PyChessBot

PyChessBot is a chess bot written in Python for Windows only.

Disclaimer

I do NOT endorse any sort of cheating. This program should be used for educational purposes only, or against offline bots.

Installing

Clone the repository or download the zip file from GitHub
Install dependencies:
```
  pip install -r requirements.txt
```
Download a chess engine of your choice | Stockfish 13
Extract the zip, and create a folder called "bin" in the root program folder
Rename the engine executable to "engine.exe"
Place the renamed executable in the "bin" folder
Run the program:
```
  cd PyChessBot
  python main.py
```
Or alternatively double click start.bat

Usage

Toggle between play as white and play as black mode
Select the boundaries of the board on the screen by long clicking the top-left corner until indicated by the message box, and repeat for the bottom-right corner.
The bot will start playing after the start button is pressed
Click on the CTRL key to pause the bot

Notes

Do NOT move the mouse while the bot is playing, or move any window over the board.
Make the colors of the board different from the colors of the pieces
If you can, turn off piece animations
The sliders currently don't work yet
The bot assumes that the opponent always promotes to a queen, so it WILL malfunction if they promote to something else
The bot can promote to other pieces, but only on chess.com and lichess.org

Citation

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