Chess

A simple Player vs Player console based chess game created as part of Imperial College Computing Science MSc Module 550 - Integrated Programming Laboratory.

White's Bishop moves from D3 to G6
Black is in checkmate
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     A   B   C   D   E   F   G   H
White has 5 points.
Black has 13 points.

All rules are implemented, including Castling, Promotion, En Passant and scoring.

Playing The Game

Enter the starting square followed by the destination square. Enter FI to quit.

Compilation

Very simple, just type make in the console and run with ./chess