Chess CLI

This is a cross-platform command-line chess game written in object-orientated modern C++ using only the Standard Library. It aims to demonstrate the implementation of advanced C++ code features. Users are free to study, modify, and redistribute the source code as per the software licence.

Setup

GCC and G++

To compile and execute using GCC and G++, run the following.

cd ../src
g++ [TODO: add compilation] 
./../bin/main.out

Game functionality

• Move validation
• Check and checkmate
• Castling

To-do

• En passant
• Save and load games
• AI opponent
• Custom starting conditions

Code features

• Source code organization (headers, class files, namespaces)
• Dynamic memory allocation (and garbage collection)
• Smart pointers
• Exception handling - Use of the Standard Library (for example, use of container classes)
• Lambda expressions (anonymous functions)

Note: files are referred to as columns (cols) in the code to avoid confusion with the file system.

To-do

• Move semantics
• Templates
• Substantial input/output interface, namely reading and writing to storage

Licence

This project is distributed under the GNU GPL version 3.

© 2023 Tom Kuson