erkrodc / cli-chess

A console (command line) chess game written in C.

Console Chess Game

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Installation

• For Windows:

  • Download ZIP file and extract.

  • Next you will need to install Cygwin: https://cygwin.com/install.html

  • When installing Cygwin, be sure you install the following packages:

    • gcc-core
    • libgcc1
    • make

  • After installing Cygwin and the necessary packages,

    • open a Cygwin terminal and navigate to inside the 'Chess-Master' folder.
    • From there run "make Chess", then run "./Chess"

• For Linux:

  • Download files
  • Run "make Chess", then run "./Chess"

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How to play

• You can make a selection from the menus by typing the number that's associated with the option you want.
• Inputting moves follow a strict format, <fileFrom><rankFrom> <fileTo><rankTo>
  • An example of moving the e2 pawn as white up two ranks would be "e2 e4" without quotes.

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Contributors:

Arthur Baylian
Eric Rodriguez
Jared Axelrod
Jeff Chan
Jose Sahagun
Meghan Matibag
Saul Moreno