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C++ Chess

C++ Chess

To play, clone the program - make sure you have a GCC compiler

The board is made up of unicode characters:

       Player 2 (Black)
8 ｜ ♖ ♘ ♗ ♕ ♔ ♗ ♘ ♖
7 ｜ ♙ ♙ ♙ ♙ ♙ ♙ ♙ ♙
6 ｜ ·  ·  ·  ·  ·  ·  · ·
5 ｜ ·  ·  ·  ·  ·  ·  · ·
4 ｜ ·  ·  ·  ·  ·  ·  · ·
3 ｜ ·  ·  ·  ·  ·  ·  · ·
2 ｜ ♟ ♟ ♟ ♟ ♟ ♟ ♟ ♟
1 ｜ ♜ ♞ ♝ ♛ ♚ ♝ ♞ ♜
⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻
     a  b  c  d  e  f  g h
      Player 1 (White)

note: make sure your terminal background is a dark color, otherwise the piece colors will be inverted

To Do:

Completely rewrite/improve the OOP logic

Fix en passent

Computer opponent is acting weird

Resources

https://www.chessprogramming.org/Main_Page
https://www.chess.com/learn-how-to-play-chess
https://www.cs.cornell.edu/courses/cs312/2002sp/lectures/rec21.htm