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Project : CHESS Name : SHIRISHKUMAR TOGARLA MISID : 111408061

In this project I have tried to include all the standard rules of chess. I have used list, stack and tree datastructures in the project. The features of my project are :

1. Graphical User Interface I used NCURSES to provide the graphical user interface.

2. Ease of playing Most of the time you have to just enter the next location and the program will search for a matching previous location and will make a valid move.

3. Strict Rules I have tried to include all the rules of chess. These are written in the help which will appear on running the project(game).

4. Other features They include saving the moves which you played during the game. Opening an already saved file(containing moves of chess which was saved earlier). I have used two stacks for undoing and redoing of the moves. I have used a list datastructure to store all the locations of the pieces except pawns because searching the entire board will affect the performance of the game. I have used a tree to make the computer play(presently not working). I have used other ways to tackle with special moves like npassant, castling(both long castle and short castle), pawn promotion, etc. Presently my project supports the following things :

5. Detects CHECK (and conveys from where it is coming)

6. Performs NPASSANT

7. Performs CASTLING(both long castle and short castle)

8. Detects CHECKMATE

9. Detects DRAW

   This includes the following conditions:

   1. STALEMATE

   2. THREEFOLD_REPETITION

   3. INSUFFICIENT_MATERIAL

   4. 50_STEPS_RULE

10. Exchange of pieces (or killing a piece)

11. Verifies if the move is valid

12. Undo and Redo

13. Save moves

14. Open an already saved moves list