Make sure you have Ruby installed. The best tutorial I've found was: Ruby Installation Tutorial
- Download the ruby chess file here
- Unzip the file
- Open your $bash terminal
- Navigate to the folder in terminal
- Run the command
$ bundle install
in the terminal - Run the command
$ ruby game.rb
to start the game
- Use the arrow keys to move the cursor across the board.
- Select a piece with
enter
- Move the cursor to a valid position; highlighted by darker, green squares.
- Press
enter
again to select your piece placement. - Want to cancel a move? Just select a move at an invalid position or select the position of you current piece.