A Windows command line application to play chess (specifically) using the command prompt.
https://cmdchess.readthedocs.io/en/latest/
Note: This project is still a work in progress and errors are expected to be fixed in a few days.
This project aims to serve as the go-to command line chess application for Windows users. As more and more windows users are becoming power users, a light-weight CLI chess application provides great convenience to access chess puzzles - which hopefully enables chess enthusiasts to practice more often and improve their tacticical abilities.
Since most command-line chess applications are catered to Unicode consoles (and somewhat alienating Windows users), the project has been developed to cater to ASCII consoles - and therefore can be run in what Windows users are familiar with: cmd.exe
Upcoming core featues
- Short-algebraic notation to input moves
- Popular chess variants (e.g. chess960, horde)
- Puzzles from databases
- Popular games history
Errors
- Checkmate
- Promotion
Hosted on GitHub: https://github.com/leonarduschen/cmdchess
pip install cmdchess
Launch app: cmdchess
Run on unicode console: cmdchess -utf
Run with yellow board color: cmdchess -y
Help: cmdchess --help
This package is open sourced under the MIT license.