OpenChess: An Opening Explorer

Learn chess openings with OpenChess: a chess opening explorer. Play against computer, or play as both sides, and be shown the lines that are within any opening that you are interested in learning. Want to learn the Sicilian Defense or Queen's Gambit? Choose that category and play against a computer that only follows lines within that opening category. Want to focus on learning all of the openings that start with a specific move, such as pawn to "e4"? This category can also be selected and you can play against a computer that only plays lines that start with "e4". The chess engine in this app is not Stockfish, and it does not look very far ahead. It is meant to provide a decent base evaluation, and allow the majority of the reasons behind the evaluation to be shown to the user. The following information can be shown to the user:
- Positional Advantages for each piece type (pawn, knight, bishop, rook, queen, king)
- Piece Value Advantages for each color
- Mobility scores for each piece type where mobility plays a big role (bishop, rook, queen, king)
- Pawn advantages and disadvantages (passed pawns, isolated pawns, backwards pawns, doubled pawns)
- Total value of pieces attacked by each color as well as total value of pieces defended by each color

A lot of chess games are won and lost within the opening moves, this app was designed to help players learn solid openings that either help them gain a winning advantage out of the opening, or at the very least help them not lose due to the opening moves played.

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