go-chess-cli, v1.0

The chess program with a terminal-based interface.

Major version.

Features

• displaying a board:
  • by ASCII symbols;
• interacting via text commands (moves in pure algebraic coordinate notation);
• options:
  • initial position in Forsyth–Edwards notation;
  • human color (i.e. a computer can move first);
  • move searching restrictions:
    • maximal size of the transposition table;
    • duration of move searching.

Installation

$ go get github.com/thewizardplusplus/go-chess-cli/...

Usage

$ go-chess-cli -h | -help | --help
$ go-chess-cli [options]

Options:

• -h, -help, --help — show the help message and exit;
• -cacheSize ITEMS — maximal cache size (default: 1000000, i.e. one million);
• -color {black|white} — human color (default: white);
• -duration DURATION — search duration (e.g. 72h3m0.5s; default: 5s);
• -fen STRING — board in FEN (default: rnbqk/ppppp/5/PPPPP/RNBQK, i.e. Gardner's minichess).

Repository

Link: https://github.com/thewizardplusplus/go-chess-cli/tree/v1.0.

Content: code.

License: MIT.