Chess built out in python to be played in the terminal. Eventually a chess AI will be added. If I find the time ;) :O
This Chess game uses long-form algebraic chess notation (So you say e2-e4, instead of e4, or you say Kb1xc3 to say knight takes on c3).
Right now, it's missing en-passant, insufficient material checks, and 50 king move stalemates.
The structure of the code is Object Oriented. Each piece is an object that has a str method, a color, and a position. The board is an object that has a list of white pieces, a list of black pieces, most of the gameplay methods, and a str method. The board is re-rendered after each move using the str method to show all of the pieces which remain.
To show the background of the board, I use the colorama python library, and I use unicode characters to display the pieces.
I have a test_chess file which contains unit tests.
Before each move, all possible moves are generated and displayed. This includes double moves for pawns, kingside and queenside castles, checks to make sure a piece is not pinned, and captures. I check for illegal moves by creating a hypothetical board and checking to see if a player is in check.
After a move is played, the game checks for stalemates where a player has no available moves and for repitition stalemates by hashing the board and checking if any hash points to a value of 3. Then the game auto-queens any pawns in the their respective final row.
Of course, the game ends with checkmate when a player is in check and has no available moves.
Gameplay Images:
Gameplay
Scholar's Mate
Pawn Promotion
Stalemate
