amakukha / unix_chess

C99 port of Ken Thompson's chess

Unix chess

Attempted C99 port of Ken Thompson's chess program (1979).

Work in progress

TODO:

• [DONE] copy the sources and the book to this repo
• compile the sources in a PDP-11 simulator
  • add V7 image to the PyPDP11 project
• [IN PROGRESS] translate sources from K&R C and PDP-11 assembly to C99
• implement modern chess engine protocol
• evaluate the strength of the chess engine