stockfish 2.0.1

Wraps the open-source Stockfish chess engine for easy integration into python.

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 [e-mail] instead of using the issue tracker.

Credits

• Ilya Zhelyabuzhsky
• All Contributors

License

GNU General Public License, version 3. Please see License File for more information.