public static void start(Board zz)
    {
        boolean canPlay = true;
        Scanner s = new Scanner(System.in);
        Board b = new Board();
          // white even , black odd
         // stores all movements

        Boolean IM;
        while(canPlay)
        {
            if(plyTurn%2==0) {
                System.out.print("White's move: " );
            }
            else if(plyTurn%2!=0) {
                System.out.print("Black's move: ");
            }
            String input = s.nextLine();

            currentMove = input;

            /*Resign*/
            if(input.equals("resign")) {
                if(plyTurn%2==0) { // white resigned
                    System.out.println("Black wins");
                }
                else {
                    System.out.println("White wins");
                }
                canPlay = false;
                continue;
            }

            /*draw*/
            else if(input.equals("draw") && input.length()==4) {
                System.out.println();
                canPlay = false;
                break;
            }


            String from = input.substring(0, 2);
            String to = input.substring(3, 5);
            if(from.equals("f4"))
            {
                int a;
                a=0;
            }
            int c = (int) (from.charAt(0)) - 97; // e2 e4   //x prev
            int d = 8 - Integer.parseInt(from.charAt(1) + "");//y prev
            int w = (int) (to.charAt(0)) - 97; // e2 e4    // x new
            int v = 8 - Integer.parseInt(to.charAt(1) + ""); // y new

            /* whites move*/
            if (plyTurn%2==0) { // TODO draw

            if(zz.board[d][c]==null || zz.board[d][c].getcolor()!='w' ) { //empty spot move or not white
                System.out.println("Illegal move, try again");
                continue;
            }
            if((IM=zz.move(from,to)) ||!IM ) {
                if(IM==false) {
                    System.out.print("Illegal move, try again\n");
                    continue;
                }else {
                    System.out.println();
                moveHistory.add(input);
                plyTurn++;
                zz.draw();
                }
            }

            if(zz.inCheckmate('b') ) { // maybe should be before above if
                System.out.println("Checkmate");
                System.out.println("White wins");
                break;
            }
            if(zz.check('b')) {
                System.out.println("Check");
                continue;
            }
        }
            else if(plyTurn%2!=0) {
                if(zz.board[d][c]==null || zz.board[d][c].getcolor()!='b' ) { //empty spot move or not white
                    System.out.println("Illegal move, try again");
                    continue;
                }

                if((IM=zz.move(from,to)) ||!IM ) {
                    if(IM==false) {
                        System.out.print("Illegal move, try again\n");
                        continue;
                    }else {
                        System.out.println();
                    moveHistory.add(input);
                    plyTurn++;
                    zz.draw();
                    }
                }

                if(zz.inCheckmate('w') ) { // maybe should be before above if
                    System.out.println("Checkmate");
                    System.out.println("Black wins");
                    break;
                }
                if(zz.check('w')) {
                    System.out.println("Check");
                    continue;
                }
            }
    }
}