Graphical Chess Game. 19th IOCCC. Most Portable Chess Set

This program is an evolution of my previous IOCCC chess, the engine was reduced, gameplay was enhanced and I managed to squeeze in a graphical interface that works both for X/Window and Windows. Not an easy thing, in fact this program actually is unique on Internet.

Remarks

There are so many text-based chess programs, what is that of A1, H5, C4, D5? The queen is really pointing to the king?
So I managed to do a graphical X11 chess program (WYSIAIE, or What You See Is An IOCCC Entry), point'n'click to move pieces is the only required action,
Here is the source code, written in C language:
#include <X11/Xlib.h>
char *l="dbcefcbddabcddcba~WAB+  +BAW~              +-84HLSU?A6J57IKJT576,",
*F="          ,>>,>  xl~w/?  ,>>>,s  m_>>__  mm2>>>  >uk>>> ",*f;y,u;
#define v for (i=b=0;b>511?b=0,i+=64:0,i<512;b+=64) A=i/64*10+b/64+21,XCopy\
Plane(d, r[I[A]+7+14*(i+b>>6&1)+28*(A==z)],w,C,0,0,64,64,b,i,1); XFlush(d);
#define _(a) *f++=a&*F?-(z%14<7):"U\252U\0DDDD"[z/14*2|u&1],
#define G(p) p##Pixel(d,DefaultScreen(d))
#define R(a) |(a==O|p==a)*
#define P return y=~y,
#define a X(0,0,0,
#define H while(
#define D ;if(

I[304],b,i,z;main(x,W)                   char**W; { Display *d =
 XOpenDisplay(""); Window               w = XCreateSimpleWindow
  (d, DefaultRootWindow(d),            64,64,512,512,2,G(Black)
   ,G(Black)); XGCValues g;           XButtonEvent e; int A,r
    [56],Z,* m = I , C ,Y;           XSelectInput(d,w,32772);
     XMapWindow( d, w); g.          foreground = G(White);
      C=XCreateGC(d,w,4,&g);       F+=48; H f=I,i=0,z<56){
       H u=0,i++<8){ H _(0)_(     64)_(16)_(8)_(4)_(2)_(1
       )_(0)++u<8); F++; } F-=   z%7-6?z%14<6?16:0:8; r[
        z++]=XCreateBitmapFromData(d,w,I,64,64); } srand(
       time(z=u=0)); H I[z]=-(   z>98|z<21|(z+1)%10<2),
      ++z<120); H ++m<9+I) 80     [m]=-2,90[m]=~(20[m]=7&*
     l++),30[m]=1; D 1<x) Z=       *W[1]-45; D 2<x){ a u,1
   ,Z); a u,0,1); z=0; } H          1){ XNextEvent(d,&e); D
  e.type==12){ v } D e.              type==4){ b=e.y/64*10+e
.x/64+21; D(b[I]^y)<-1)               { z=b; v} else{ i=(b<29
|b>90)&((z[I]^y)==-2)?-                6^y:z[I]; Y=y; a u,0,1);
z=0; v D 1<x&&Y-y){ a u                ,1,Z); a u,0,1); } z=0;
        v } } } }


                             X(w,c,h,e,S,s)


{ int p,O=          *l,t,d,o,C          ,*g,E,n,*m          =I,N=-1e8,
          A,L,r,x =           10,q; y=~y          ; H--O>20)
{ o=I[p=O]          D q=o^y,q>          0){ q+=(q<          2)*y,C=q
         ["51#/+++"],       A=q["95+3/33"];       do { m=0,
r=I[p+=C[l          ]-64] D !w          |p==w&&q>1          |C+2<A|!r)
          { d=abs(O-          p) D g=q<2          &e>>6==p+(
y?x:-x)?I+          (e>>6):0,           !r&(q>1|d%          x<1||g)|(r
          ^y)<-1){ n          =o,t=q<2&(          89<p|30>p)
?n+=y|1,6^          y:o+(y|1)           D (r^y)<-6          ) P 1e7-811
          *h; H n-t)          { O[I]=0,p          [I]=n,m?*g
=*m,*m=0:g          ?*g=0:0;            E=e&63 R(           91)16 R(28)
          4 R(21)2 R          (98)32; L=          (q>1?6-q?l
[p/x-1]-l[          O/x-1]-q+2          :(E|=y?8:1          ,!!m)*9:(E
          |=20-d?0:           64*p,n-o?(          l[15+n]-' '
)*9:d/8+!!          g*99))+(l[          r+15]-' ')          *9+l[p%x]-
          h-l[O%x];           L-=s>h||s==         h&L>49&1<s
?X(s>h?0:p          ,L,h+1,E,N          ,s):0 D !(          z-O|i-n|h|
          p-b|S|L<-           1e6))return         u=E; O[I]=
o,p[I]=r,m          ?*m=*g,*g=          0:g?*g=-2^          y:0 D S|h&&
          (L>N||!h&N          ==L&&rand(          )&4)){ N=L
D !h&&s) i          =n,z=O,b=p          D h&&c-L<S          ) P L; } q
          >5&d<2&C+6          <A&&(g=I+p          ,r=I[p+=p-
O],m=p<O?g          -3:g+2,!(e          &(p<O?3:5)          <<3*-y|*g|
          r|m[p<O?1:          -1])&&L>-           1e6&&1e6>a
63,1,0))?d          ++:(n+=y|1          );} } } C           +=q<2&C+3>
          A&((y?O<80          :39<O)||r)          ; } H!r&q>
2&q<6||(p=          O,++C<A))           ; } } P N+          1e8?N:0; }

