Chess engine

This project is a chess engine written in C++ and compiled to WebAssembly. It can be played online in your browser.

Features

• Uses alpha-beta pruning as the main search algorithm
• Supports FEN notation
• Evaluates board positions using piece-square tables and material balance
• Plays both as white and black

Installation

To try it online, simply visit https://chess.excf.org and start playing.

Building

To build from source, you'll need to use the Emscripten CMake toolchain. Here are the steps:

1. Install the Emscripten SDK: https://emscripten.org/docs/getting_started/downloads.html
2. Set up your environment by running source /path/to/emsdk_env.sh
3. Clone the repository: git clone https://github.com/exclusivefrog28/chessengine.git
4. Create a build directory and navigate into it: mkdir build && cd build
5. Configure the build with CMake: cmake -DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE=/path/to/emscripten.cmake ..
6. Build the project with make

License

The project is licensed under the MIT License. See the LICENSE file for more details.