Chess-Game

Bare bones chess game between two human players using the same computer. Created using Java Swing.
NOTE: A monitor large enough to support a 1000 x 1000 swing window must be used to prevent the window from being cut off. This may be an issue for smaller laptops.

Features

• Drag and drop functionality
• Checkmate and Stalemate detection
• Prevention of illegal moves
• Support for all legal moves (castling, en passant, promotion, ect.)

Installation

Before attempting to intall and run, make sure the JDK is installed.

Windows:

To run the game, open the command prompt and navitgate to the Chess-Game-Main directory. Enter the following commands:

C:\Chess-Game-main> cd src\main

C:\Chess-Game-main\src\main> javac *.java

C:\Chess-Game-main\src\main> cd ..

C:\Chess-Game-main\src> java main.ChessLoader

Planned Features

• Board flipping functionality
• Options for piece and board theme
• Player vs Computer games