cell/examples/chess/movement.js

var MovementSystem = function(grid, rules) {
  this.grid  = grid;
  this.rules = rules || {};      // expects { canMove: fn }
  this.turn  = 'white';
}

MovementSystem.prototype.tryMove = function (piece, to) {
  if (piece.colour !== this.turn) return false;

  // normalise ‘to’ into our hybrid coord
  var dest = [to.x !== undefined ? to.x : to[0],
              to.y !== undefined ? to.y : to[1]];

  if (!this.grid.inBounds(dest)) return false;
  if (!this.rules.canMove(piece, piece.coord, dest, this.grid)) return false;

  var victims = this.grid.at(dest);
  if (victims.length && victims[0].colour === piece.colour) return false;
  if (victims.length) victims[0].captured = true;

  this.grid.remove(piece, piece.coord);
  this.grid.add   (piece, dest);

  // grid.add() re-creates coord; re-add .x/.y fields:
  piece.coord.x = dest.x;
  piece.coord.y = dest.y;

  this.turn = (this.turn === 'white') ? 'black' : 'white';
  return true;
};

return { MovementSystem: MovementSystem };