Re: python chess engines

On 5/3/2016 10:13 PM, DFS wrote: Wanted to start a new thread, rather than use the 'motivated' thread. Can you play your game at the console? Nope. Only displays the board on the console. An early version had the forward movement for pawns implemented. The way I think about a chess engine i

python chess engines

On 5/3/2016 8:00 PM, DFS wrote: How far along are you in your engine development? I can display a text-based chess board on the console (looks better with a mono font). 8 BR BN BB BQ BK BB BN BR 7 BP BP BP BP BP BP BP BP 6 __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ 5 __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ 4 __ _

Re: Python & chess

Will McGugan wrote: > > I have written a chess module that may be of use to you. > > http://www.willmcgugan.com/2006/06/18/chesspy/ See also ChessBoard - a nice implementation of chess using pygame: http://www.pygame.org/projects/9/282/ Paul -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-li

Re: Python & chess

> Hmmm. I think that if you need to write a very clever chess game, then > you need to use very fast routines, written in C or even assembly. Oh, right. Speed. I thought that you were talking about some mismatch of capabilities. Toby -- Posted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teran

Re: Python & chess

tobiah írta: > Paolo Pantaleo wrote: > >> Well Python is not a good language for writing a chess engine >> > > I'm curious; how does python fall short here, and what are the > features that make some other language more suitable for the > task? > Hmmm. I think that if you need to write

Re: Python & chess

Paolo Pantaleo wrote: > Well Python is not a good language for writing a chess engine (even if > a chess engine exists: > http://www.kolumbus.fi/jyrki.alakuijala/pychess.html), but it could be > grat for chess interfaces, for drawing boards, and similar things. I > foudn out a library for these thi

Re: Python & chess

Paolo Pantaleo wrote: > Well Python is not a good language for writing a chess engine I'm curious; how does python fall short here, and what are the features that make some other language more suitable for the task? Toby -- Posted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com -- htt

Python & chess

Well Python is not a good language for writing a chess engine (even if a chess engine exists: http://www.kolumbus.fi/jyrki.alakuijala/pychess.html), but it could be grat for chess interfaces, for drawing boards, and similar things. I foudn out a library for these things (http://www.alcyone.com/soft

Re: New Python chess module

On Sat, 01 Oct 2005 06:27:01 +1000, Tim Churches <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Will McGugan wrote: >> There is a new version if anyone is interested... >> >> http://www.willmcgugan.com/chess.py >> >> It contains optimizations and bugfixes. >> >> Can anyone suggest a name for this module? pyChess

Re: New Python chess module

Will McGugan wrote: > There is a new version if anyone is interested... > > http://www.willmcgugan.com/chess.py > > It contains optimizations and bugfixes. > > Can anyone suggest a name for this module? pyChess is already taken... Pyawn??? Tim C -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pyt

Re: New Python chess module

There is a new version if anyone is interested... http://www.willmcgugan.com/chess.py It contains optimizations and bugfixes. Can anyone suggest a name for this module? pyChess is already taken... Will McGugan -- http://www.willmcgugan.com "".join({'*':'@','^':'.'}.get(c,0) or chr(97+(ord(c)-

Re: New Python chess module

Pekka Karjalainen wrote: > > I have one minor point. It looks like your test whether the location is on > the board is needlessly complex. Python understands multiple comparisons > like in mathematical notation, and not like in e.g. C language. This > snippet shows what I mean: > > [x for x

Re: New Python chess module

> Its still rough around the edges and not fully tested. I'll eventualy > release a more polished version and possibly put it on Sourceforge. In > the meantime I would be grateful for any feedback.. Somebody ought to comment this in more detail... I have one minor point. It looks like your test

Re: New Python chess module

Very good~On 9/29/05, Will McGugan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi folks,I've written a Python chess module that does the following.* Reads / Writes PGN files* Write FEN files* Validates moves* Lists legal moves* Detects check / mate / stalemate / 50 move rule / threefold repetition Its

New Python chess module

Hi folks, I've written a Python chess module that does the following. * Reads / Writes PGN files * Write FEN files * Validates moves * Lists legal moves * Detects check / mate / stalemate / 50 move rule / threefold repetition Its still rough around the edges and not fully tested. I'll