keithhenning / genchessimage

Console EXE to generate a chess board image based on FEN input.

GenChessImage

Console EXE to generate a chess board image based on FEN input.

Chess piece image sets from http://ixian.com/chess/jin-piece-sets/.

Dependencies .Net 4.5

Config File Most settings in the config file.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<configuration>
    <startup> 
        <supportedRuntime version="v4.0" sku=".NETFramework,Version=v4.5.2" />
    </startup>
  <appSettings>
    <!-- Name of the chess font image set used  -->
    <add key="ChessFont" value="alpha-02" />
    <!-- tile size. This sets the size of the chess font image set used 
    which in turn dictates the total size of the board. Board size =  tile size * 8  -->
    <add key="TileSize" value="40" />
    <!-- the directory to same images into  -->
    <add key="ImageDirectory" value="Images" />
    <!-- RGB color setting  -->
    <add key="BlackTileColor" value="209 , 139, 70" />
    <!-- RGB color setting  -->
    <add key="WhiteTileColor" value="255, 207, 161" />
    <!-- RGB color setting  -->
    <add key="BackGroundColor" value="252, 250, 227" />
    <!-- RGB color setting  -->
    <add key="TextColor" value="0, 0, 0" />
    <!-- RGB color setting  -->
    <add key="BorderColor" value="0, 0, 0" />
    <!-- RGB color setting  -->
    <add key="TileBorderColor" value="0, 0, 0" />
    <!-- Do you want a 1px border around each tile?
    <add key="DrawBorderTiles" value="false" />
  </appSettings>
</configuration>

Example Usage Input requres three arguments: fen, filename, and whether to add text border.

Sample Call

string[] args = {"rnbqkbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNBQKBNR w KQkq - 0 1", "chessboard", "true"}; GenChessImage.exe args

Sample Board