Application for playing chess. You can play with friend or against any chess engine with UCI protocol.
This application was made in Visual Studio so you have to just download repository and open .sln file and compile.
Then you can adjust settings in Settings.json
In file Settings.json you can set your options.
{
"start_position": "rnbqkbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNBQKBNR b KQkq - 0 1",
"disable_order": false,
"whose_turn": "WHITE",
"mute": false,
"play_with_engine": false,
"engine_path": "C:\\Users\\pietr\\Desktop\\chess_engine\\x64\\Debug\\chess_engine.exe",
"engine_color": "BLACK",
"engine_depth": 4
}| Parametr name | Description | Values |
|---|---|---|
| start_position | this is fen position which will be set after starting application | FEN Position |
| disable_order | if it is set to true it means for example that white can do two moves in the row | true, false |
| whose_turn | means who start the game | WHITE, BLACK |
| mute | if set to true it turns of all sound of captures, moves and so on | true, false |
| play_with_engine | if set to true you will be playing against engine. Be sure to give path to engine. | true, false |
| engine_path | path to engine with uci protocol that you be playing against | path to exe file |
| engine_color | color which engine will be playing, you will be playing oposit color | WHITE, BLACK |
| engine_depth | parametr that will be passed to engine. It tells to which depth engine will be counting | numer > 0 |
In this project I used MonoGame framework for displaying and moving pieces and all was written with C#
Images of pieces from lichess.org