Arsha

Rithwik's Chess Engine in C++.

Email: rtom (AT) andrew.cmu.edu

Installation

You'll need:

1. A Unix(-like) machine.

2. A C++ compiler which supports C++11 standard.

3. Makefile build system.

Download the source code and run:

make

This will create a binary named arsha.x.

How to Play

Launch the program first:

./arsha.x

To start a game enter:

start

Arsha plays white. She will make the first move. You need to type in move commands. Moves are entered in an algebraic chess notation. Squares are uniquely identified using a system of coordinates. The rows/ranks are labelled from 1-8 and columns/files are labelled from A-H.

For example, if want to move the black pawn from E7 Square to E5 Square, you need to enter:

move e7e5

Castle moves are represented by movement of the King. For example, if you want to perform black kingside/short castle, enter:

move e8g8

A list of all possible moves can be found by:

move list

Bugs

Please report bugs if you find any. Use the 'issues' tab on GitHub.

Dedicated to

• Deep Thought/ Deep Blue team - Feng-hsiung Hsu, Murray Campbell, Thomas Anantharaman.

• Allen Newell and Herbert Simon.

• Claude Shannon.