How to compile it

First, download the source code from here.
Because it is resource-hungry, I suggest strongly to compile it using maximum optimization, on GCC you can use:
  gcc -O3 -fexpensive-optimizations toledo3.c -o prog -lX11
As this chess program is portable, you can also download a complete pack, source code and executable for Windows.
Toledo Chess 2 running

How to use it

These are the command-line options for the X11 version:
    prog        Two-players mode (useful if you don't have a board at hand)
    prog 1      Human white - Computer black, level 1 (fast)
    prog 2      Human white - Computer black, level 2 (medium)
    prog 3      Human white - Computer black, level 3 (very slow)
    prog 1 b    Human black - Computer white, level 1 (fast)
    prog 2 b    Human black - Computer white, level 2 (medium)
    prog 3 b    Human black - Computer white, level 3 (very slow)
The computer will check that your moves are legal, full legal chess moves are allowed, except minor promotions on human side.
The game will continue up to its logical conclusion, you make a mistake and the computer surpasses you. ;)

What about the engine

Uses an alpha-beta search up to a depth of 3+level plies, extended with quiescence search, that helps playing strength, something around 1400 (level 1) to 1600 ELO (level 3).
It searches the board and generates moves for each piece located, a lot of comparisons are used for en passant, castling and promotion. Would be faster with optimizations, but that optimizations use valuable IOCCC characters.
It plays a different game every time, using the C library random number generator.

Known "features"

Programming challenges

Update (Oct/07/2007)

Here is a little add-on to give status about gameplay status on the window title bar, change v } } } } to:
  v Y=y,XStoreName(d,w,-                  1e6>a u,1,1)?y=~y,a u,1,
  0)>1e6?y?"Black's wins":                 "White's wins":"Stalemate"
  :"Chess"),y=Y,z=0;} } } }
For Wind*ws, Add the following line to layer.c:
  void XStoreName(int a,HWND b,char *c) { SetWindowText(b,c); }
Note for the purists: this extra code exceeds the IOCCC entry size limit.

Yet another interface

On the spirit of portability, I've worked out a minimal text interface, that can serve as an obfuscated reference for developing new obfuscated interfaces, just replace all code before X(w,c,h,e,S,s) with:
  char *l="dbcefcbddabcddcba~WAB+  +BAW~              +-84HLSU?A6J57IKJT576,";
  #define F (getchar()&15)
  #define R(a) |(a==O|p==a)*
  #define P return y=~y,
  #define a X(0,0,0,
  #define H while(
  #define D ;if(

             I [
             304]
          ,b,i,z,*m=I,
          u,p,x   =10,y;
          main(      W ) {
          srand(       time(
          0)) ;           H I
          [z]             =-(z>
          98                |z<
         21|                 (z+
         1)                  %x<2
        ) ,  ++z               <
        120 );  H              ++m
       <9+  I)80               [m]
       =-                       2 ,
      90[                        m]=
      ~(             m           [20
     ]=              7           & *l
    ++      ) ,    30[            m]=
   1; H     z=19){ H++             z<
   100 )     putchar(z             %x-        9?"KQRBNP .pnbrqk"
   [7   +z [I]]    :x             )  D
   x - (  z =     F )              ) {
    i =  I [     z+=               100
      -F* x]    ; b                =F;
               b+=                 100
              -F*                  x ;
             H x                   -(p
             =F)                   ) i
            =-p                    ^y
            ; } else a u, 1, 3+W); a
              u , 0 , 1  ) ;  }  }
Download from here, it sizes up to 1357 non-blank characters, but I did it still smaller, faster, and stronger, check Toledo Nanochess.

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Last modified: Apr/26/2021