Ethan's Chess Implementation

Repository Guide

subdirectory	what's in it
board	basic game logic
test	perft tests

Use/Run

Task	Command
Initial Build (Windows using g++)	cmake -S . -B build -G "MinGW Makefiles"
Initial Build (Arch Linux using g++)	cmake -S . -B build -G "Unix Makefiles"
Simple Build	cmake --build build
Build and run tests:	cmake --build build --target run_tests
Install the library [untested]:	cmake --install build --prefix /usr/local
Clean up build artifacts [untested]:	cmake --build build --target clean

Current Implementation Plan

• Initialize the Board from FEN notation (pieces only)
• Write tests for FEN notation -> board (pieces only)
• Write tests for basic movement generators for each piece. This will use the FEN notation board generation. (mock underlying logic)
• Write basic movement generators. Movement generators must come in two varieties: a. return a bitmask of valid moves, b. return a string list of valid moves (i.e. "e1 e4"). Not concerened about en passant, castling, or other special moves at this point.
• Add in tests + logic for special moves
• Write Perft tests
• Implement text-based gameplay interface
• Implement graphical gameplay interface
• Other cool stuff probably