JavaChessGame

Introduction

A fully functional, two-player, graphics-based, interactive chess game/program. Developed with Java using BlueJ.

To start the game...

1. Clone this repository (git clone https://github.com/ehansen247/JavaChessGame.git)
2. Change into the project's src directory
3. Compile all .java files (Java 1.8).
4. Run the Chess main method.

git clone https://github.com/ehansen247/JavaChessGame.git  
cd JavaChessGame; cd src  
javac *.java  
java Chess  

Thanks for playing!

Specifications

- Complies with all standard Chess rules as regulated by the World Chess Federation (FIDE)
	Ref: https://www.fide.com/

- Features all standard Chess moves including pawn promotion, en-passant, castling and more!

- Includes a user-defined timer (if desired). Possible game times range from 1 minute per 
  player to ~two billion minutes per player!

- Features elegantly designed Graphics, including 84 custom made pieces
      7 color choices, and a total of 42 possible color combinations!

- Features fully functional and efficient Move Validity, Check, CheckMate and StaleMate detection

- Features a GAME to PGN converter, output in a file named "LastGamePGN.out"
  Fully complies with standard PGN format. Ref: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portable_Game_Notation
  Example Output:
   1. f3 e5
   2. g4 Qh4#
   1-0

Different Outputs

Outputs in the prompt window include:

• "Not A Piece": The user has clicked a square before clicking a piece. Click a piece instead.
• "Out of Bounds": The user has clicked outside of the board.
• "Invalid Move": This move is invalid according to the rules of chess.
• "Wrong Color": It's not the color/player's turn. You cannot move the black pieces when it is not black's turn.
• "White/Black Wins!": The game has ended by checkmate.
• "White/Black wins on time!": The game has ended on time.

Contact

Contact me at ehansen247@gmail.com if you have any more questions.