Webbased chess engines for programming project
Posted: Mon Jan 05, 2015 9:04 pm
Hi all,
I have previously created a small chess application that allows people to play chess against each other over the internet (so no AI, only rule checking). It was a hobby project for fun and to learn some programming stuff. I now want to build a new chess application and want to focus specifically on non-chess related features (finding opponents, keeping track of statistics, better UI etc). Eventhough I did implement the rule checking in my previous project I figure that there are probably chess-engines that do it much more efficient than I did and maybe implement an AI too.
So my question is: are there any open-source Javascript-based chess engines that can be used in commercial products?
I am looking for:
- chess rule checking (see if a move is allowed, 50-move rule, etc.)
- the engine should be able to provide all the possible locations for a given piece.
- The engine is written in Javascript. (if there is no such engine im also interested in PHP engines and Java engines)
- The application will run in the browser and stores moves on the server. For cheat prevention the server should do the rule checking. However, to reduce client-server communication and get a smoother experience I also want the rule checking to be done client side so that the client doesn't have to wait on the server to find out if a move is valid or not. So I need either two different engines or an engine written in a language that can run both in the browser and on the server.
- Would be nice to also have an AI to support single player games too, but this is not a strict requirement.
- preferably the engine also provides chess notations of a move. (not a strict requirement either)
Hope something like that exists, otherwise I'll just have to use my own rule-checking code.
Any tips are welcome!
Gr. Stefan
I have previously created a small chess application that allows people to play chess against each other over the internet (so no AI, only rule checking). It was a hobby project for fun and to learn some programming stuff. I now want to build a new chess application and want to focus specifically on non-chess related features (finding opponents, keeping track of statistics, better UI etc). Eventhough I did implement the rule checking in my previous project I figure that there are probably chess-engines that do it much more efficient than I did and maybe implement an AI too.
So my question is: are there any open-source Javascript-based chess engines that can be used in commercial products?
I am looking for:
- chess rule checking (see if a move is allowed, 50-move rule, etc.)
- the engine should be able to provide all the possible locations for a given piece.
- The engine is written in Javascript. (if there is no such engine im also interested in PHP engines and Java engines)
- The application will run in the browser and stores moves on the server. For cheat prevention the server should do the rule checking. However, to reduce client-server communication and get a smoother experience I also want the rule checking to be done client side so that the client doesn't have to wait on the server to find out if a move is valid or not. So I need either two different engines or an engine written in a language that can run both in the browser and on the server.
- Would be nice to also have an AI to support single player games too, but this is not a strict requirement.
- preferably the engine also provides chess notations of a move. (not a strict requirement either)
Hope something like that exists, otherwise I'll just have to use my own rule-checking code.
Any tips are welcome!
Gr. Stefan