lazychess 0.1.0

LazyChess implements the full FIDE ruleset — castling, en passant, pawn promotion, and every draw condition — along with FEN/PGN serialisation, opening detection, and UCI engine communication.

[!NOTE] LazyChess is still in its early stages of development. Your feedback and suggestions are very helpful for this library! Don't hesitate to visit the issues page if you have any problems with LazyChess!

Installation

[dependencies]
lazychess = "0.1"

Quick Start

use lazychess::Game;

fn main() {
    let mut game = Game::new();

    let moves = ["e2e4", "e7e5", "g1f3", "b8c6", "f1b5"];
    for mv in &moves {
        game.do_move(mv).expect("move should be legal");
    }

    println!("{}", game.display_board());
    println!("Opening : {:?}", game.opening_name());
    println!("Status  : {}", game.get_game_status_str());
    println!("FEN     : {}", game.get_fen());
    println!("PGN     : {}", game.get_pgn());
}

Output:

   +------------------------+
 8 | r  .  b  q  k  b  n  r |
 7 | p  p  p  p  .  p  p  p |
 6 | .  .  n  .  .  .  .  . |
 5 | .  B  .  .  p  .  .  . |
 4 | .  .  .  .  P  .  .  . |
 3 | .  .  .  .  .  N  .  . |
 2 | P  P  P  P  .  P  P  P |
 1 | R  N  B  Q  K  .  .  R |
   +------------------------+
     a  b  c  d  e  f  g  h

Opening : Some("Ruy Lopez")
Status  : ongoing
FEN     : r1bqkbnr/pppp1ppp/2n5/1B2p3/4P3/5N2/PPPP1PPP/RNBQK2R b KQkq - 3 3
PGN     : 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 *

Features

Full FIDE rules: all piece types, castling, en passant, promotion
Draw detection — 50-move rule, threefold repetition, insufficient material
Notation — FEN & PGN import/export, SAN generation, UCI move format
Opening book — built-in ECO table, load your own openings.json at runtime
UCI — spawn and communicate with any UCI-compatible engine (Stockfish, etc.)
Undo — full move history stack

Examples

More complete examples are available in the examples/ folder:

Example	Description
`basic`	New game, make moves, display board, undo
`board_inspection`	Access the board array and piece data
`fen_pgn`	FEN/PGN import and export
`game_status`	Checkmate, stalemate, and draw detection
`move_validation`	Legal move generation and validation
`uci_engine`	Connect to Stockfish, get best move, MultiPV analysis

cargo run --example basic
cargo run --example uci_engine -- /path/to/stockfish

License

MIT License

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