Chess

Since I have played a handful of games till date with zero wins, so it was time I finally taught the computer to play it for me.

Index

• Chess
  • Index
  • About
  • Usage
    • Installation
    • Commands

About

This project includes a full chess engine, gui engine, and an AI engine. The AI engine utilizes the minimax and alpha beta pruning algorithms.

Usage

To install this project, make sure you have the correct version of Python and Pygame.

Installation

• Switch to Python3.
• Follow the code below to create virtual environment and install the necessary libraries.

git clone https://github.com/rya00/Chess
cd ./Chess/
python3 -m venv venv
source venv/bin/activate
pip install -r requirements.txt

Commands

• To start the game, run python ChessMain.py, then select the game mode you want to play in the command line.
• To undo a move, press z.
• To reset the board, press r.