stockfish 3.8.0

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

Ubuntu or Debian

# apt install stockfish

Mac OS

$ brew install stockfish

Features

• set current position
• get best move
• change engine's skill level
• get current engine's parameters

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 sequence of moves:
stockfish.set_position(['e2e4', 'e7e6'])

# set position by Forsyth–Edwards Notation (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

# get last move info:
print(stockfish.info)
# e.g. 'info depth 2 seldepth 3 multipv 1 score mate -1 nodes 11 nps 5500 tbhits 0 time 2 pv h2g1 h4g3'

# set current engine's skill level:
stockfish.set_skill_level(15)

# get current engine's parameters:
stockfish.get_parameters()

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

MIT License. Please see License File for more information.