Terminal Chess Game

This implementation of a two-player terminal chess game follows object-oriented programming principles. The game includes various features such as checkmate and check detection, validation of moves, handling invalid moves while in check, promotion, castling, and stalemate. For instance, if a player is in check, they can only move the pieces that prevent them from remaining in check.

Furthermore, it is recommended to play this game in black-background terminal.

Piece Notation:

P - Pawn ,
N - Knight ,
K - King ,
Q - Queen ,
B - Bishop ,
R - Rook

    To compile the code and run it
        ./chess.sh
    Or 
        cd src
        g++ *.cpp -o chess.exe
        .\chess.exe 
       
    To exit the game, simply enter "exit" in the terminal.

    When a pawn reaches the last square, the user will be prompted with
    the message: "Pick a Piece (N, Q, B, R):". 
    The user needs to input the corresponding notation for the desired piece, such as: 
    "Q" for Queen, "N" for Knight, "B" for Bishop, "R" for Rook to promote the pawn to that piece.  

This only works on MacOS To restart the game, simply enter "restart" in the terminal

Note: You may need to change the "clearScreen" variable in the ChessBoard class, if your Terminal/CommandPrompt only accepts "clear" and not "cls".

Areas for further improvement:

En Passant rule implementation.

Scoring system to keep track of the game's progress and player
performance.

Keeping track of captured pieces during the game.

Recording and storing moves, allowing the game to be saved and
resumed later.

Thank you once again for trying out this game. I want to note that this was my first coding project ever. While I understand that this may not be the most optimized version of chess, it fulfills its purpose effectively.

Authors Anhad Sachdeva Shyamsundar Shrestha