TestXBoardProtocol hasn't changed much. Now it is in a package called test.

NEW FILE: TestMoves -> purpose is to test the Move class

NEW FILE: Move -> this is a first implementation of a simple class that
				  reads a string and converts it to a move or the opposite.

NEW FILE: BitBoard -> this class really doesn't do anything yet.
					  It only has definition of 14 bitboards but they are not
					  created yet.

src/suicideChess/BitBoard.java

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+package suicideChess;
+
+/**
+ * @author djib
+ * 
+ * This file contains the board representation.
+ * The board is represented using bitboards.
+ * 
+ * $LastChangedDate$
+ * $LastChangedRev$
+ * $LastChangedBy$
+ */
+
+public class BitBoard {
+
+	/*************
+	 * CONSTANTS *
+	 *************/
+	
+	//Some constants to make code more readable
+	public static final int NB_OF_SQUARES = 64; 
+	
+	//Some constants used to access the bitboards
+	//Note that in suicide chess there may be more than one king
+	public static final int WHITE_PAWNS = 0;
+	public static final int BLACK_PAWNS = 1;
+	public static final int WHITE_KINGS = 2;
+	public static final int BLACK_KINGS = 3;
+	public static final int WHITE_QUEENS = 4;
+	public static final int BLACK_QUEENS = 5;
+	public static final int WHITE_BISHOPS = 6;
+	public static final int BLACK_BISHOPS = 7;
+	public static final int WHITE_KNIGHTS = 8;
+	public static final int BLACK_KNIGHTS = 9;
+	public static final int WHITE_ROOKS = 10;
+	public static final int BLACK_ROOKS = 11;
+	public static final int WHITE_PIECES = 12;
+	public static final int BLACK_PIECES = 13;
+	
+	public static final int NB_OF_BITBOARDS = 14;
+	
+		
+	/********
+	 * DATA *
+	 ********/
+	
+	//The following table is used to map squares to bits
+	private static long mapSquaresToBits[];
+	
+	//static function used to initialise data
+	static {
+		mapSquaresToBits = new long[NB_OF_SQUARES];
+		for(int i=0; i<NB_OF_SQUARES; i++) {
+			mapSquaresToBits[i] = (1L << i);
+		}
+	}
+	
+	//The following table contains all the bit boards
+	private long bitBoards[];
+	
+	/***************
+	 * CONSTRUCTOR *
+	 ***************/
+	
+	public BitBoard() {
+		bitBoards = new long[NB_OF_BITBOARDS];
+	}
+	
+	
+	/***********
+	 * METHODS *
+	 ***********/
+	
+	public long getBitboard(int bitboard_number) {
+		return bitBoards[bitboard_number];
+	}
+		
+	/* TODO 
+	public void updateBitboards(String move) {
+
+	}
+	*/
+	
+	public int squareToBitboardSquare()
+
+}

