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akondas/chess.php
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chess.php is a PHP chess library that is used for chess move generation/validation, piece placement/movement, and check/checkmate/stalemate detection

v1.0.5(7y ago)5504↑900%2MITPHPPHP ^7.2

Since May 20Pushed 6y ago1 watchersCompare

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Chess.php
=========

[](#chessphp)

chess.php is a PHP chess library that is used for chess move generation/validation, piece placement/movement, and check/checkmate/stalemate detection - basically everything but the AI.

NOTE: this is a port of [chess.js](https://github.com/jhlywa/chess.js) for php, froked from [ryanhs/chess.php](https://github.com/ryanhs/chess.php)

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Installation
------------

[](#installation)

use composer with `composer require akondas/chess.php`
or put in your composer.json

```
"require": {
	"ryanhs/chess.php": "^1.0"
}

```

Example Code
------------

[](#example-code)

The code below plays a complete game of chess ... randomly.

```