public bool Move(string movement)
{
//return to bool eventually
/*
* piece.move() pass x and y for new space
*/
if (movement.Length == 5)
{
int currentFile = CharToInt(movement[0]);
int currentRank = int.Parse(movement[1].ToString()) - 1;
int newFile = CharToInt(movement[3]);
int newRank = int.Parse(movement[4].ToString()) - 1;
if (boardSpaces[currentRank, currentFile].HasPiece())
{
Piece movingPiece = boardSpaces[currentRank, currentFile].GetPiece();
if (movingPiece.Move(movingPiece.GetPieceType(), currentRank, currentFile, newRank, newFile))
{
string pieceString = movingPiece.GetPieceString();
boardSpaces[newRank, newFile].AddPiece(pieceString[1], pieceString[0]);
boardSpaces[currentRank, currentFile].RemovePiece();
return(true);
}
else
{
Parser.PrintInfo(movement, "This is an invalid move.\n");
return(false);
}
}
else
{
Parser.PrintInfo(movement, "The stating space does not contain a piece to move.\n");
return(false);
}
}
else
{
string firstMove = string.Concat(movement[0], movement[1], movement[3], movement[4]);
string secondMove = string.Concat(movement[6], movement[7], movement[9], movement[10]);
if (Move(firstMove) && Move(secondMove))
{
return(true);
}
else
{
return(false);
}
}
}
