# PyChess

_Graphical front-end that works with xboard-compatible engines such as GNU Chess and stockfish, and also comes with its own chess engine if no other is available._

- Home: https://pychess.github.io/, https://web.archive.org/web/20181225202716/http://pychess.org/, http://pychess-variants.herokuapp.com/
- State: mature
- Download: http://pychess.org/download/, https://github.com/pychess/pychess/releases
- Platform: Windows, Linux
- Keywords: puzzle, chess, open content
- Code repository: https://github.com/pychess/pychess.git, https://github.com/gbtami/pychess-variants.git (+)
- Code language: Python
- Code license: GPL-3.0
- Assets license: ? (GPL)

PyChess is also capable of online play using the FICS server. Features include hints, different chess variants, and themeable chess pieces.

Now two projects? PyChess and PyChess-variants?

## Building

- Build instructions: https://github.com/pychess/pychess/blob/master/INSTALL