Tkinter Chess Game

A very basic interactive chess game built using Python and Tkinter.

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Features

• Fully interactive 8×8 chessboard
• Click a piece to select it, then click a square to move
• Standard chess pieces with basic moves
• Turn-based: White and Black alternate
• Capturing a king ends the game
• Simple pawn promotion to queen
• Beginner-friendly code

Note: No castling, en passant, or check/checkmate detection for simplicity

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Screenshot

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Run from Source

If you want to run the game from Python source:

1. Make sure you have Python 3.x installed
2. Open your terminal and navigate to the project folder
3. Run:

python main.py

Windows Executable

You can run the game directly without Python using the Windows executable:

File: chess.exe (in the main project folder) Just double-click it to launch the game.

Project Structure

ChessGame/
├─ main.py          # Main game script
├─ board.py         # Board logic
├─ pieces.py        # Piece definitions and movement logic
├─ README.md        # This file
├─ chess.exe        # Windows executable
├─ chess_ss.png     # Screenshot of the game
└─ .gitignore       # Ignored files/folders

Contributing

Feel free to fork the repo and add features like:

Castling

En passant

Check/checkmate detection

Improved GUI styling

License

This project is free to use for learning and personal purposes.