Team members: Pratyaksh Sharma (120050019)
Nishant Kumar Singh (120050043)
Files:
che.ss
This file has the code for parsing our chess engine's move to the xboard .
It is this file that has to be made executable in order to run our program.
base.ss
This file provides basic definitions like boards ,
pieces , copy-board etc.
validmoves.ss:
This file includes the functions related to making moves on the board,
checking whether the move is valid or not etc.
check.ss
This as the name suggests checks whether in a given position of the board
, any side's king is under check or not. The check function can also
find the attack and defence values on a piece other than king.
engine.ss
This file is the core of our chess engine . It has the evaluation function
and the best move selector.
Instructions (How to Run:)
To run our engine the system needs to have xboard(for ubuntu) or winboard
(for windows) installed.
Installing xboard:
On ubuntu: sudo apt-get install xboard
On windows: download from http://www.chess.com/download/view/winboard-427
and install
To play against the engine navigate (from terminal) to the folder containing
the file(executable) 'final', and use the command:
xboard -fcp ./final
To play our program against another engine (engine2), use
xboard -fcp /path/engine2 -scp /path/final
And click on Mode>Two Machines to start.