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# Copyright 2023 Mattia Giambirtone & All Contributors
#
# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
# You may obtain a copy of the License at
#
# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
#
# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
# limitations under the License.
import ../util/matrix
export matrix
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import std/strutils
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import std/strformat
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type
# Useful type aliases
Location = tuple[row, col: int]
Pieces = tuple[king: Location, queens: seq[Location], rooks: seq[Location],
bishops: seq[Location], knights: seq[Location],
pawns: seq[Location]]
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PieceColor* = enum
## A piece color enumeration
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None = 0,
White,
Black
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PieceKind* = enum
## A chess piece enumeration
Empty = '\0', # No piece
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Bishop = 'b',
King = 'k'
Knight = 'n',
Pawn = 'p',
Queen = 'q',
Rook = 'r',
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Piece* = object
## A chess piece
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color*: PieceColor
kind*: PieceKind
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Move* = ref object
## A chess move
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piece*: Piece
startSquare*: Location
targetSquare*: Location
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ChessBoard* = ref object
## A chess board object
grid: Matrix[Piece]
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# Currently active color
turn: PieceColor
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# Number of half moves since
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# last piece capture or pawn movement.
# Used for the 50-move rule
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halfMoveClock: int
# Full move counter. Increments
# every 2 ply
fullMoveCount: int
# Stores metadata for castling.
castling: tuple[white, black: tuple[queen, king: bool]]
# En passant target square (see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/En_passant)
# If en passant is not possible, both the row and
# column of the position will be set to -1
enPassantSquare: Move
# Locations of all pieces
pieces: tuple[white: Pieces, black: Pieces]
# Locations of all attacked squares and their
# respective attackers
attacked: tuple[white: seq[tuple[attacker: Piece, loc: Location]], black: seq[tuple[attacker: Piece, loc: Location]]]
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# Initialized only once, copied every time
var empty: seq[Piece] = @[]
for _ in countup(0, 63):
empty.add(Piece(kind: Empty, color: None))
func emptyPiece*: Piece {.inline.} = Piece(kind: Empty, color: None)
func emptyLocation*: Location {.inline.} = (-1 , -1)
func opposite*(c: PieceColor): PieceColor {.inline.} = (if c == White: Black else: White)
proc algebraicToPosition*(s: string): Location {.inline.}
func `==`(a, b: Location): bool {.inline.} = a.row == b.row and a.col == b.col
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proc getCapture*(self: ChessBoard, move: Move): Location
var emptyMove = Move(startSquare: emptyLocation(), targetSquare: emptyLocation(), piece: emptyPiece())
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proc newChessboard: ChessBoard =
## Returns a new, empty chessboard
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new(result)
# Turns our flat sequence into an 8x8 grid
result.grid = newMatrixFromSeq[Piece](empty, (8, 8))
result.attacked = (@[], @[])
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result.enPassantSquare = emptyMove
result.turn = White
proc newChessboardFromFEN*(state: string): ChessBoard =
## Initializes a chessboard with the
## state encoded by the given FEN string
result = newChessboard()
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var
# Current location in the grid
row = 0
column = 0
# Current section in the FEN string
section = 0
# Current index into the FEN string
index = 0
# Temporary variable to store the piece
piece: Piece
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# See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forsyth%E2%80%93Edwards_Notation
while index <= state.high():
var c = state[index]
if c == ' ':
# Next section
inc(section)
inc(index)
continue
case section:
of 0:
# Piece placement data
case c.toLowerAscii():
# Piece
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of 'r', 'n', 'b', 'q', 'k', 'p':
# We know for a fact these values are in our
# enumeration, so all is good
{.push.}
{.warning[HoleEnumConv]:off.}
piece = Piece(kind: PieceKind(c.toLowerAscii()), color: if c.isUpperAscii(): White else: Black)
{.pop.}
case piece.color:
of Black:
case piece.kind:
of Pawn:
result.pieces.black.pawns.add((row, column))
of Bishop:
result.pieces.black.bishops.add((row, column))
of Knight:
result.pieces.black.knights.add((row, column))
of Rook:
result.pieces.black.rooks.add((row, column))
of Queen:
result.pieces.black.queens.add((row, column))
