Pikafish Terminal

Play Xiangqi (Chinese Chess) in your terminal against the Pikafish AI engine.

Install

pip install pikafish-terminal

Play

pikafish

Controls

Enter moves like 1013 (from position 1,0 to 1,3)
Type h for move hints
Type s to toggle score display
Type quit to exit

Examples

pikafish --difficulty 3     # Medium level (1-5)
pikafish --depth 10         # Custom depth
pikafish --time 2.0         # Custom time limit
pikafish --config-list      # Show all settings

Configuration

Settings are loaded from the built-in config.yaml file included with the package. The configuration provides default difficulty levels, hints, and display options.

That's it! The AI engine downloads automatically on first run.

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