shaad00 / chess-tsx

Open source multiplayer chess created with React and Typescript

Chess TSX

This is a simple React chess application that can be used to play chess with others online. It is built using React.js, TypeScript, Node.js, Express.js, and Socket.io.

Concepts

• It uses chess.js to manage the core logic of chess
• The chess board is being built using custom utility function that can be found in 'src/utils/create-board.ts'
• This will use redux to manage state such as 'IS_CHECK, IS_CHECKMATE, CURRENT_TURN' etc. (currently the state is being managed by context API)

Features

• Multiplayer capabilities
• Valid move highlighting
• Room creation and sharing

Todo

• Integrate Redux to manage state
• Integrate react-router
• Make a better UI
• Setup backend using express.js
• Integrate room creation and enabling users to play in a multiplayer mode using socket.io

Setup

1. Install the dependencies: npm install

2. Start the development server: npm run dev

The application will be available at http://localhost:5173/.

Usage

To play chess, simply create a room and share the room code with another user. The other user can then join the room and you can start playing.

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License.