The goal of this project is to learn about programming in JS and to further hone my skills. Ultimately, I do want to add an AI, but I won't be doing that until I can say that I have a working game of chess. I realize that chess isn't the most advanced game to program, but I think it'll be a fun project to work on for a while.

I am open to suggestions, so if you want to send some ideas my way, feel free to email me; I'd love to hear any tips, tricks, or things I could be doing better.

Currently, I don't have any special way to use the code I'm writing. It's not hosted on a website anywhere (I might do that when I finish), so if you want to run the code you can download it and run it either by double clicking or by opening it in your web browser of choice.

Again, I don't have the AI working yet, so you'll be stuck with clicking around. If you want to use this as a base for your own AI, please do so, and let me know what you did and how it worked.

• make the pieces move
• restrict the movement of the pieces
• allow pieces to "capture" other pieces, thus removing pieces from the board
• use "capture" mechanic to further restrict the motion of the pieces
• restrict motion when in check
• add ending "checkmate" notification
• add option to reset the game

• add "castle" mechanic
• restrict "castle" mechanic
• add highlighting for squares that are valid moves
• add draw mechanic

• add AI (I don't know how to do that yet, so this is as specific as it's going to get)
• release onto a website or some hosting platform (I might do this when I get my initial game working, so this might happen earlier)
• add multiplayer support (I also don't know how to do this yet, but I might try to learn it later)