QBoard GUI for XBoard, UCI, USI, UCCI and Qianhong

[fire_varan]

I believe XBoard 4.9.1 has some difficulties to be compiled for Windows, so I decided to make my own GUI supporting XBoard protocol (and other protocols too). It is still alpha, so criticism/suggestions are welcome.

Features

* Chess, Xiangqi, Shogi, Mini Shogi and Chu Shogi game boards
* Supports WinBoard, UCI, USI, UCCI and Qianhong protocol engines

TODO:

1. Saving/loading games in the following formats: PGN, WXF, PSN, CSA, KIF
2. Chu Shogi implementation (including Lion moves)
3. En Passant rule in Chess

Sources:

https://github.com/fire-lizard/QBoard

Windows version 0.4 alpha:

https://easyupload.io/r3bpcp

Mac version 0.4 alpha:

https://easyupload.io/gavw3e

Screenshots:





I would welcome criticism and feedback.

[Ajedrecista]

Hello Anatoliy:

Welcome to TalkChess!

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Screenshots:



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I would welcome criticism and feedback.

I find the right panel for chess a bit counterintuitive. If I understand correctly, the code for pieces is:

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 0 → empty square
 1 → black pawn
 2 → black knight
 3 → black bishop
 4 → black rook
 5 → black queen
 6 → black king
 7 → white pawn
 8 → white knight
 9 → white bishop
10 → white rook
11 → white queen
12 → white king

But the representation of the board is a mirror to the vertical line between files d and e:

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h8 g8 f8 e8 d8 c8 b8 a8
h7 g7 f7 e7 d7 c7 b7 a7
h6 g6 f6 e6 d6 c6 b6 a6
h5 g5 f5 e5 d5 c5 b5 a5
h4 g4 f4 e4 d4 c4 b4 a4
h3 g3 f3 e3 d3 c3 b3 a3
h2 g2 f2 e2 d2 c2 b2 a2
h1 g1 f1 e1 d1 c1 b1 a1

Am I right? Given that 10, 11 and 12 are two characters of length and {0, ..., 9} are one character of length, this makes that some ranks have different lengths and the overall picture is out of balance. What about using the typical KQRBNPkqrbnp and some minimal sign, like · (Shift + 3, the interpunct) for empty squares for making a balanced board, plus showing the original board without mirroring? Something like one of the following options:

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a) Without borders:

r n b q k b · r
p p p · · p p p
· · · · · · · ·
· N · p p · · ·
· · · · n · Q ·
· · · · · · · ·
P P P P · P P P
R · B · K B N R

------------

b) With full borders:

###################
# r n b q k b · r #
# p p p · · p p p #
# · · · · · · · · #
# · N · p p · · · #
# · · · · n · Q · #
# · · · · · · · · #
# P P P P · P P P #
# R · B · K B N R #
###################

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c) With discontinuous borders:

# # # # # # # # # #
# r n b q k b · r #
# p p p · · p p p #
# · · · · · · · · #
# · N · p p · · · #
# · · · · n · Q · #
# · · · · · · · · #
# P P P P · P P P #
# R · B · K B N R #
# # # # # # # # # #

------------

d) With algebraic notation borders:

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

Good luck with your project!

Regards from Spain.

Ajedrecista.

[fire_varan]

First of all, thank you for your feedback.

Anything you see on the right panel is not provided by the application. The purpose of the panel is to provide the output from the selected Chess, Xiqngqi, Shogi or other board game engine. In this particular case it was Pulsar chess engine. (You can choose between concise and full output in the application settings).

Anyway, there's version 0.5.

Windows:

https://easyupload.io/rukzri

Mac:

https://easyupload.io/dultma

TODO next year:

1. Saving and loading games in the following formats: CSA, KIF
2. Loading PGN, WXF, PSN
3. Chu Shogi implementation (including Lion moves)
4. En Passant rule in Chess
5. Large board Shogi variants support: Wa Shogi, Dai Shogi, Tenjiku Shogi

Happy New Year!

[fire_varan]

Version 0.6 beta:

Fixed bug in PSN generation and added CSA and KIF generation.

Windows:

https://easyupload.io/zoqog7

Mac:

https://easyupload.io/9jd37j

TODO:

1. Loading PGN, WXF, PSN, CSA, KIF
3. Chu Shogi implementation (including Lion moves)
4. En Passant rule in Chess
5. Large board Shogi variants support: Wa Shogi, Dai Shogi, Tenjiku Shogi

[fire_varan]

Version 0.7 beta

Implemented Chu Shogi rules (except two Lion capture rules), should be playable now
Also, there are many bugfixes

Windows: https://easyupload.io/j33vob
Mac: https://easyupload.io/yicbi0

What's left:

1. Loading PGN, WXF, PSN, CSA, KIF
2. Lion capture rule in Chu Shogi
3. En Passant rule in Chess
4. Large board Shogi variants support: Wa Shogi, Dai Shogi, Tenjiku Shogi

[fire_varan]

Version 0.8 beta with Judkins Shogi support:

https://easyupload.io/kc8y7b

[fire_varan]

Version 0.8.1 beta with Makruk, Shatranj, Wa Shogi (with and without drops), Dai Shogi support and also a lot of bugfixes:
Many thanks to Vinvin and hgm for advices.

Download here:
https://easyupload.io/9vr9u3

TODO:
1. Loading PGN, WXF, PSN, CSA, KIF
2. Lion capture rule in Chu Shogi
3. En Passant rule in Chess
4. Tenjiku Shogi support
5. Make Kanji pieces more visible