pikafish-terminal 0.0.5

A terminal-based Xiangqi (Chinese Chess) game powered by the Pikafish engine

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 stored in config.yaml (auto-created). Edit this file to customize difficulties, hints, and display options.

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