Chess

The subject of my current live stream series. A simple chess UI built with Fyne.

Thanks to:

• Chess Go library by Logan Spears github.com/notnil/chess
• Pieces created by Cburnett, accessed from Wikipedia with BSD license. (for example https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Chess_kdt45.svg)

Running

Just use the go tools to install on your system and run it.

$ go get github.com/andydotxyz/chess
$ ./chess

Installing

To install alongside the other applications on your system use the fyne tool.

$ go get fyne.io/fyne/v2/cmd/fyne
$ fyne install

Screenshot

<img src = "/img/screenshot.png" style="max-width: 488px" />

Status

• [x] Renders board
• [x] Animate moves
• [x] Polish board and colours etc
• [x] Handle user input
• [x] Drag and drop for moves
• [X] Take turns against a computer player
• [X] Save state and restore on app launch

TODO

• [ ] Add game summary info (who to move etc)
• [ ] Remove dependency on external algorithm