electron-chess

Welcome to Electron Chess. Review previous games and play your own games as a way to complement your chess study.

Dependencies

Electron Chess makes use of the following libraries:

• Chess.js - https://github.com/jhlywa/chess.js
• Chessboard.js - https://github.com/oakmac/chessboardjs

Screenshots

	Load a game from an existing PGN file Menu > Electron > Load Game Shortcut: Cmd/Ctrl+O Start your own game Menu > Electron > New Game Shortcut: Cmd/Ctrl+N Save a game that you have started and complete Menu > Electron > Save Game Shortcut: Cmd/Ctrl+S Close a game (Cmd/Ctrl+C) Menu > Electron > Close Game Shortcut: Cmd/Ctrl+C Quit the application Menu > File > Close Window Shortcut: Cmd/Ctrl+W
Step through existing games To Beginning of Game (Shift+Left Arrow) To Previous Move (Left Arrow) To Next Move (Right Arrow) To End of Game (Shift+Right Arrow) View annotations in the Comments box See the entire game move history in algebraic notation
	Start your own games to follow along with a game in an article or a book Add comments when you want to note something about the state of the games at that point See the move history in algebraic notation Save the game later once it's complete

Installation

• npm install
• npm run start

Sample Games

Load sample games from the sample-games folder. NAG comment notation is currently not supported.

Building binaries

In order to build Electron Chess from source, follow the installation instructions above, then use one of the following commands to create binaries:

• npm run package-mac
• npm run package-win
• npm run package-linux