board in black and white.
  • implement CLI foreground colors for pieces (in black and white).
  • add capability to insert new pieces by the user.
  • implement some sort of command to insert a new piece.
  • flip the sides of the board option.

Tasks

List of things to do

• next.
  • action history (undo, redo).
• style.
  • allow to set the color of pieces with CLI flags.
  • have a flag for textual mode: RNBQKBNR pppppppp
  • have a flag for graphical mode: RNBQKBNR pppppppp
  • save and load games.

List of ideas

• misc.
  • implement timer.
  • implement piece value display.
  • implement simple computer player (ie AI enemy).
  • option to customize background colors.
  • option to customize foreground colors.
  • allow new pieces, like the duck (moves everywhere, cannot be beat, blocks all attacks, is moved by both players, duck does not move, if move opens a new attack on the enemy player).
  • allow randomized starting positions.
  • allow randomized piece values (white and black adding up to the same total).
  • allow randomized piece values (white and black adding up to differing totals).
• check for moves to be legal.
  • have a flag for manual mode: all moves allowed.
  • have a flag for turns mode: moves must follow turns.
  • have a flag for checked mode: all moves must be legal.
  • have a option for turning off castling mode: disallow castling at all.
  • have a option for turning on attacked mode: sallow castling through attacked squares.
  • have a option for turning off en-passant mode: disallow en-passants.
  • have a option for turning off undos mode: disallow undos.
• add some sort off golang chess engine to deal with all the game logic.
  • for example: https://github.com/corentings/chess
  • for example: https://github.com/fdomig/gochess
  • for example: https://github.com/alvaronaschez/simple-chess

Installation

Install the program:

go install github.com/kraasch/gochess@latest

Get the package:

go get github.com/kraasch/gochess

Usage

Use the program:

make build
./build/gochess --help

Use the package:

import (
  "fmt"
  "github.com/kraasch/gochess"
)

cb := gochess.NewBoard()
cb.Insert("pa6")
cb.Insert("Qa7")
cb.Insert("rh1")
cb.Move("a7a6")
cb.Insert("b8")
out := cb.Display("entire", "pieces")
fmt.Printf("%s", out)

The above code results in the following CLI printout.

Feedback

I can be reached via alex@kraasch.eu.

Contributing

Feel free to help me.

Acknowledgments

Uses the following software:

• see go.mod and go.sum.

Made by the following people:

• see Github info.

License

View the license file.