Pygame Chess Implementation

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.

Features

• 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.

Requirements

• Python 3.x
• Pygame library (pip install pygame)

Usage

1. Clone the repository or download the source code.
2. Install the required dependencies using pip install -r requirements.txt.
3. Run the main.py script to start the game.

How to Play

• 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!

Customization

• Modify the STARTING_FEN variable in main.py to set custom starting positions.
• Replace the default chess piece images with your own images by placing them in the pieces_svgs directory and updating the file paths in the code.

Contributors

• Mauricio Moscoso

Acknowledgments

• 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.

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.