syedtaha22/chess 国际象棋引擎 v5.2.3 发布

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Chess v5.2

Chess Engine Overview

This is a chess engine developed in C++. The engine implements various chess algorithms, including minimax with alpha-beta pruning, transposition tables, and piece-square tables for evaluation.

Updates - v5.2.3

Addes functionality to load FEN strings, in single player mode
Allows copy pasting FEN strings in FEN settings menu

The Current Release v5.2.3 Includes The Following Features

Singleplayer Mode(Against AI)
Multiplayer Mode
Loading Game From FEN
Settings to adjust Depth

Installation

To run the chess engine, follow these steps:

Method 1

Dowload The .msi file Provided in the realeases section and follow the setup. (This will Create a shortcut on your desktop and Startmenu)

Method 2

If you recieve a security warning, then you can download the zip file, and Run the .msi file provided there under Installer/Chess/Debug.

Method 3

Alternatively you can also open the porject on Visual Studio, and build the project from there

Usage

Click on the shortcut on your Desktop. Choose a game mode

Start(Single Player)
Multiplayer
Load from FEN
Settings

By Defualt, "Load from FEN" will work Only for Multiplayer Game

Navigating

Press "r" to Restart
Press "m" to return to Menu

Configuration

The engine's behavior and settings can be configured in the following ways:

The Search depth Can be set inside settings. For more Control you can can navigate over to ChessEngine.h header file, and change the following Property MAX_DEPTH. To avoid Long search times This is set to 3 by Default. You can Change this to any value, according to your device.

Changing MAX_DEPTH will increase Search times, and might even cause the program to crash completely

Concepts relevant to Project

v5.2.3 uses polymorphism to Assign Chess Pieces to the Board. Instead of Using a single Class for Chess Pieces, I have derived Six Classes from the ChessPiece class, and then Dynamically Assigned Chess Pieces on the Board. (This is still a Very basic Implementation of Polymorphism

Incase of Unexpected Exits, Weired Behaviors

Incase of any weird behavior, like message not showing on Win, Engine calculation not stopping on game end etc., Kindly do the following

Take a ScreenShot
Close the program
Navigate over to AppData\Roaming\ChessData
Email the UnexpectedExits.txt file to me on my email along with a screenshot/explanation of the error

Alternatively report an issue.

Contact

For any inquiries or issues related to the chess engine, please contact me at syetaha@gmail.com. Incase you're able to run the engine at higher Depth( Depths > 5), Do let me know.