CHESS

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CHESS

• By Daniel Gala, Dave Fouts, Fred Kukral

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Data/Interface Layer

• QT commands
• QObject Board class
• Connect slots, save QPushButtons
• Clk() move a piece
• Check()
• Save/Restore/New Game files
• setupBoard() create pieces, place on board
  (PC32, PB88, SQ88)

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New Board
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Presentation Layer

• Signals and Slots for a grid of 64 (Push Buttons)
• Used JPEG graphics for each piece
• Used of GIMP to manipulate graphic images
• Miscellaneous controls (quitting program, showing
  which player is active, new, save, and load game)

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Application Layer

• Determines validity of moves based on the common
  rules of chess.
• Communicates with Data layer in move computation
  with a yes/no response to a move request.

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Pieces

• Each Piece class receives 4 integers that will
  get information about the square loaction on an 8
  x 8 array.
• Checkmove is called to verify a legal move and
  returns an integer 1 if valid back to the
  Application Layer.

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Pieces
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C Concepts Used

• Inheritance is used for the various pieces, all
  of which are derived from a base class (Piece)
• QObject Board class defines the board and x,y
  coordinate system for piece movement.
• Communication Channels are used between thee
  distinct layers of program execution.