pydraughts 0.2.6

A draughts library for Python with move generation and engine communication

pydraughts

pydraughts is a draughts library for Python with move generation and engine communication. It is based on ImparaAI/checkers.

Installing

Download and install the latest release:

pip install pydraughts

Features

Note: White always starts. Black always has the squares starting from 1 (e.g. 1-20 in international draughts).

Variants:

• Standard (International)
• Frisian
• frysk!
• Antidraughts
• Breakthrough
• Russian
• Brazilian
• English/American
• Italian

Engine protocols:

• Hub
• DXP
• CheckerBoard
  
  
• Import library

from draughts import Game, Move

• Create a game

game = Game(variant="standard", fen="startpos")

• Make a move

game.move([34, 30])

• Get legal moves

moves, captures = game.legal_moves()

• Convert move to other types

move = Move(game, board_move=moves[0]).pdn_move

• Get fen

fen = game.get_li_fen()

• Communicate with engines

from draughts.engine import HubEngine, Limit
engine = HubEngine("scan.exe hub")
engine.init()
limit = Limit(time=10)
engine_move = engine.play(game, limit, ponder=False)

Acknowledgements

Thanks to RoepStoep for his draughtsnet which was modified to add support for Hub engines. Thanks to akalverboer for their DXC100_draughts_client which was modified to add support for DXP engines.

License

pydraughts is licensed under the GPL 3 (or any later version at your option). Check out LICENSE.txt for the full text. The license of ImparaAI/checkers is also present here.