of King:
result.pieces.black.king = (row, column)
else:
discard
of White:
case piece.kind:
of Pawn:
result.pieces.white.pawns.add((row, column))
of Bishop:
result.pieces.white.bishops.add((row, column))
of Knight:
result.pieces.white.knights.add((row, column))
of Rook:
result.pieces.white.rooks.add((row, column))
of Queen:
result.pieces.white.queens.add((row, column))
of King:
result.pieces.white.king = (row, column)
else:
discard
else:
discard
result.grid[row, column] = piece
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inc(column)
of '/':
# Next row
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inc(row)
column = 0
of '0'..'9':
# Skip x columns
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let x = int(uint8(c) - uint8('0')) - 1
if x > 7:
raise newException(ValueError, "invalid skip value (> 8) in FEN string")
column += x
else:
raise newException(ValueError, "invalid piece identifier in FEN string")
of 1:
# Active color
case c:
of 'w':
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result.turn = White
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of 'b':
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result.turn = Black
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else:
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raise newException(ValueError, "invalid active color identifier in FEN string")
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of 2:
# Castling availability
case c:
of '-':
# Neither side can castle anywhere: do nothing,
# as the castling metadata is set to this state
# by default
discard
of 'K':
result.castling.white.king = true
of 'Q':
result.castling.white.queen = true
of 'k':
result.castling.black.king = true
of 'q':
result.castling.black.queen = true
else:
raise newException(ValueError, "invalid castling availability in FEN string")
of 3:
# En passant target square
case c:
of '-':
# Field is already uninitialized to the correct state
discard
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else:
result.enPassantSquare.targetSquare = state[index..index+1].algebraicToPosition()
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# Just for cleanliness purposes, we fill in the other positional metadata as
# well
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result.enPassantSquare.piece.color = if result.turn == Black: White else: Black
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result.enPassantSquare.piece.kind = Pawn
# Square metadata is 2 bytes long
inc(index)
of 4:
# Halfmove clock
var s = ""
while not state[index].isSpaceAscii():
s.add(state[index])
inc(index)
# Backtrack so the space is seen by the
# next iteration of the loop
dec(index)
result.halfMoveClock = parseInt(s)
of 5:
# Fullmove number
var s = ""
while index <= state.high():
s.add(state[index])
inc(index)
result.fullMoveCount = parseInt(s)
else:
raise newException(ValueError, "too many fields in FEN string")
inc(index)
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proc newDefaultChessboard*: ChessBoard =
## Initializes a chessboard with the
## starting position
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return newChessboardFromFEN("rnbqkbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNBQKBNR w KQkq - 0 1")
proc countPieces*(self: ChessBoard, kind: PieceKind, color: PieceColor): int =
## Counts the number of pieces with
## the given color and type
case color:
of White:
case kind:
of Pawn:
return self.pieces.white.pawns.len()
of Bishop:
return self.pieces.white.bishops.len()
of Knight:
return self.pieces.white.knights.len()
of Rook:
return self.pieces.white.rooks.len()
of Queen:
return self.pieces.white.queens.len()
of King:
# There shall be only one, forever
return 1
else:
discard
of Black:
case kind:
of Pawn:
return self.pieces.black.pawns.len()
of Bishop:
return self.pieces.black.bishops.len()
of Knight:
return self.pieces.black.knights.len()
of Rook:
return self.pieces.black.rooks.len()
of Queen:
return self.pieces.black.queens.len()
of King:
return 1
else:
discard
of None:
raise newException(ValueError, "invalid piece type")
proc countPieces*(self: ChessBoard, piece: Piece): int =
## Returns the number of pieces on the board that
## are of the same type and color of the given piece
return self.countPieces(piece.kind, piece.color)
func rankToColumn(rank: int): int =
## Converts a chess rank (1-indexed)
## into a 0-indexed column value for our
## board. This converter is necessary because
## chess positions are indexed differently with
## respect to our internal representation
const indeces = [7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, 0]
return indeces[rank - 1]
proc algebraicToPosition*(s: string): Location {.inline.} =
## Converts a square location from algebraic
## notation to its corresponding row and column
## in the chess grid (0 indexed)
if len(s) != 2:
raise newException(ValueError, "algebraic position must be of length 2")
var s = s.toLowerAscii()
if s[0] notin 'a'..'h':
raise newException(ValueError, &"algebraic position has invalid first character ('{s[0]}')")
if s[1] notin '1'..'8':
raise newException(ValueError, &"algebraic position has invalid second character ('{s[1]}')")
let file = int(uint8(s[0]) - uint8('a'))
