chess.kt

Kotlin multiplatform chess backend
Also contains example of usage as desktop app

Usage

Create a game

Main class that holds all the game state is Game.
Create it with Game#create method providing optional FEN of the starting position.
If no FEN is provided then initial position will be used.

val game = Game.create()

Moves

To make a move one should call Game#move with instance of the Move class.
For easier usage one can use extension String#asMove that parses usual PGN notation move and generates corresponding instance of Move class.
Calling Game#move will return true if move was successful or false otherwise.

val isSuccess = game.move("Nbxd2".asMove())

Getting piece

To get piece on the particular square of the board one should call Game#getPiece providing square to check.
For easier usage one can use extension String#asSquare that generates corresponding instance of Square from file-rank string.
Calling Game#getPiece will return piece if it is on the given square or null otherwise.

val piece = game.getPiece("e4".asSquare())

Getting available moves

To get available moves call Game#availableMoves providing optional starting square.
List of available moves will be returned. If there are no moves empty list will be returned.

val availableMoves = game.availableMoves("d4".asSquare())

Game end

To get notified on game end set up callback via Game#setGameResultCallback.
When game ends callback will be triggered with type of ending.

game.setGameResultCallback { result ->
    if (result is GameResult.Draw) {
        // do sth
    }
}

License

Chess.kt sources
Copyright © Vasya Drobushkov
License GNU AGPLv3

Chess pieces images
Copyright © Colin M.L. Burnett
License GNU GPLv2