Swing Chess Engine

A fully functional Chess Engine and GUI application built using Java and Swing. This project implements standard chess rules, move validation.

📋 Table of Contents

• About
• Features
• Project Structure
• Contributing
• License

🧐 About

This project serves as a desktop chess application that allows users to play chess against an AI engine or another human player. It demonstrates the use of:

• Java Swing for rendering the graphical user interface (GUI).
• Object-Oriented Programming principles to manage pieces, board state, and game logic.
• Algorithms for move generation and validation.

✨ Features

• Graphical User Interface: A clean, responsive 8x8 chess board.
• Move Validation: Enforces standard chess rules (valid moves, castling, en passant, check/checkmate detection).
• Visual Assets: Custom images for chess pieces.
• Game States: Detection of Check, Checkmate, and Stalemates.

📂 Project Structure

Swing-Chess-Engine/
├── src/            # Source code files (.java)
├── res/            # Resource files (images/icons for pieces)
├── .gitignore      # Git ignore file
└── README.md       # Project documentation

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! If you'd like to improve the engine, fix bugs, or add features: Fork the Project. Create your Feature Branch (git checkout -b feature/AmazingFeature). Commit your Changes (git commit -m 'Add some AmazingFeature'). Push to the Branch (git push origin feature/AmazingFeature). Open a Pull Request.

📝 License

Distributed under the MIT License. See LICENSE for more information.

Author: Rohan Balu