# Convert the rank character to a number
let rank = rankToColumn(int(uint8(s[1]) - uint8('0')))
return (rank, file)
proc getPiece*(self: ChessBoard, square: string): Piece =
## Gets the piece on the given square
## in algebraic notation
let loc = square.algebraicToPosition()
return self.grid[loc.row, loc.col]
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proc getCapture*(self: ChessBoard, move: Move): Location =
## Returns the location that would be captured if this
## move were played on the board, taking en passant and
## other things into account. An empty location is returned
## if no piece is captured by the given move
result = emptyLocation()
let target = self.grid[move.targetSquare.row, move.targetSquare.col]
if target.color == None:
if move.targetSquare != self.enPassantSquare.targetSquare:
return
else:
return (self.enPassantSquare.targetSquare.row + 1,
self.enPassantSquare.targetSquare.col)
if target.color == move.piece.color.opposite():
return move.targetSquare
proc isCapture*(self: ChessBoard, move: Move): bool {.inline.} =
## Returns whether the given move is a capture
## or not
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return self.getCapture(move) != emptyLocation()
proc testMoveOffsets(self: ChessBoard, move: Move): bool =
## Returns true if the piece in the given
## move is allowed to move in the direction
## specified. This does not take pins nor checks
## into account, but other rules like double pawn
## pushes and en passant are validated here. Note
## that this is an internal method called by checkMove
## and it does not validate whether the target square
## is occupied or not (it is assumed the check has been
## performed beforehand, like checkMove does)
case move.piece.kind:
of Pawn:
if move.targetSquare.col != move.startSquare.col:
# Pawn can only change column in case of capture or en passant
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if self.enPassantSquare == emptyMove:
# No en passant possible, only possibility
# is a capture
return self.isCapture(move)
# En passant is possible, check if the destination is
# its target square
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if self.enPassantSquare.targetSquare != move.targetSquare:
# We still need to check for captures even if en passant
# is possible
return self.isCapture(move)
# Number of rows traveled
var rows: int
# Due to our unique board layout, we need to do this nonsense
if move.piece.color == White:
rows = move.startSquare.row - move.targetSquare.row
else:
rows = move.targetSquare.row - move.startSquare.row
if rows < 0 or rows > 2:
# Pawns don't go backwards, I'm afraid. They also can't
# go any further than 2 squares
return false
if rows == 2:
# Check if double pawn pushing is possible (only the first
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# move for each pawn)
let startRow = if move.piece.color == White: 6 else: 1
if move.startSquare.row != startRow:
# Pawn has already moved more than once, double push
# is not allowed
return false
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# En passant is now possible
self.enPassantSquare = Move(piece: move.piece, startSquare: move.startSquare,
targetSquare: (move.targetSquare.row - 1, move.targetSquare.col))
return true
else:
return false
proc updateAttackedSquares(self: ChessBoard) =
## Updates internal metadata about which squares
## are attacked. Called internally by doMove
# Go over each piece one by one and see which squares
# it currently attacks
for piece in self.pieces.white.pawns:
discard
proc removePiece(self: ChessBoard, location: Location) =
## Removes a piece from the board, updating necessary
## metadata
var piece = self.grid[location.row, location.col]
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self.grid[location.row, location.col] = emptyPiece()
case piece.color:
of White:
case piece.kind:
of Pawn:
self.pieces.white.pawns.delete(self.pieces.white.pawns.find(location))
of Bishop:
self.pieces.white.pawns.delete(self.pieces.white.bishops.find(location))
of Knight:
self.pieces.white.pawns.delete(self.pieces.white.knights.find(location))
of Rook:
self.pieces.white.rooks.delete(self.pieces.white.rooks.find(location))
of Queen:
self.pieces.white.queens.delete(self.pieces.white.rooks.find(location))
of King:
doAssert false, "removePiece: attempted to remove the white king"
else:
discard
of Black:
case piece.kind:
of Pawn:
self.pieces.black.pawns.delete(self.pieces.black.pawns.find(location))
of Bishop:
self.pieces.black.pawns.delete(self.pieces.black.bishops.find(location))
of Knight:
self.pieces.black.pawns.delete(self.pieces.black.knights.find(location))
of Rook:
self.pieces.black.rooks.delete(self.pieces.black.rooks.find(location))
of Queen:
self.pieces.black.queens.delete(self.pieces.black.rooks.find(location))
of King:
doAssert false, "removePiece: attempted to remove the black king"
else:
discard
else:
discard
proc updatePositions(self: ChessBoard, move: Move) =
## Internal helper to update the position of
## the pieces on the board after a move
# Empty out the starting square
self.grid[move.startSquare.row, move.startSquare.col] = emptyPiece()
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let capture = self.getCapture(move)
if capture != emptyLocation():
