sol_chess/README.md

Solitaire Chess Puzzle Generator

Goal: Generate 'hard' puzzles.

Play a demo of the game here

Install

• Install Rust from here.
• Run cargo install --git https://github.com/cool-mist/sol_chess to install the tool.
• This installs 2 binaries: sol_chess and sol_cli.

Usage

• Run sol_chess to start a windowed GUI game.
• Run sol_cli to start the CLI tool.

CLI Usage

• Generate a puzzle

$ sol_cli -g -n 6
Generating a puzzle with 6 pieces with a maximum of 5 solutions
                Total attempts:    16
           Total pieces placed:   131
         Success pieces placed:    96

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              id: wmgYAAAG     

• Solve a puzzle by ID, or by board string

$ sol_cli --solve wmgYAAAG
$ sol_cli --solve-board pb......br..p..p

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              id: wmgYAAAG              

1. RxBb4
2. RxPa4
3. RxBa2
4. RxPa1
5. RxPd1
There are atleast 1 solutions to this puzzle

Heuristics of current algorithm

1. About 6-7 pieces on the board.
2. Select pieces to place based on its weight. 3. Eg: Queen is too powerful, so it has lower weightage. 4. Eg: Knights are confusing. More knights.