Redux-chess NPM

Redux Chess

React chessboard connected to a PHP Chess server.

Install

Via npm:

$ npm i redux-chess

Demo

Check out this demo.

Please note the sandbox server may not be up and running all the time.

Figure 1. The Chigorin Defense to the Queen's Gambit

Figure 2. Evaluation after 1.d4 d5 2.c4 Nc6 3.cxd5 Qxd5 4.e3 e5 5.Nc3 Bb4 6.Bd2 Bxc3

Examples

Initialization with the sandbox chess server:

import React from 'react';
import ReactDOM from 'react-dom';
import { Chess } from 'redux-chess';

const props = {
  server: {
    prot: 'wss',
    host: 'pchess.net',
    port: '8443'
  }
};

ReactDOM.render(
  <Chess props={props} />,
  document.getElementById('redux-chess')
);

Initialization with a custom local chess server:

import React from 'react';
import ReactDOM from 'react-dom';
import { Chess } from 'redux-chess';

const props = {
  server: {
    port: 'ws',
    host: '127.0.0.1',
    port: '8080'
  }
};

ReactDOM.render(
  <Chess props={props} />,
  document.getElementById('redux-chess')
);

Learn More

Thank you for your interest in this exciting project!

It may appear as if being quite challenging provided it requires this chess server up and running. redux-chess is "just a chessboard" as lightweight as it can possibly be.

The chessboard just sends messages to a WebSocket server so make sure the chess server is running on localhost:

$ php cli/ws-server.php
Welcome to PHP Chess Server
Commands available:
/accept {"id":"id"} Accepts a friend request to play a game.
/ascii Prints the ASCII representation of the game.
/castling Gets the castling status.
/captures Gets the pieces captured by both players.
/fen Prints the FEN string representation of the game.
/heuristicpicture Takes a balanced heuristic picture of the current game.
/history The current game's history.
/ischeck Finds out if the game is in check.
/ismate Finds out if the game is over.
/piece {"position":"string"} Gets a piece by its position on the board.
/pieces {"color":["w","b"]} Gets the pieces on the board by color.
/playfen {"fen":"string"} Plays a chess move in shortened FEN format.
/quit Quits a game.
/start {"mode":["analysis","loadfen","playfriend"],"fen":"string","color":["w","b"],"min":"int"} Starts a new game.
/status The current game status.

Listening to commands...

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