The purpose of the test plan is to stop regressions. Ideally all the tests should be automated.

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Display options

• Able to enable/disable board numbering
• Board numbering remembered when restarted

Startup

• Starts without ~/.gnome2/glchess
• Starts without ~/.gnome2/glchess/history
• Starts with ~/.gnome2/glchess
• Starts with ~/.gnome2/glchess/history
• If gconf is not available makes an XML file in ~/gnome2/glchess
• Starts with human vs. AI game if no unfinished games

PGN files

• Able to load all the PGN files in the tests/ directory

Artificial intelligence

• Starts if unable to detect any AIs
• If an AI crashes (e.g. SIGQUIT/SIGKILL) glChess reports the AI has dies and handles it. The AI monitor process terminates.
• If glChess crashes (e.g. SIGQUIT/SIGKILL) the AI is terminated by the AI monitor process. The monitor process terminates.

Chess

• Allows en passant move
• Detects check
• Detects checkmate
• Allows castling
• Disallows castling when king would be in check before/during/after move
• Detects draw due to insufficient material