Stealth Chess ♟️

A minimalist terminal-based Chess game with AI, designed to be played directly inside VS Code (or any ANSI-compatible terminal).
It features live typing input, colored board highlights, and a simple but effective Python AI.

✨ Features

• ASCII/ANSI chessboard with wood-like colors (light/dark brown).
• Live UCI input (type moves as you go, with immediate highlights).
• Last move highlighting and legal move hints.
• Simple but real AI opponent, with adjustable depth and max time.
• Support for flip board, undo, and FEN export.
• Works on Windows, Linux, macOS (tested mostly in VS Code terminal).

🖼 Screenshot

(micro-terminal)

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(full window)

🛠 Requirements

• Python 3.8+
• python-chess

Install dependencies:

pip install python-chess

▶️ Usage

Run the main script:

python stealth_chess_ai.py

You can then:

• Type moves in UCI format (e.g. e2e4).
• Use commands starting with : (e.g. :undo, :help, :ai).
• Play against the AI or just use it as a move validator.

⌨️ Commands

• :ai → AI makes a move immediately

• :aion / :aioff → toggle automatic AI replies

• :depth N → set max search depth

• :maxtime T → set AI max time per move

• :flip → flip the board

• :undo → undo last move

• :moves → list legal moves

• :fen → print current FEN

• :quit → exit

📜 License

This project is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0).