https://github.com/richelbilderbeek/searchanddestroychess
C++ Kriegspiel game
https://github.com/richelbilderbeek/searchanddestroychess
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C++ Kriegspiel game
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/richelbilderbeek/searchanddestroychess
- Owner: richelbilderbeek
- License: gpl-3.0
- Created: 2015-10-02T12:52:58.000Z (almost 11 years ago)
- Default Branch: master
- Last Pushed: 2025-01-26T16:10:53.000Z (over 1 year ago)
- Last Synced: 2025-02-28T03:17:51.263Z (over 1 year ago)
- Topics: chess, cpp, dark-chess, foss, game, kriegspiel
- Language: C++
- Homepage: https://github.com/richelbilderbeek/games
- Size: 1.43 MB
- Stars: 2
- Watchers: 3
- Forks: 0
- Open Issues: 7
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
- License: LICENSE
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README
# SearchAndDestroyChess
Chess game with a fog of war, programmed in C++ using SFML.
The following special rules apply to SearchAndDestroyChess:
* A player cannot be in chess, nor in checkmate. Instead, if the king is captured, the capturer wins. This is because it is possible for a king to be in check without knowing it
* Normal rules to en passant capture apply. But when a pawn can be captured en passant, this pawn is visible. This makes a pawn look sideways for only one turn. This is because the attacker must be able to see that he/she can make an en passant capture
* Normal rules to castling apply, except that castling can take place when in chess and through attacked squares. This is because it is possible for a king to be or getting in check without knowing it
* A pawn always gets promoted to a queen
The first version of SearchAndDestroyChess was put online at 2008-07-06. I month later I
found out I wasn't the first to have invented this variant:
it is also known as [Kriegspiel](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kriegspiel_%28chess%29)
or [Dark Chess.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_chess)
## Gameplay
The first screen will be the `Press enter to start the next turn` screen.
Here, (the person playing) white has to assure black is looking away.
If black is looking away, white presses enter.
White can do a move like regular chess now.
When white has done his/her move, the `Press enter to start the next turn` screen pops up again.
Now, black has to assure white is looking away.
If white is looking away, black presses enter.
Black can do a move like regular chess now.
Repeat this until a player can capture the king of the opponent.
Then, it is common to show the opponent he/she will be captured, so he/she
can see the position of the winning player his/her pieces.
## Controls
* `Up arrow` or `W`: move cursor up
* `Right arrow` or `D`: move cursor right
* `Down arrow` or `S`: move cursor down
* `Left arrow` or `A`: move cursor left
* `Space` or `Q` or `E`: select
* `Enter`/`Return`: start next turn, only works at the `Press enter to start the next turn` screen
Also selection works with the mouse.
## Strategy
* Prefer to keep your king protected in all 16 directions (4x diagonal, 4x horizontal, 8x knigh jumps)
* Castling is extra strong
* Bluffing is an important part of the game
* In trouble? Make that unexpected move!
* Try to cover all your pieces
* Try to see as much of the board as possible
* Being in center positions is nice, in this game coverage and lines of sight are more important
## Older screenshots
## External links
* [Richel Bilderbeek's games](https://github.com/richelbilderbeek/Games)