Solomon

Chess Engine Project

A chess engine implementation using chess.js and chessboard.js. This project aims to create a chess AI that can play against human players.

🚀 Features

• Interactive chess board interface
• Legal move validation
• Position evaluation engine
• Responsive design
• Python Flask backend for chess engine calculations
• Move analysis and scoring

📋 Prerequisites

Frontend Dependencies (CDN-hosted):

• chess.js
• chessboard.js
• jQuery

Backend Dependencies:

• Python 3.7+
• Flask
• Flask-CORS

🎮 Getting Started

1. Clone the repository:

   git clone https://github.com/jorge1289/Solomon
   cd Solomon

2. Set up the Python environment:

   # Create virtual environment
   python -m venv .venv
   
   # Activate virtual environment
   # On Windows:
   .venv\Scripts\activate
   # On macOS/Linux:
   source .venv/bin/activate
   
   # Install dependencies
   pip install flask flask-cors

3. Start the Flask server:

   # Make sure you're in the project root directory
   python app.py

   The engine will run on http://localhost:5001

4. Start the frontend server: Using Python:

   python -m http.server

   Then visit http://localhost:8000

   If you have Node.js installed:

   npm install -g serve
   serve

   Open your browser to the URL it provides

======= Install a simple server: npm install -g serve Navigate to your project folder Run: serve Open your browser to the URL it provides

🏗️ Project Structure

Solomon/
├── app.py              # Flask server
├── engine/
│   ├── __init__.py
│   ├── evaluation.py   # Chess position evaluation
│   ├── constants.py    # Chess piece values and tables
│   └── board_utils.py  # Board manipulation utilities
├── static/
│   ├── js/
│   │   ├── game.js    # Game logic
│   └── css/
│       └── style.css
└── index.html

🛠️ Development Roadmap

• Basic board setup and move validation
• Flask backend integration
• Position evaluation function
• Minimax algorithm implementation
• Alpha-beta pruning optimization
• Opening book integration
• Endgame tablebase integration

🤝 Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please feel free to submit a Pull Request.

1. Fork the project
2. Create your feature branch (git checkout -b feature/AmazingFeature)
3. Commit your changes (git commit -m 'Add some AmazingFeature')
4. Push to the branch (git push origin feature/AmazingFeature)
5. Open a Pull Request

📝 License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.

🙏 Acknowledgments

This project makes use of the following open-source libraries:

• chess.js - Chess logic implementation
• chessboard.js - Chessboard UI
• jQuery - Required by chessboard.js
• Flask - Python web framework
• Flask-CORS - Cross-Origin Resource Sharing for Flask

📧 Contact

Jorge Emanuel Nunez - [email protected]

Project Link: https://github.com/jorge1289/Solomon