src/suicideChess/Move.java

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+package suicideChess;
+
+/**
+ * @author djib
+ * 
+ * This file contains the moves representation.
+ * 
+ * $LastChangedDate$
+ * $LastChangedRev$
+ * $LastChangedBy$
+ */
+
+public class Move {
+
+	/********
+	 * DATA *
+	 ********/
+	
+	//integers 
+	private String fromSquare;
+	private String toSquare;
+	private String promotionPiece;
+	private boolean isPromotion;
+
+	public class NotAValidMoveException extends Exception {
+		NotAValidMoveException(String s) { super(s); };
+	}
+	
+	/***************
+	 * CONSTRUCTOR *
+	 ***************/
+	
+	//The string is of type e2e4 (4 chars), b7b8q (5 chars) for promotions
+	public Move(String move) throws NotAValidMoveException {
+		isPromotion = false;
+		promotionPiece = "";
+		switch (move.length()) {
+			case 5:
+				isPromotion = true;
+				promotionPiece = move.substring(4,5);
+				//no break statement here on purpose
+			case 4:
+				fromSquare = move.substring(0,2);
+				toSquare = move.substring(2,4);
+				break;
+			default:
+				throw new NotAValidMoveException("Invalid Move: "+move);
+		}
+	}
+	
+	
+	
+	/***********
+	 * METHODS *
+	 ***********/
+	
+	public String fromSquare() {
+		return fromSquare;
+	}
+	public String toSquare() {
+		return toSquare;
+	}
+	public boolean isPromotionMove() {
+		return isPromotion;
+	}
+	
+	public void setFromSquare(String square) {
+		fromSquare = square;
+	}
+	public void setToSquare(String square) {
+		toSquare = square;
+	}
+	public void setIsPromotionMove(String piece) {
+		if (promotionPiece.length()==0) {
+			isPromotion=false;
+		} else {
+			isPromotion=true;
+			promotionPiece=piece;
+		}
+	}
+	
+	public String toString() {
+		return fromSquare+toSquare+promotionPiece;
+	}
+	
+	public void display() {
+		System.out.println(" ");
+		System.out.println("==== Move  ====");
+		System.out.println("From square:"+fromSquare);
+		System.out.println("To square:  "+toSquare);
+		System.out.println((isPromotion ? "Promotion:   "+promotionPiece : "No Promotion"));
+		System.out.println("===============");
+		System.out.println(" ");
+		System.out.println(" ");
+	}
+}

src/tests/TestMoves.java

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+package tests;
+
+import java.io.BufferedReader;
+import java.io.InputStreamReader;
+import suicideChess.Move;
+
+/**
+ * @author djib
+ * 
+ * The purpose of this file is to test the Moves.java class
+ * 
+ * $LastChangedDate$
+ * $LastChangedRev$
+ * $LastChangedBy$
+ */
+
+public class TestMoves {
+
+	public static void main(String[] args) {
+		BufferedReader moveInput = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(System.in));
+		
+		while (true) {
+			try {
+				String move = moveInput.readLine();
+				(new Move(move)).display();
+
+			} catch (Exception err) {
+				System.out.println(err);
+				break;
+	        }
+		}
+	}
+
+}

src/tests/TestXBoardProtocol.java

@@ -1,11 +1,17 @@
+package tests;
 import java.io.BufferedReader;
 import java.io.InputStreamReader;
 import java.util.logging.*;
 
 /**
  * @author djib
+ * 
  * This class is used to test the XBoard protocol.
  * 
+ * $LastChangedDate$
+ * $LastChangedRev$
+ * $LastChangedBy$
+ * 
  */
 public class TestXBoardProtocol {
 	public static void main(String[] args) {
@@ -19,23 +25,25 @@ public class TestXBoardProtocol {
 		
 		BufferedReader xBoardInput = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(System.in));
 		
-		System.out.println("feature myname=\"djib's Suicide Chess\" sigint=0 sigterm=0 done=1");
+		
+		//done=1 is here to tell that the program has finish requesting features
+		System.out.println("feature myname=\"djib's Suicide Chess\" sigint=0 sigterm=0 variant=\"suicide\" done=1");
 		
 		while (true) {
 			try {
 				String xBoardCommand = xBoardInput.readLine();
 				logger.info(xBoardCommand);
-				//System.err.println(xBoardCommand);
-				//if (xBoardCommand.startsWith("quit")) {
-				//	logger.info(">quit;");
-				//	break;
-				//}
+				System.err.println(xBoardCommand);
+				if (xBoardCommand.startsWith("quit")) {
+					logger.info(">quit;");
+					break;
+				}
 				if (xBoardCommand.startsWith("otim")) {
 					logger.info(">Error");
 					System.out.println("Error (unknown command): time");
 				}
 				if (xBoardCommand.startsWith("e2e4")) {
-					logger.info(">move b8c6");
+					logger.info(">move b8b8");
 					System.out.println("move b8c6");					
 				}
 				if (xBoardCommand.startsWith("d2d4")) {