Chess Project Protocol Spec

The following listed the table of contents for the protocol specification:

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1. Chess Project Description. 2

2. Chess Background. 2

2.1 Rules of chess 2

2.1.1 The King. 2

2.1.2 The Queen. 2

2.1.3 The Rook. 3

2.1.4 The Bishop. 3

2.1.5 The Knight 3

2.1.6 The Pawn. 4

2.2 Special Moves 5

2.2.1 Castling. 5

2.2.1 En Passant 5

3. Notational System 6

4. Rating System 6

Rating system example. 7

5. Time chess 7

5.1 n/k game. 8

5.2 Game/k game. 8

5.1 Daily game. 8

6. Other functionalities. 9

7. Customer Story Cards (3 x 5 cards) 13

8. Appendix 14

9. Reference 15

Furthermore, I have built a list of command as well. Based on our project requirement, I created a list of sample command:

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REG USERNAME [blogger]
REG PASSWORD [Bl0gMe2006]
REG EMAIL [foo@bar.com]

LOGON USERNAME [blogger]
LOGON PASSWORD [Bl0gMe2006]

N/K_TIMEOUT_LOSER=[8899]
DAILY_TIMEOUT_LOSER=[3401]
NEXT_TIMED_ALLOTMENT=[00:03:25]

REQUEST_REMAIN_MOVE
REQUEST_REMAIN_TIME
REMAIN_MOVE [21]
REMAIN_TIME [01:30:13]

MOVE [e4]
LOG_MOVE [on]

SECRET_CODE [rcblog], USERNAME [blogger], PASSWORD [SanDiego]

WINNER [Player ID: 8899], RANK [1513]
LOSER [Player ID: 4444], RANK [1587]
TIE_GAME

ACCEPT [message]
ERROR [message]

REQUEST_GAME_ID
REPLY_GAME_ID [002831]
REQUEST_PLAY [002831]
ACCEPT [002831]
REJECT [002831]

AVAILABLE_TIME [2006-3-21] [19:20]
GAME_TYPE [n/k]
DISPLAY_NAME [on]
AVAILABLE_TIME [2006-3-22] [11:50]
GAME_TYPE [game/k]
DISPLAY_NAME [on]
AVAILABLE_TIME [2006-7-1] [21:35]
GAME_TYPE [daily]
DISPLAY_NAME [off]

LIST_ONLINE_PLAYERS
RANK [2503], GAME_ID [002831], GAME_TYPE [game/k]
RANK [2499], GAME_ID [341932], GAME_TYPE [n/k]
…
…
RANK [1587], GAME_ID [314883], GAME_TYPE [daily]
RANK [1513], GAME_ID [039188], GAME_TYPE [n/k]

LIST_ALL_PLAYERS
RANK [2579], PLAYER_NAME [ChessGrandMaster]
RANK [2503], PLAYER_NAME [SDSU_Student]
…
…
RANK [1587], PLAYER_NAME [UNKNOWN]
RANK [1513], PLAYER_NAME [Beginner]