Wed, 29 Jul 2026 13:45:51 +0200
refactor rules.h / rules.c
- add meaningful type aliases
- add more useful functions and macros
- increase safety when working with flags and nibbles
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IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT HOLDER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE * LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR * CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF * SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS * INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN * CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) * ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE * POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. * */ #ifndef RULES_H #define RULES_H #include <stdlib.h> #include <stdint.h> #include <stdbool.h> #define VALID_MOVE_SYNTAX 0 #define VALID_MOVE_SEMANTICS 0 /* use same code for a success */ #define INVALID_MOVE_SYNTAX 1 #define PIECE_NOT_FOUND 2 #define AMBIGUOUS_MOVE 3 #define NEED_PROMOTION 4 #define PIECE_PINNED 5 #define KING_IN_CHECK 6 #define KING_MOVES_INTO_CHECK 7 #define RULES_VIOLATED 10 #define ENPASSANT_THREAT 0x40u #define WHITE 0x10u #define BLACK 0x20u #define opponent_color(color) ((color)==WHITE?BLACK:WHITE) #define PIECE_MASK 0x0Fu #define COLOR_MASK 0x30u #define PAWN 0x01u #define ROOK 0x02u #define KNIGHT 0x03u #define BISHOP 0x04u #define QUEEN 0x05u #define KING 0x06u #define WPAWN (WHITE|PAWN) #define WROOK (WHITE|ROOK) #define WKNIGHT (WHITE|KNIGHT) #define WBISHOP (WHITE|BISHOP) #define WQUEEN (WHITE|QUEEN) #define WKING (WHITE|KING) #define BPAWN (BLACK|PAWN) #define BROOK (BLACK|ROOK) #define BKNIGHT (BLACK|KNIGHT) #define BBISHOP (BLACK|BISHOP) #define BQUEEN (BLACK|QUEEN) #define BKING (BLACK|KING) typedef uint8_t Board[8][8]; typedef uint8_t BoardIndex; typedef BoardIndex Row; typedef BoardIndex File; typedef uint8_t Piece; typedef uint8_t Color; struct movetimeval { uint64_t tv_sec; int32_t tv_usec; // important that this is signed b/c potential carry }; typedef struct { Piece piece; File fromfile; Row fromrow; File tofile; Row torow; uint8_t promotion; uint8_t check; uint8_t capture; struct movetimeval timestamp; struct movetimeval movetime; char string[8]; } Move; typedef struct { uint8_t servercolor; /** 1: play with timecontrol, 0: play without time control */ uint8_t timecontrol; /** If timecontrol is 1, initial clock time in seconds */ uint16_t time; /** If timecontrol is 1, time added per move in seconds */ uint16_t addtime; /** If timecontrol is 1, delay before the clock starts ticking down */ uint16_t delay; } GameInfo; /** The buffer length for player names in GameState structures. */ #define PLAYER_NAME_BUFLEN 32 typedef struct { /** optional name of the white player - only used for PGN exports */ char wname[PLAYER_NAME_BUFLEN]; /** optional name of the black player - only used for PGN exports */ char bname[PLAYER_NAME_BUFLEN]; GameInfo info; Board board; Move* moves; /** starting position in FEN notation */ char *fen_start; /** array of subsequent positions in FEN notation. * The capacity and element count are identical to the moves array. */ char **fen; /** capacity of the move array */ unsigned int movecapacity; /** number of (half-)moves (counting BOTH colors) */ unsigned int movecount; /** a premove that shall be evaluated next time it's our turn */ char premove[8]; bool checkmate; bool stalemate; bool threefold; bool remis; bool wresign; bool bresign; /** this flag is only supposed to be set when the opponent disconnects */ bool ragequit; bool review; } GameState; #define piece_type(piece) ((piece)&PIECE_MASK) #define piece_color(piece) ((piece)&COLOR_MASK) #define mkpiece(type,color) ((type)|(color)) #define enpassant_threat_add(gamestate, row, file) \ (gamestate->board[row][file] |= ENPASSANT_THREAT) #define enpassant_threat_remove(gamestate, row, file) \ (gamestate->board[row][file] &= ~ENPASSANT_THREAT) #define enpassant_threat_exists(gamestate, row, file) \ (gamestate->board[row][file] & ENPASSANT_THREAT) #define is_game_running(gamestate) !((gamestate)->checkmate || \ (gamestate)->wresign || (gamestate)->bresign || (gamestate)->threefold || \ (gamestate)->stalemate || (gamestate)->remis || (gamestate)->review) #define last_move(gamestate) \ ((gamestate)->moves[(gamestate)->movecount-1]) #define POS_UNSPECIFIED UINT8_MAX #define mdst(m) (m)->torow, (m)->tofile #define msrc(m) (m)->fromrow, (m)->fromfile /** Checks if the index is specified and valid. */ #define isidx(idx) ((BoardIndex)(idx) < 8) /** Checks if the index is unspecified or valid. */ #define isidxr(idx) ((idx) == POS_UNSPECIFIED || (BoardIndex)(idx) < 8) #define isfile(file) (file >= 'a' && file <= 'h') #define isrow(row) (row >= '1' && row <= '8') #define rowidx(row) (row-'1') #define fileidx(file) (file-'a') #define