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A chess GUI build using the Fyne toolkit.

Chess

The subject of my current live stream series. A simple chess UI built with Fyne.

Thanks to:

  • Chess Go library by Logan Spears github.com/notnil/chess
  • Pieces created by Cburnett, accessed from Wikipedia with BSD license. (for example https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Chess_kdt45.svg)

Running

Just use the go tools to install on your system and run it.

$ go get github.com/andydotxyz/chess
$ ./chess

Installing

To install alongside the other applications on your system use the fyne tool.

$ go get fyne.io/fyne/v2/cmd/fyne
$ fyne install

Screenshot

Status

  • [x] Renders board
  • [x] Animate moves
  • [x] Polish board and colours etc
  • [x] Handle user input
  • [x] Drag and drop for moves
  • [X] Take turns against a computer player
  • [X] Save state and restore on app launch

TODO

  • [ ] Add game summary info (who to move etc)
  • [ ] Remove dependency on external algorithm