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'''[[Main Page|Home]] * [[Engines]] * PyChess'''
[[FILE:PyChess Screenshot.png|border|right|thumb|link=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:PyChess_Screenshot.png|PyChess GUI <ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:PyChess_Screenshot.png PyChess screenshot] User playing [[Crafty]], from [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PyChess PyChess from Wikipedia], Source [http://pychess.org/about/ About PyChess] by Matthew Gatto, January 4, 2011.</ref> ]]
'''PyChess''',<br/>
a free, [[:Category:Open Source|open source]] [[GUI|chess GUI]] and engine, distributed under the [[Free Software Foundation#GPL|GNU Public License]], both written in [[Python]]. [[Thomas Dybdahl Ahle]] started the project in 2006, with [[Bajusz Tamás]] and [[Justin Blanchard]] contributing in the meantime <ref>[http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=61231&start=1 Re: Chess Engine Update Information: August 25, 2016] by [[Justin Blanchard]], [[CCC]], August 26, 2016</ref>. The GUI uses [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PyGTK PyGTK] and was originally developed for [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNOME GNOME], compliant with its [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNOME#Human_Interface_Guidelines Human Interface Guidelines], but runs well under all other [[Linux]] desktops, and since PyChess '''0.12 Anderssen rc4''' released in August 2015, in parts re-written to Python 3 [[Thread|threading]] <ref>[https://docs.python.org/3/library/threading.html 17.1. threading — Thread-based parallelism — Python 3.4.3 documentation]</ref>, also under [[Windows]] <ref>[http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=57302 PyChess 0.12rc4] by [[Bajusz Tamás]], [[CCC]], August 18, 2015</ref>. PyChess allows playing with the build in engine, with [[UCI]] and [[Chess Engine Communication Protocol]] compliant chess engines, or can act as online client of the [[Free Internet Chess Server]] (FICS). Further, PyChess supports many [[Chess#Variants|chess variants]].
=Chess Variants=
* [[Atomic Chess]]
* [[Capablanca Chess]]
* [[Chess960]] or Fischer Random Chess (FRC)
* [[Crazyhouse]]
* [[Makruk]], the Thai version of Chess.
* [[Losing Chess|Suicide Chess]] (Losing Chess)
: and more
=See also=
* [[Various Classifications#Acronym|Acronym]]
* [[glChess]]
* [[Python]]
=Forum Posts=
==2010 ...==
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=36140&start=2 Re: Python chess engine] by Justin Blanchard, [[CCC]], September 22, 2010
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=47566 PyChess Anderssen 0.12 beta1 released] by [[Bajusz Tamás]], [[CCC]], March 21, 2013
==2015 ...==
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=55962 PyChess - the greatest chess interface for Linux] by [[Lanzo Nazaire]], [[CCC]], April 11, 2015
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=57302 PyChess 0.12rc4] by [[Bajusz Tamás]], [[CCC]], August 18, 2015
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=57682 PyChess Anderssen 0.12 rc5] by [[Bajusz Tamás]], [[CCC]], Sepember 17, 2015
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=58036 PyChess Anderssen 0.12 released] by [[Bajusz Tamás]], [[CCC]], October 24, 2015
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=58508 PyChess Anderssen 0.12.1 released] by [[Bajusz Tamás]], [[CCC]], December 07, 2015
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=59115 PyChess Anderssen 0.12.2 released] by [[Bajusz Tamás]], [[CCC]], January 31, 2016
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=60146 Pychess built in engine infos?] by [[Günther Simon]], [[CCC]], May 12, 2016
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=60595 PyChess 0.12.4] by [[Bajusz Tamás]], [[CCC]], June 25, 2016
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=65147 PyChess 0.99.0] by [[Bajusz Tamás]], [[CCC]], September 12, 2017
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=66149 PyChess 0.99.1] by [[Bajusz Tamás]], [[CCC]], December 26, 2017
=External Links=
* [http://pychess.org/news/ PyChess - news]
* [http://pychess.org/about/ PyChess - Features]
* [http://pychess.org/community/ PyChess - Get Involved]
* [http://pychess.org/download/ PyChess - download]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PyChess PyChess from Wikipedia]
* [https://code.google.com/p/pychess/ pychess - pygtk chess client - Google Project Hosting]
* [https://github.com/pychess/pychess pychess/pychess · GitHub]
=References=
<references />
'''[[GUI|Up one Level]]'''
[[Category:Open Source]]
[[Category:XBoard]]
[[Category:WinBoard]]
[[Category:UCI]]
