Chess-Typescript

A minimal Chess Engine fully written in Typescript.

This library includes:

All moves in chess
Move validation
FEN support
The board is a single-dimensional array.
Move history
Fifty-Move rule (Can be turned off)
Timer
Super basic AI

Usage:

DENO

import { ... } from 'https://deno.land/x/chess_typescript/mod.ts'

NODE

npm i chess_typescript

import { ... } from 'chess_typescript'

Example: Random Move

// import ....

const main = async () => {
    const chessGame = ChessGame.newStandardGame();
    const mover = chessGame.mover;
    new ChessTimer(60 * 3, chessGame, () => {
        console.log('Time is up!');
    });
    chessGame.on('gameOver', () => {
        console.log('The game is over: ' + chessGame.gameOverReason);
    });
    const monkeyAI = new AI.MonkeyAI(chessGame);
    while (!chessGame.gameOver) {
        console.log(chessGame.board.getFenString(mover));
        monkeyAI.takeTurn();
        // await Utils.sleep(Math.random() * 3000 + 3000);
        await Utils.sleep(Math.random() * 500);
    }

    console.log('FINAL FEN');
    console.log(chessGame.board.getFenString(mover));
};

main().catch((err) => console.error(err));