Grandmaster

Grandmaster:

Grandmaster is a Qt6-based chess game written in C++. It provides a fully interactive chessboard with piece movement validation, highlighting, and sound effects.

Features

• Complete chessboard with 8x8 grid.
• Correct initial piece setup.
• Piece movement validation for all chess pieces (Pawn, Rook, Knight, Bishop, Queen, King).
• Path checking for pieces like Rook, Bishop, and Queen.
• Visual highlighting of selected squares.
• Turn-based system (White/Black).
• Sound effects on moves.

Technologies

• C++17
• Qt6 Widgets, Svg, Multimedia
• Object-oriented design with proper use of Qt signals and slots.

Instructions to Set up and run this project:

1. clone this repo:

git clone https://github.com/jimmymuthoni/grandmaster.git

2. Install the dependencies.

sudo apt update
sudo apt-install qt6-base-dev build-essential cmake qt6-svg-dev

3. Build the project:

cd grandmaster
mkdir build
cd build
cmake ..
make

4. Run the project:

./grandmaster