daniel-moulton/pyChess

Prototyping of a chess game with an inbuilt engine

PyChess - A Chess AI Prototype

This project is a simple chess game implemented in Python using Tkinter, acting as a prototype for my disseration project on the development of a chess AI.

Table of Contents

• About
  • Features
• Installation
• Usage
• Issues

About

This project is a simple chess game implemented in Python using Tkinter.

Features

• Two-player local multiplayer
• Checkmate detection
• Single-player mode against a computer AI
• Castling
• En passant
• Pawn promotion
• Draw detection

Installation

1. Clone the repository.
2. Navigate to the project root.
3. Install the required dependencies for the project:

pip install -r requirements.txt

Usage

1. Make sure you have installed all the required dependencies.
2. Run the project using the following command:

python3 main.py

Issues

If you find any issues or bugs, please report them here.