Verdgil / uci-gui

Web based GUI for UCI chess engine

Web based GUI for UCI chess engine

A simple web based GUI to play versus my engine BBC. You can replace BBC with whatever UCI chess engine and get the same result!

PLAY ONLINE

Features

• online play
• opening book in text format (from TSCP chess engine)
• flip board
• force computer move
• fixed time mode
• fixed depth mode
• set FEN
• download PGN

Used packages

• Flask (minimalist WEB framework)
• python-chess (chess library to communicate with engine over UCI protocol)
• chessboardjs (chess board widget)
• chessjs (chess library to keep track of the game state in the UI)

How to run it locally

• install Python 3.6 or higher
• install flask via "pip install flask"
• install python chess via "pip install python-chess"
• clone repo, cd into /src and run command "python app.py"
• open browser, navigate to "localhost:5000"

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