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Chess.jschess.js is a Javascript chess library that is used for chess move generation/validation,piece placement/movement, and check/checkmate/stalemate detection - basically everythingbut the AI.Using chess.js in a browser is straight-forward: var chess = new Chess(); ...Using chess.js in node.js is equally easy:var ch = require('/chess.js')var chess = new ch.Chess();...Example CodeThe code below plays a complete game of chess ... randomly.var sys = require('sys'), ch = require('./chess');var chess = new ch.Chess();while (!chess.game_over()) { sys.puts('position: ' + chess.fen()); var moves = chess.moves(); var move = moves[Math.floor(Math.random() * moves.length)]; chess.move(move); sys.puts('move: ' + move);}APIConstructor: Chess([ fen ])The Chess() constructor takes a optional parameter which specifies the board configurationin Forsyth-Edwards Notation.// board defaults to the starting position when called with no parametersvar chess = new Chess();// pass in a FEN string to load a particular positionvar chess = new Chess('r1k4r/p2nb1p1/2b4p/1p1n1p2/2PP4/3Q1NB1/1P3PPP/R5K1 b - c3 0 19');.ascii()Returns a string containing an ASCII diagram of the current position.var chess = new Chess();// make some moveschess.move('e4');chess.move('e5');chess.move('f4');chess.ascii();// -> ' +------------------------+// 8 | r n b q k b n r |// 7 | p p p p . p p p |// 6 | . . . . . . . . |// 5 | . . . . p . . . |// 4 | . . . . P P . . |// 3 | . . . . . . . . |// 2 | P P P P . . P P |// 1 | R N B Q K B N R |// +------------------------+// a b

Move object (only the 'to', 'from', and when necessary'promotion', fields are needed):var chess = new Chess();chess.move({ from: 'g2', to: 'g3' });// -> { color: 'w', from: 'g2', to: 'g3', flags: 'n', piece: 'p', san: 'g3' }.moves([ options ])Returns a list of all legal moves from the current position. The function be passed a options hash which controls the verbosity of the return values (this may change in the future).var chess = new Chess();chess.moves();// -> ['a3', 'a4', 'b3', 'b4', 'c3', 'c4', 'd3', 'd4', 'e3', 'e4', 'f3', 'f4', 'g3', 'g4', 'h3', 'h4', 'Na3', 'Nc3', 'Nf3', 'Nh3']chess.moves({ verbose: true });// -> [{ color: 'w', from: 'a2', to: 'a3', flags: 'n', piece: 'p', san 'a3' # a captured: key is included when the move is a capture # a promotion: key is included when the move is a promotion }, ... ]The piece, captured, and promotion fields contain the lowercaserepresentation of the applicable piece.The flags field in verbose mode may contain one or more of the following values:'n' - a non-capture'b' - a pawn push of two squares'e' - an en passant capture'c' - a standard capture'p' - a promotion'k' - kingside castling'q' - queenside castlingA flag of 'pc' would mean that a pawn captured a piece on the 8th rank and promoted..pgn([ options ])Returns the game in PGN format. Options is an optional parameter which may includemax width and/or a newline character settings.var chess = new Chess();chess.info('White', 'Plunky', 'Black', 'Plinkie');chess.move('e4');chess.move('e5');chess.move('Nc3');chess.move('Nc6');chess.pgn({ max_width: 5, newline_char: '' });// -> '[White "Plunky"][Black "Plinkie"]1. e4 e52. Nc3 Nc6'.put(piece,

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