Simple swing based GUI for chesslib

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Additions to the library to allow or simple lightweight swing components to 
view the game board and move pieces.

Many of the open source chess libraries for Java are large and encumbered, due 
to connection to Internet chess servers, chess engines etc.

Also, adding simple functionalities with a GUI to load PGN / FEN as well as 
save PGN / FEN would allow this library to remain small, but give a solid 
foundation for those who wish to develop simple chess applications.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by rudolph....@gmail.com on 19 Dec 2012 at 11:44

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I have already coded a large part of a simple Swing GUI, using Unicode 
characters instead of images for the pieces. If you are interested in reviewing 
the code, let me know.

Original comment by rudolph....@gmail.com on 19 Dec 2012 at 11:46

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Thanks for the suggestion. However this isn't the direction that I had planned 
for this project.

I was planning that this would be an extremely powerful Java library that can 
be used for multiple projects and support a wide range of chess variants. 
Obviously there is a long way to go.

You are more than welcome to publish your source code on an open source site 
(Google Code, github, etc) and I will probably link to it on my homepage.

Original comment by John.Nahlen on 19 Mar 2013 at 9:35

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