Comments to not forget how to check checkmate

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Marco 2023-06-14 00:59:16 +02:00
parent 060ac8ad9e
commit c205c4dc86

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@ -46,10 +46,31 @@ func (b Board) GetPieceAt(coord types.Coordinate) (types.Piece, bool) {
return piece, found
}
func (b *Board) CheckMove(move types.Move) (bool, string) {
_, found := b.GetPieceAt(move.StartSquare)
pieceAtStartSquare, found := b.GetPieceAt(move.StartSquare)
if !found {
return false, "no piece at start square"
}
pieceAtEndSquare, found := b.GetPieceAt(move.EndSquare)
if found {
if pieceAtEndSquare.Color == pieceAtStartSquare.Color {
return false, "same-coloured piece at end square"
}
}
//Check if king of moving color is in check -> move not allowed
//Do that by checking if the king is in a square attacked by the other color.
//Check for checkmate
//Is every square that the king can move to attacked? And can no other
//piece block? -> checkmate
//Maybe for checking checkmate, we have to check the 'path' in which the
//checkmate is given
// |K| | | | |Q|
// in this scenaria the path are all the squares between queen and king.
// If a piece can be moved into the path, it is no checkmate
return true, ""
}