Chess & Chill - CS202 OOP Project

1. Project Description

Author: Nhut Dang - HCMUS - 22APCS1 - 22125071.

This is a CS202 Solo Lab Project using C++. The project is a basic chess game with GUI, that help players learn to play chess. The game also have a chess engine that can play against the player, and analyze the board. The game also provides chess puzzles, chess variations, and data of played games.

2. Features

• Basic chess game with GUI.
• 3 game modes: Player vs Player, Player vs Computer, Computer vs Computer.
• Multiple time limit options: 1 min, 3 mins, 5 mins, 10 mins, 15 mins, 30 mins,...
• Chess engine that can play against the player, and analyze the board.
• 100 chess puzzles (read from .csv file)
• 2 chess variations.
  • Chess960.
  • King of the Hill.
• Save & load old games for reviewing (using binary file).
• Customizable game settings.
  • 9 board themes
  • 8 piece sets themes
  • Sound on/off

3. Screenshots & Demo

• Youtube demo here.
• Screenshots:

  • Main menu:

    

  • Game:

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  • Game settings:

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  • Puzzle:

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  • Variation:

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  • Old games data:

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4. How to run

4.1. Build from source

• Clone the repository.
• Open the project in Visual Studio (or any IDE).
• Build the project.
• Run the executable file.

4.2. Run the executable file (Windows only)

• Download the ChessChill_vx.x.zip file from a release here.
• Extract the zip file.
• Run the Chess-Chill.exe file.

5. References

• Chess Programming Wiki
• Ameye's blog
• Lichess puzzle database
• Lichess themes
• Chess.com sound effects