rowchr(row) (row+'1') #define filechr(file) (file+'a') /* secure versions - use, if index is not checked with isidx() */ #define fileidx_s(c) (isfile(c)?fileidx(c):POS_UNSPECIFIED) #define rowidx_s(c) (isrow(c)?rowidx(c):POS_UNSPECIFIED) /** * Initializes a game state and prepares the chess board. * @param gamestate the game state to initialize */ void gamestate_init(GameState *gamestate); /** * Cleans up a game state and frees the memory for the movement list. * @param gamestate the game state to clean up */ void gamestate_cleanup(GameState *gamestate); /** * Maps a character to a piece. * * Does not work for pawns, since they don't have a character. * * @param c one of R,N,B,Q,K * @param color the piece color * @return the specified piece or zero when the character is invalid */ Piece getpiece(char c, Color color); /** * Maps a piece to a character. * * Does not work for pawns, since they don't have a character. * * @param piece may have color or additional flags * @return character value for the specified piece */ char getpiecechr(Piece piece); /** * Maps a piece to a unicode character sequence. * * The returned unicode is for black pieces. * You may colorize the output by setting the terminal foreground color. * * @param piece the piece to display * @return unicode character sequence for the specified piece */ char* getpieceunicode(Piece piece); /** * Returns the color of the player who is next to move. * * @param gamestate the current game state * @return the color of the player who is next to move */ Color current_color(GameState *gamestate); /** * Returns the piece at the specified position. * * @param gamestate the current game state * @param row the row * @param file the file * @return the piece at the specified position */ Piece piece_at(const GameState *gamestate, Row row, File file); /** * Places a piece at the specified position in the current game state. * * @param gamestate the current game state * @param row the row * @param file the file * @param piece the piece to place at the specified position */ void piece_set(GameState *gamestate, Row row, File file, Piece piece); /** * Removes the piece at the specified position in the current game state. * * @param gamestate the current game state * @param row the row * @param file the file */ static inline void piece_remove(GameState *gamestate, Row row, File file) { piece_set(gamestate, row, file, 0); } /** * Checks, if a specified field is covered by a piece of a certain color. * * The out-parameters may both be NULL, but if any of them is set, the other * must be set, too. * * @param gamestate the current game state * @param row row of the field to check * @param file file of the field to check * @param color the color of the piece that should threaten the field * @param threats the array where to store the threats (should be able to hold * the rare maximum of 16 elements) * @param threatcount a pointer where the count of threats is stored * @return true, if any piece of the specified color threatens the specified * field (i.e. could capture an opponent piece) */ bool get_threats(GameState *gamestate, Row row, File file, Color color, Move* threats, size_t* threatcount); /** * Checks, if a specified field is covered by a piece of a certain color AND * if this piece is not pinned and therefore able to perform the move. * * The out-parameters may both be NULL, but if any of them is set, the other * must be set, too. * * @param gamestate the current game state * @param row row of the field to check * @param file file of the field to check * @param color the color of the piece that should threaten the field * @param threats the array where to store the threats (should be able to hold * the rare maximum of 16 elements) * @param threatcount a pointer where the count of threats is stored * @return true, if any piece of the specified color threatens the specified * field (i.e. could capture an opponent piece) */ bool get_real_threats(GameState *gamestate, Row row, File file, Color color, Move* threats, size_t* threatcount); /** * Checks, if a specified field is covered by a piece of a certain color. * * @param gamestate the current game state * @param row row of the field to check * @param file file of the field to check * @param color the color of the piece that should cover the field * @return true, if any piece of the specified color threatens the specified * field */ #define is_covered(gamestate, row, file, color) \ get_threats(gamestate, row, file, color, NULL, NULL) /** * Checks, if a specified field is attacked by a piece of a certain color. * * I.e. the field is covered by a piece AND this piece is not pinned and * therefore able to perform the move. * * @param gamestate the current game state * @param row row of the field to check * @param file file of the field to check * @param color the color of the piece that should