Disclaimer -> This progam was initially created as my final term project for 15-112 Fundamentals of Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon University during the Summer of 2017. This program is a work in progress and is constantly being updated.
Chess is a game that allows the player to play the classical game of chess either with another player or against an AI. There are four modes on the start screen: 2-player mode, AI-mode, the help menu, and the custom game mode. All modes have timers that are automatically activated for the respective player and pause when in the pause screen. The pause screen can be accessed by pressing 'p' at any moment, or by clicking the pause button in the upper left-hand corner. In the pause screen, you can choose to resume playing or to go back to the start menu, reseting your game. If you are playing against the AI, you can choose difficulty level between easy, medium, or hard. You can exit the pause menu by pressing 'p' again or hitting the escape key. The game will moniter a player's dead pieces in the margin of the screen. In the custom game setting, you can change the size of the board and the number of pieces in play. Drag and drop pieces from the table below onto the board. You can trash pieces to the side. The number of rows and columns can be changed using the text boxes to the top as long as 3 < n < 20 for screen size purposes. Then, click the start button at the top right and select whether you want to play your custom game against another player or against the AI.
- Python 3
- Pygame
You can install pygame using pip by running the command:
$ pip install pygame
- Automatic Timers
- Castling
- Pawn Promotion
- En Passant
- Move Validation
- Check Validation
- Checkmate Validation
- Custom Game Mode - Allows you to change the size of the board as well as the type of and number of pieces in play
- MiniMax Algorithm
- Alpha-Beta Pruning
- Heuristic Evaluation (In-Development)
- 3 difficulty levels -> Easy - predicts up to 3 moves ahead, Medium - 7 moves, Hard - 15 moves
- Works in the custom game mode
Clone the source locally:
$ git clone https://github.com/anshulmodh/Chess.git
Run the Main.py file:
Python Main.py
Start Screen:
Game Screen:
Pause Screen:
Help Menu:
Custom Game Menu:
Custom Gameplay:
