chess

This chess engine aims to provide a robust and modular chess engine that is capable of move generation, position evaluation and game play against AI.

Features

• Board representation (done)
• Move generation (in-progress)
• Move validation (planned)
• Game state management and history (planned)
• Symbolic AI (planned)
• Neural AI (planned)

Getting Started

Prerequisites

• Python 3.7 or higher
• pip (Python package installer)
• make (for using Makefile)

Installation and Setup

This project uses a Makefile to simplify the setup and management process. Here are the available make commands:

• make: Create a virtual environment and install dependencies
• make venv: Create a virtual environment
• make install: Install dependencies in the virtual environment
• make test: Run tests
• make clean: Remove the virtual environment and cache files
• make help: Show the help message with available commands

To get started, simply run make. This will create a virtual environment and install all necessary dependencies.

Running Tests

To run the tests, use: make test.

This command will ensure all dependencies are installed and then run the test suite.

Usage

In progress...