Solitaire Chess Puzzle Generator

Goal: Generate 'hard' puzzles.

Play a demo of the game here

Install

• cargo install --git https://github.com/cool-mist/sol_chess sol_chess
• Run sol_chess to start a windowed GUI game.

Update

• cargo install --git https://github.com/cool-mist/sol_chess sol_chess --force

CLI Usage

• cargo install --git https://github.com/cool-mist/sol_chess sol_cli

• Run sol_cli to start the CLI tool.

• Generate a puzzle

$ sol_cli -g -n 6
Generating a puzzle with 6 pieces with a maximum of 5 solutions
                Total attempts:    16
           Total pieces placed:   131
         Success pieces placed:    96

               ♙  ♗  .  .               

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               ♗  ♖  .  .               

               ♙  .  .  ♙               


              id: wmgYAAAG     

• Solve a puzzle by ID, or by board string

$ sol_cli --solve wmgYAAAG
$ sol_cli --solve-board pb......br..p..p

               ♙  ♗  .  .               

               .  .  .  .               

               ♗  ♖  .  .               

               ♙  .  .  ♙               


              id: wmgYAAAG              

1. RxBb4
2. RxPa4
3. RxBa2
4. RxPa1
5. RxPd1
There are atleast 1 solutions to this puzzle