Chess

Command line application for playing chess implemented in ruby.

Getting Started

Prerequisites

Local

In order to run this project, you need to have ruby installed. I recommend using rbenv.

This branch of the project has been tested only on ruby version 2.7.1.

You will also need to install bundler with

gem install bundler

Repl.it

You can run this project in your browser here.

There are some performance improvements that can be made, so I recommend running this locally if you can.

Installing

Clone this repository and change your current working directory with

git clone git@github.com:rankoliang/chess.git && cd chess

Next, install the dependencies by running

bundle

Playing The Game

Play the game by typing this into your command line. This will only work on systems with bash installed.

./chess

Alternatively, you can run

rake

Running the tests

Run the test suite with

bundle exec rspec

Features

• Castling
• En Passants
• Promoting pawns to queens
• Undoing moves
• Enforcing (mostly) legal moves
• Saving and loading the game state (default directory: saves/)

Notes

There is no AI, but the moves are shuffled in a semi random order. You can keep on pressing enter to execute random moves.

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License.