cover the field * @return true, if any piece of the specified color threatens the specified * field and could capture an opponent piece */ #define is_attacked(gamestate, row, file, color) \ get_real_threats(gamestate, row, file, color, NULL, NULL) /** * Checks, if a specified field is protected by a piece of a certain color. * * I.e. the field is covered by a piece that is NOT the king AND this piece is * not pinned and therefore able to perform the move. * * @param gamestate the current game state * @param row row of the field to check * @param file file of the field to check * @param color the color of the piece that should cover the field * @return true, if any piece (excluding the king) of the specified color * threatens the specified field and could capture an opponent piece */ bool is_protected(GameState *gamestate, Row row, File file, Color color); /** * Checks, if the specified move cannot be performed, because the piece is * either pinned or cannot remove the check. * * Note: in chess a piece is pinned, when it can't be moved because the move * would result in a check position. But this function <u>also</u> returns true, * if the king is already in check position and the specified move does not * protect the king. * * @param gamestate the current game state * @param move the move to check * @return true, if the move cannot be performed because the king would be in * check after the move */ bool is_pinned(GameState *gamestate, Move *move); /** * Evaluates a move syntactically and stores the move data in the specified * object. * * When short algebraic notation is used, the source position is determined by * the evaluating the allowed moves according to the current game state. * * For a purely syntactic check, regardless of whether a piece exists that is * allowed to move that way, use check_move(). * * @param gamestate the current game state * @param mstr the input string to parse * @param move a pointer to object where the move data shall be stored * @param color the color of the player to evaluate the move for * @return status code (see macros in this file for the list of codes) */ int eval_move(GameState *gamestate, const char *mstr, Move *move, Color color); /** * Syntactically checks a move without verifying that a piece exists that is * allowed to move that way. * * @param mstr the input string to parse * @param color the color of the player to evaluate the move for * @return status code (see macros in this file for the list of codes) */ int check_move(const char *mstr, Color color); /** * Validates move by applying chess rules. * @param gamestate the current game state * @param move the move to validate * @return status code (see macros in this file for the list of codes) */ int validate_move(GameState *gamestate, Move *move); /** * Applies a move and deletes captured pieces. * * @param gamestate the current game state * @param move the move to apply */ void apply_move(GameState *gamestate, Move *move); /** * Copies the state of the game at the specified move number. * * This function is helpful to generate a game state for reviewing past moves. * * @param gamestate the current game state * @param move_number the half-move that would now be played * @param replay the struct to populate with the state at the specified move */ void gamestate_at_move(GameState *gamestate, unsigned move_number, GameState *replay); /** * Returns the remaining time on the clock for the specified * half-move number. * * @param gamestate the current game state * @param move_number the half-move that is now going to be played * @return the remaining time - if time control is disabled, this function * always returns zero */ uint16_t remaining_movetime2(GameState *gamestate, unsigned move_number); /** * Returns the remaining time on the clock for the specified player. * * @param gamestate the current game state * @param color either BLACK or WHITE * @return the remaining time - if time control is disabled, this function * always returns zero */ uint16_t remaining_movetime(GameState *gamestate, Color color); /** * Converts clock time to string. * * @param time the time to format * @param str the target buffer (should be at least 10 chars large) * @param always_hours if hours should always be printed */ int print_clk(uint16_t time, char *str, bool always_hours); /** * Checks if the current position already appeared two times before. * * This does not set the threefold flag in the game state as this flag is * intended to be set only when the game ends after actually claiming a draw. * * By standard chess rules this is not automatically a draw. * But implementation may choose to automatically draw the game anyway. * * @param gamestate the current game state * @return true if the game is in a threefold repetition position */ bool check_threefold_repetition(GameState *gamestate); #endif /* RULES_H */