chess_cpp

chess_cpp is a free and simple UCI chess engine.

chess_cpp does not include a graphical user interface (GUI) that is required to display a chessboard and to make it easy to input moves. Read the documentation for your GUI of choice for information about how to use UCI Chess Engine with it.

For example

• Lucas Chess GUI: https://github.com/lukasmonk/lucaschessR
• CuteChess: https://github.com/cutechess/cutechess

Prerequisites

• CMake (version 3.16 or higher)
• C++ compiler (supporting C++11 or higher)

Building

1. Clone this repository to your local machine: git clone https://github.com/nikhiljangra264/chess_cpp
2. Navigate to the root directory of the project: cd chess_cpp
3. Create a build directory: mkdir build && cd build
4. Generate build files: cmake ..
5. Build the project: cmake --build .
6. You can find executable in src directory.

Testing

To run tests after building the project, you can use the following commands:

• Run all tests: ctest
• Run specific tests: ctest -R <regex_pattern>
• Run tests with output to console: ctest --output-on-failure

Directory Structure

• src/: Contains the source code for the chess engine.
• tests/: Contains unit tests for the engine.

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! If you'd like to contribute to this project, feel free to submit a pull request.

License

This project is licensed under the GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE 3 - see the LICENSE file for details.