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chess.c

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+
+#include <wchar.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+
+#define E 0 /* empty  */
+#define K 1 /* king */
+#define Q 2 /* queen  */
+#define R 3 /* rook */
+#define B 4 /* bishop */
+#define N 5 /* knight */
+#define P 6 /* pawn */
+
+#define WHITE 1
+#define BLACK -1
+
+int main(){
+	int *board;
+	init_board(board);
+	print_board(board);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+
+
+void print_board(int* board){
+	wchar_t piece;
+	
+	// The unicode value for a white chess king is 0x2654
+	// the following unicode 5 unicode characters are the 
+	// other white chess pieces. (matches macro definitions)
+	// (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chess_symbols_in_Unicode)
+	for(int i=0; i<8; i++){
+		for(int j=0; j<8; j++){
+			piece = 0x2654 + board[i];
+			putwchar(piece);
+		}
+		putchar('\n');
+	}
+}
+
+
+
+void init_board(int *board){
+	
+	// black pieces are prefixed by minus (-)
+	const int start[] = {
+		-R,-N,-B,-Q,-K,-B,-N,-R, 
+		-P,-P,-P,-P,-P,-P,-P,-P, 
+		 E, E, E, E, E, E, E, E, 
+		 E, E, E, E, E, E, E, E, 
+		 E, E, E, E, E, E, E, E, 
+		 E, E, E, E, E, E, E, E, 
+		 P, P, P, P, P, P, P, P, 
+		 R, N, B, Q, K, B, N, R
+	};
+
+	memcpy(board, start, sizeof(start));
+}