[[Category:Chess960]]
'''[[Main Page|Home]] * [[Engines]] * PyChess'''
[[FILE:PyChess Screenshot.png|border|right|thumb|link=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:PyChess_Screenshot.png|PyChess GUI <ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:PyChess_Screenshot.png PyChess screenshot] User playing [[Crafty]], from [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PyChess PyChess from Wikipedia], Source [http://pychess.org/about/ About PyChess] by Matthew Gatto, January 4, 2011.</ref> ]]
'''PyChess''',<br/>
a free, [[:Category:Open Source|open source]] [[GUI|chess GUI]] and engine, distributed under the [[Free Software Foundation#GPL|GNU Public License]], both written in [[Python]]. [[Thomas Dybdahl Ahle]] started the project in 2006, with [[Bajusz Tamás]] and [[Justin Blanchard]] contributing in the meantime <ref>[http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=61231&start=1 Re: Chess Engine Update Information: August 25, 2016] by [[Justin Blanchard]], [[CCC]], August 26, 2016</ref>. The GUI uses [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PyGTK PyGTK] and was originally developed for [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNOME GNOME], compliant with its [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNOME#Human_Interface_Guidelines Human Interface Guidelines], but runs well under all other [[Linux]] desktops, and since PyChess '''0.12 Anderssen rc4''' released in August 2015, in parts re-written to Python 3 [[Thread|threading]] <ref>[https://docs.python.org/3/library/threading.html 17.1. threading — Thread-based parallelism — Python 3.4.3 documentation]</ref>, also under [[Windows]] <ref>[http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=57302 PyChess 0.12rc4] by [[Bajusz Tamás]], [[CCC]], August 18, 2015</ref>. PyChess allows playing with the build in engine, with [[UCI]] and [[Chess Engine Communication Protocol]] compliant chess engines, or can act as online client of the [[Free Internet Chess Server]] (FICS). Further, PyChess supports many [[Chess#Variants|chess variants]].
=Chess Variants=
* [[Atomic Chess]]
* [[Capablanca Chess]]
* [[Chess960]] or Fischer Random Chess (FRC)
* [[Crazyhouse]]
* [[Makruk]], the Thai version of Chess.
* [[Losing Chess|Suicide Chess]] (Losing Chess)
: and more
=See also=
* [[Various Classifications#Acronym|Acronym]]
* [[glChess]]
* [[Python]]
=Forum Posts=
==2010 ...==
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=36140&start=2 Re: Python chess engine] by Justin Blanchard, [[CCC]], September 22, 2010
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=47566 PyChess Anderssen 0.12 beta1 released] by [[Bajusz Tamás]], [[CCC]], March 21, 2013
==2015 ...==
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=55962 PyChess - the greatest chess interface for Linux] by [[Lanzo Nazaire]], [[CCC]], April 11, 2015
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=57302 PyChess 0.12rc4] by [[Bajusz Tamás]], [[CCC]], August 18, 2015
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=57682 PyChess Anderssen 0.12 rc5] by [[Bajusz Tamás]], [[CCC]], Sepember 17, 2015
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=58036 PyChess Anderssen 0.12 released] by [[Bajusz Tamás]], [[CCC]], October 24, 2015
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=58508 PyChess Anderssen 0.12.1 released] by [[Bajusz Tamás]], [[CCC]], December 07, 2015
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=59115 PyChess Anderssen 0.12.2 released] by [[Bajusz Tamás]], [[CCC]], January 31, 2016
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=60146 Pychess built in engine infos?] by [[Günther Simon]], [[CCC]], May 12, 2016
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=60595 PyChess 0.12.4] by [[Bajusz Tamás]], [[CCC]], June 25, 2016
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=65147 PyChess 0.99.0] by [[Bajusz Tamás]], [[CCC]], September 12, 2017
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=66149 PyChess 0.99.1] by [[Bajusz Tamás]], [[CCC]], December 26, 2017
=External Links=
* [http://pychess.org/news/ PyChess - news]
* [http://pychess.org/about/ PyChess - Features]
* [http://pychess.org/community/ PyChess - Get Involved]
* [http://pychess.org/download/ PyChess - download]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PyChess PyChess from Wikipedia]
* [https://code.google.com/p/pychess/ pychess - pygtk chess client - Google Project Hosting]
* [https://github.com/pychess/pychess pychess/pychess · GitHub]
=References=
<references />
'''[[GUI|Up one Level]]'''
[[Category:Open Source]]
[[Category:XBoard]]
[[Category:WinBoard]]
[[Category:UCI]]
[[Category:Chess960]]
