Chess

created by XS

A simple command line chess game using Python

Starting the Game

1. Clone this repository
2. In the command line, go to the src directory
3. run python chess.py or python3 chess.py

How to Play

The rules are standard chess rules.

Each turn, you will be prompted with from: and to: which you will enter a board position of a piece (ie. '2d') to where you want to move it (ie. '3d').

Notes

Chess board only prints properly on Unix-type terminals due to system-specific colored printing. For Windows, check out Ubuntu on WSL.

Not currently supported:

• checking that king does not threaten king
• checking for checks
• checking for checkmates