ashwani-builds/chess

A Chess which can be played as an 2 player game or vs a Bot.

Chess

Files :

1. ChessMain.py: Contains the code to handle user input and draw the game visuals
2. ChessEngine.py : Contains the logic of the Chess game (Using Brute Force Algorithm for calculating valid moves)
3. ChessEngineAd.py : Contains the logic of the Chess game (Using Optimised Algorithm for calculating valid moves)
4. ChessBot.py : Contains the logic for the BOT to play smartly considering captures, defences and positional advantages to some extent.

###Library to be installed for this Chess engine to work :

• pyGame: pip3 install pygame

To play the game using optimised algorithm run the following command in the terminal :

python3 ChessMain.py adv or python ChessMain.py adv

To play the game using brute force algorithm run the following command in the terminal :

python3 ChessMain.py or python ChessMain.py

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To choose whether to play a 2 player game or vs Computer or just see Computer Playing against itself make the following changes in the Config File:

• For Playing as White (Default)                        : Set PLAYER_ONE_HUMAN = True and PLAYER_TWO_HUMAN = False

• For Playing as Black                                        : Set PLAYER_TWO_HUMAN = True and PLAYER_ONE_HUMAN = False

• For 2 Player Game                                          : Set both PLAYER_ONE_HUMAN and PLAYER_TWO_HUMAN = True

• For seeing Computer play from both sides   : Set both PLAYER_ONE_HUMAN and PLAYER_TWO_HUMAN = False