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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