♟️ Chess Game

A modern, interactive chess game built with vanilla HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. Play chess in your browser with a clean, responsive interface and prepare for AI opponent integration.

🎮 Features

• Interactive Chessboard - Click and drag pieces with visual feedback
• Valid Move Highlighting - See all legal moves for selected pieces
• Full Chess Rules - Implements movement rules for all pieces (pawns, rooks, knights, bishops, queens, kings)
• Move History - Track all moves in algebraic notation
• Captured Pieces Display - View captured pieces for both players
• Undo Functionality - Revert your last move
• Responsive Design - Works seamlessly on desktop and mobile devices
• Dark Mode Support - Automatic theme switching based on system preferences
• AI Integration Ready - Dedicated section prepared for chess engine implementation

🚀 Getting Started

Prerequisites

• A modern web browser (Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Edge)
• A local web server (optional, but recommended for development)

Access

• Public Domain: chess-algorithm-rythm.vercel.app

Installation

1. Clone the repository

   git clone https://github.com/JummyJoeJackson/chess-algorithm.git
   cd chess-algorithm

2. Open the game

   • Simply open index.html in your browser, or
   • Use a local server (recommended):

     # Using Python 3
     python -m http.server 8000
     
     # Using Node.js http-server
     npx http-server

3. Start playing!

   • Navigate to http://localhost:8000 in your browser

🛠️ Technologies Used

• Vercel - Scalable Project Deployment
• HTML5 - Semantic structure
• CSS3 - Modern styling with custom properties and grid layout
• JavaScript (ES6+) - Game logic and interactivity
• No dependencies - Pure vanilla JavaScript

📝 Future Enhancements

• AI opponent integration
• Game save/load functionality
• Multiplayer support
• Timer/clock functionality
• Move validation improvements

🤝 Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Feel free to:

1. Fork the repository
2. Create a feature branch (git checkout -b feature/amazing-feature)
3. Commit your changes (git commit -m 'Add amazing feature')
4. Push to the branch (git push origin feature/amazing-feature)
5. Open a Pull Request

📄 License

This project is open source and available under the MIT License.

👤 Author

Diego Gonzalez - @JummyJoeJackson

🙏 Acknowledgments

• Chess piece Unicode symbols
• Modern design inspiration from Chess.com and Lichess.org
• Community feedback and contributions

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Enjoy playing chess! ♟️