Wraps the open-source Stockfish chess engine for easy integration into python.
Project description
Stockfish
Implements an easy-to-use Stockfish class to integrates the Stockfish chess engine with Python.
Install
$ pip install stockfish
Features
- set current position
- get best move
Usage
from stockfish import Stockfish
# you should install the stockfish engine in your operating system globally or specify path to binary file in class constructor
stockfish = Stockfish('/Users/zhelyabuzhsky/Work/stockfish/stockfish-9-64')
# set position by moves:
stockfish.set_position(['e2e4', 'e7e6'])
# set position by FEN:
stockfish.set_fen_position("rnbqkbnr/pppp1ppp/4p3/8/4P3/8/PPPP1PPP/RNBQKBNR w KQkq - 0 2")
print(stockfish.get_best_move()) # d2d4
print(stockfish.is_move_correct('a2a3')) # True
Testing
$ python setup.py test
Security
If you discover any security related issues, please email zhelyabuzhsky@icloud.com instead of using the issue tracker.
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License
GNU General Public License, version 3. Please see License File for more information.
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