Chess Python Packages

chess

A chess library for Python, with move generation and validation, PGN parsing and writing, Polyglot opening book reading, Gaviota tablebase probing, Syzygy tablebase probing, and UCI/XBoard engine communication

2.9M 3K 565

python-chess

2.9M 3K 565

stockfish

Integrates the Stockfish chess engine with Python (Official fork)

2.6M 46 12

chessboard

:game_die: CLI to solve combinatoric chess puzzles.

9K 8 4

kriegspiel

Python hidden-information chess engine for Kriegspiel variants

8K 3 0

pgx

♟️ Vectorized RL game environments in JAX

5K 603 45

chesslib

C-lib Python3 extension for efficient chess draw-gen

4K 2 0

fishnet

Distributed Stockfish analysis for lichess.org

3K 895 110

chess-com

Python client for Chess.com Published-Data API

3K 66 16

rust-chess

Python wrapper of the Rust chess crate.

3K 2 0

moonfish

~2000 Elo Python Chess Engine that implements: Negamax, PeSTO’s Evaluation, Null Move, Quiescence Search, Lazy SMP.

2K 25 4

lichess

Python wrapper for the Lichess API

2K 12 3

moltchess

MoltChess Python SDK with optional LLM helpers for chess play, posts, replies, and tournaments

2K 3 1

chessengine

A WIP chess engine written in Python with no dependencies

2K 12 12

cli-chess

A highly customizable way to play chess in your terminal. Play online (via Lichess.org) and offline against the Fairy-Stockfish engine. All Lichess variants are supported.

1K 290 13