# Move has captured a piece: remove the destination square's piece as well.
# We call a helper instead of doing it ourselves because there's a bunch
# of metadata that needs to be updated to do this properly and I thought
# it'd fit into its neat little function
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self.removePiece(capture)
# Update the positional metadata of the moving piece
case move.piece.color:
of White:
case move.piece.kind:
of Pawn:
# The way things are structured, we don't care about the order
# of this list, so we can add and remove entries as we please
self.pieces.white.pawns.delete(self.pieces.white.pawns.find(move.startSquare))
self.pieces.white.pawns.add(move.targetSquare)
of Bishop:
self.pieces.white.bishops.delete(self.pieces.white.bishops.find(move.startSquare))
self.pieces.white.bishops.add(move.targetSquare)
of Knight:
self.pieces.white.knights.delete(self.pieces.white.knights.find(move.startSquare))
self.pieces.white.knights.add(move.targetSquare)
of Rook:
self.pieces.white.rooks.delete(self.pieces.white.rooks.find(move.startSquare))
self.pieces.white.rooks.add(move.targetSquare)
of Queen:
self.pieces.white.queens.delete(self.pieces.white.queens.find(move.startSquare))
self.pieces.white.queens.add(move.targetSquare)
of King:
self.pieces.white.king = move.targetSquare
else:
discard
of Black:
case move.piece.kind:
of Pawn:
self.pieces.black.pawns.delete(self.pieces.black.pawns.find(move.startSquare))
self.pieces.black.pawns.add(move.targetSquare)
of Bishop:
self.pieces.black.bishops.delete(self.pieces.black.bishops.find(move.startSquare))
self.pieces.black.bishops.add(move.targetSquare)
of Knight:
self.pieces.black.knights.delete(self.pieces.black.knights.find(move.startSquare))
self.pieces.black.knights.add(move.targetSquare)
of Rook:
self.pieces.black.rooks.delete(self.pieces.black.rooks.find(move.startSquare))
self.pieces.black.rooks.add(move.targetSquare)
of Queen:
self.pieces.black.queens.delete(self.pieces.black.queens.find(move.startSquare))
self.pieces.white.queens.add(move.targetSquare)
of King:
self.pieces.black.king = move.targetSquare
else:
discard
else:
discard
# Actually move the piece
self.grid[move.targetSquare.row, move.targetSquare.col] = move.piece
proc doMove(self: ChessBoard, move: Move) =
## Internal function called by makeMove after
## performing legality checks on the given move. Can
## be used in performance-critical paths where
## a move is already known to be legal
self.updatePositions(move)
self.updateAttackedSquares()
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# En passant is possible only immediately after the
# pawn has moved
if self.enPassantSquare != emptyMove and self.enPassantSquare.piece.color == self.turn.opposite():
self.enPassantSquare = emptyMove
self.turn = self.turn.opposite()
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proc checkMove(self: ChessBoard, startSquare, targetSquare: string): Move =
## Internal function called by makeMove to check a move for legality
var pieceToMove = self.getPiece(startSquare)
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# Start square doesn't contain a piece (and it isn't the en passant square)
# or it is of the wrong color for which turn it is to move
if pieceToMove.kind == Empty or pieceToMove.color != self.turn:
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return emptyMove
var destination = self.getPiece(targetSquare)
# Destination square is occupied by a piece of the same color as the piece
# being moved: illegal!
if destination.kind != Empty and destination.color == self.turn:
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return emptyMove
var
startLocation = startSquare.algebraicToPosition()
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targetLocation = targetSquare.algebraicToPosition()
result = Move(startSquare: startLocation, targetSquare: targetLocation, piece: pieceToMove)
if not self.testMoveOffsets(result):
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# Piece cannot arrive to destination (either
# because it is blocked or because the moving
# pattern is incorrect)
return emptyMove
# TODO: Check for checks and pins (moves are currently pseudo-legal)
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proc makeMove*(self: ChessBoard, startSquare, targetSquare: string): Move {.discardable.} =
## Makes a move on the board from the chosen start square to
## the chosen target square, ensuring it is legal (turns are
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## taken into account!). This function returns a Move object: if the move
