♟️ Java Chess Game

A two-player Chess game built using Java Swing and Socket programming.
Play locally on one PC or connect over LAN!

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🎮 How to Play

🧱 Option 1: Play Using the EXE (Recommended)

1. Go to the Releases page.
2. Download the latest version — ChessGame-v1.0.zip.
3. Extract the ZIP file.
4. Inside the folder, double-click chess54.exe to launch the game.

⚠️ Don’t delete the jre/ folder — it’s needed for the game to run.

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🧩 Option 2: Run from Source (for Developers)

If you want to run or modify the code yourself:

Requirements:

• Java JDK 21 or newer
• Any IDE (IntelliJ, Eclipse, or VS Code)

Steps:

git clone https://github.com/abhijitht2002/java-chess.git
cd java-chess
javac -d bin src/main/**/*.java
java -cp bin com.chess.Main