https://github.com/pcapurro/chess-game

A chess game/engine made from scratch using SDL2 and Stockfish.
https://github.com/pcapurro/chess-game

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A chess game/engine made from scratch using SDL2 and Stockfish.

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/pcapurro/chess-game
• Owner: pcapurro
• Created: 2024-10-12T08:21:02.000Z (4 months ago)
• Default Branch: main
• Last Pushed: 2025-01-22T18:56:59.000Z (17 days ago)
• Last Synced: 2025-01-22T19:41:54.545Z (17 days ago)
• Topics: chess, chess-engine, game, oriented-object-programming, sdl2, stockfish, user-interface
• Language: C++
• Homepage:
• Size: 2.14 MB
• Stars: 1
• Watchers: 1
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 0
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  • Readme: README.md

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README

        
# Welcome to chess-game!

### Here is my first game project: a feature-complete chess engine and chess game written from scratch, along with a user interface.




The project has been created for Linux only and requires the following packages:

```

libsdl2-dev stockfish

```

Use `make` to compile the classic version of the game. Type `./chess-game` to launch.

Use `make shell` to compile a shell version of the game. Type `./shell-chess` to launch.




**In both versions**: 

You can specify `--sandbox` to play against yourself. Otherwise, you will play by default against Stockfish (elo randomly set between 1 400 and 2 000).

At the end of a game, a summary is written in algebraic notation in the terminal.




**In classical version**:

Use `LMB` on the right bottom corner to switch the colors of the board, or on the left side of the board to enable/disable the score bar.

You can use `RMB` to enable visual coordinates indicator and `Tab` key to enable visual hints.

Use `LMB` on the right top corner of the window to restart the game. When a game is over, you can also use `Enter`.

You can use `Escape` key to quit the game or simply click the cross in the window.

A secret key sequence can unlock an easter egg if typed during a game.




**In shell version**:

You can specify `--blind-mode` to play without the terminal board.

Type the move you want to play using algebraic notation (e.g.: 'e4', 'e4-e5', 'Bc4', 'Nf3xg5', 'Qh5xf7#').

Write `end` to end the game and shut down the program.




> [!NOTE]

> The chess pieces textures have been downloaded from Wikimedia Commons and are under the Creative Commons license, originally made by the user Cburnett.

>

> All the others assets have been made by myself from scratch using GIMP software.