Chess/PGN/Moves version 0.05

Chess::PGN::Moves - Perl extension for tabular data in support of Chess::PGN::EPD

Tables

%King_Moves
%Queen_Moves
%Rook_Moves
%Bishop_Moves
%Knight_Moves
%pawnWhite
%pawnBlack
%from_algebraic
%move_table
%engWhite
%engBlack
%Whiteeng
%Blackeng

These tables describe all of the possible moves for a given piece. The hash %from_algebraic provides quick translation from algebraic square notation to a more useful numeric index. There are 4 additional hash tables; %engWhite, %engBlack, %Whiteeng and %Blackeng that provide conversion from english descriptive notation to algebraic notation for square names.

INSTALLATION

To install this module type the following:

perl Makefile.PL
make
make test
make install

NOTE: under Windows, substitute nmake or dmake for make.

DEPENDENCIES

None. Although useless without some other file such as Chess::PGN::EPD or the like.

COPYRIGHT AND LICENCE

Put the correct copyright and licence information here.

Copyright (C) 2010 Hugh S. Myers

This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.