20 January 2017
BUILD IT YOURSELF
The game of chess is considered by
many to be very complicated and
played by people who enjoy a
challenge. Actually, the rules of how
the chess pieces can move are fairly
simple and easily learned. What makes
things complicated is the total number
of different ways a game can progress.
After each side has played three
moves, the pieces could form any one
of over nine million possible positions
on the board. The number of distinct
40 move games is far greater than the
number of electrons in the observable
universe. If you are not familiar with
chess, Wikipedia has an excellent
introduction to the game at
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chess.
The chessboard layouts shown here
illustrate the various allowable moves
for each chess piece. The more
esoteric castling, en passant, and
promotion moves are not included in
this project, although they could be
added to the software.
By Theron Wierenga
Rook moves.
Queen moves.
Pawn moves. Knight moves.
An Electronic Chessboard
Using RGB LED Strips and
HALL
EFFECT
SENSORS
Bishop moves.
King moves.
