I'm looking for some very very simple C (not C++) chess code I can learn from. I'm looking for something very simplistic - only basic data structures (int, char), no graphics (text based) etc - and well commented.
If anyone can help me find something really easy to understand I can up the point value.
The simpler the better as long as it follows all rules of chess (i.e. allows castling, en passant capturing, etc). It only needs to be a two player version (I.E. no AI necessary, though comments as to how to hook one in would be helpful)
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It helps a little bit, but Im looking for something more basic. This has structs and multidimensional arrays which complicate things and which are not supported in the target language. I'm trying to port this to a new language in development which is, thus far, fairly limited. It is similar to C, but does not support structure definitions and only supports single-indexed arrays.
I'll examine that chess engine and see if I can learn anything from it. Thanks
I ported Tom's Simple Chess Program to UnrealScript. It does have structs but you can always get around structs with more typing; it is annoying but not hard. And a multi-dimensional array can always be simulated with a single dimensional array (just code the offset calculations that the compiler would normally do for you). Heck, assembly language doesn't have single dimensional arrays OR structs and you can make things work in it.
Good luck,
-bcl
Surfing for fun and I came across http://www.chessopolis.com
Also, I am a language geek so I was thinking that a C compiler could be targetted to your source language. That way you would not have to handle the mulit-dimensional arrays or structs calculations. Just a thought.
-bcl
Check this site! There're some very simple chinese chess program (Using C,Text based, documentation is also availlable).
http://www.nchess.com/down
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by: bcladdPosted on 2004-01-22 at 15:01:08ID: 10179423
Take a look at http://home.comcast.net/~t
I don't remember what Xboard/WinBoard are written in but they are interfaces to chess engines: http://www.tim-mann.org/xb
Hope this helps,
-bcl