## is legal and has been performed, the fields will be populated properly.
## For efficiency purposes, no exceptions are raised if the move is
## illegal, but the move's piece kind will be Empty (its color will be None
## too) and the locations will both be set to the tuple (-1, -1)
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result = self.checkMove(startSquare, targetSquare)
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if result == emptyMove:
return
self.doMove(result)
proc `$`*(self: ChessBoard): string =
result &= "- - - - - - - -"
for i, row in self.grid:
result &= "\n"
for piece in row:
if piece.kind == Empty:
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result &= "x "
continue
if piece.color == White:
result &= &"{char(piece.kind).toUpperAscii()} "
else:
result &= &"{char(piece.kind)} "
result &= &"{rankToColumn(i + 1) + 1}"
result &= "\n- - - - - - - -"
result &= "\na b c d e f g h"
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proc pretty*(self: ChessBoard): string =
## Returns a colorized version of the
## board for easier visualization
result &= "- - - - - - - -"
for i, row in self.grid:
result &= "\n"
for j, piece in row:
if piece.kind == Empty:
result &= "\x1b[36;1mx"
# Avoids the color overflowing
# onto the numbers
if j < 7:
result &= " \x1b[0m"
else:
result &= "\x1b[0m "
continue
if piece.color == White:
result &= &"\x1b[37;1m{char(piece.kind).toUpperAscii()}\x1b[0m "
else:
result &= &"\x1b[30;1m{char(piece.kind)} "
result &= &"\x1b[33;1m{rankToColumn(i + 1) + 1}\x1b[0m"
result &= "\n- - - - - - - -"
result &= "\n\x1b[31;1ma b c d e f g h"
result &= "\x1b[0m"
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when isMainModule:
proc testPiece(piece: Piece, kind: PieceKind, color: PieceColor) =
doAssert piece.kind == kind and piece.color == color, &"expected piece of kind {kind} and color {color}, got {piece.kind} / {piece.color} instead"
proc testPieceCount(board: ChessBoard, kind: PieceKind, color: PieceColor, count: int) =
let pieces = board.countPieces(kind, color)
doAssert pieces == count, &"expected {count} pieces of kind {kind} and color {color}, got {pieces} instead"
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echo "Running tests"
var b = newDefaultChessboard()
# Ensure correct number of pieces
testPieceCount(b, Pawn, White, 8)
testPieceCount(b, Pawn, Black, 8)
testPieceCount(b, Knight, White, 2)
testPieceCount(b, Knight, Black, 2)
testPieceCount(b, Bishop, White, 2)
testPieceCount(b, Bishop, Black, 2)
testPieceCount(b, Rook, White, 2)
testPieceCount(b, Rook, Black, 2)
testPieceCount(b, Queen, White, 1)
testPieceCount(b, Queen, Black, 1)
testPieceCount(b, King, White, 1)
testPieceCount(b, King, Black, 1)
# Ensure pieces are in the correct location
# Pawns
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for loc in ["a2", "b2", "c2", "d2", "e2", "f2", "g2", "h2"]:
testPiece(b.getPiece(loc), Pawn, White)
for loc in ["a7", "b7", "c7", "d7", "e7", "f7", "g7", "h7"]:
testPiece(b.getPiece(loc), Pawn, Black)
# Rooks
testPiece(b.getPiece("a1"), Rook, White)
testPiece(b.getPiece("h1"), Rook, White)
testPiece(b.getPiece("a8"), Rook, Black)
testPiece(b.getPiece("h8"), Rook, Black)
# Knights
testPiece(b.getPiece("b1"), Knight, White)
testPiece(b.getPiece("g1"), Knight, White)
testPiece(b.getPiece("b8"), Knight, Black)
testPiece(b.getPiece("g8"), Knight, Black)
# Bishops
testPiece(b.getPiece("c1"), Bishop, White)
testPiece(b.getPiece("f1"), Bishop, White)
testPiece(b.getPiece("c8"), Bishop, Black)
testPiece(b.getPiece("f8"), Bishop, Black)
# Kings
testPiece(b.getPiece("e1"), King, White)
testPiece(b.getPiece("e8"), King, Black)
# Queens
testPiece(b.getPiece("d1"), Queen, White)
testPiece(b.getPiece("d8"), Queen, Black)
echo "All tests were successful"