This is a Python implementation of a chess game using the Pygame library. The game allows players to play against each other on a graphical chessboard.
- Fully functional chess game with legal moves, check, and checkmate detection.
- Graphical interface using Pygame for an interactive gaming experience.
- Implements standard chess rules, including castling, en passant, and pawn promotion.
- Supports loading custom chess piece images.
- Parses FEN (Forsyth–Edwards Notation) to initialize the board with custom starting positions.
- Python 3.x
- Pygame library (
pip install pygame)
- Clone the repository or download the source code.
- Install the required dependencies using
pip install -r requirements.txt. - Run the
main.pyscript to start the game.
- Click on a chess piece to select it.
- Legal moves for the selected piece will be highlighted.
- Click on a highlighted square to move the selected piece.
- The game will automatically detect check and checkmate conditions.
- Enjoy playing chess!
- Modify the
STARTING_FENvariable inmain.pyto set custom starting positions. - Replace the default chess piece images with your own images by placing them in the
pieces_svgsdirectory and updating the file paths in the code.
- Thanks to the creators of the Pygame library for providing a powerful framework for game development in Python.
- Inspired by various online resources and tutorials on chess programming and game development.
This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.