# Stockfish
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Implements an easy-to-use Stockfish class to integrates the Stockfish chess engine with Python.
## Install
```bash
$ pip install stockfish
```
## Features
- set current position
- get best move
## Usage
```python
from stockfish import Stockfish
# you should install the stockfish engine in your operating system globally or specify path to binary file in class constructor
stockfish = Stockfish('/Users/zhelyabuzhsky/Work/stockfish/stockfish-9-64')
# set position by moves:
stockfish.set_position(['e2e4', 'e7e6'])
# set position by FEN:
stockfish.set_fen_position("rnbqkbnr/pppp1ppp/4p3/8/4P3/8/PPPP1PPP/RNBQKBNR w KQkq - 0 2")
print(stockfish.get_best_move()) # d2d4
print(stockfish.is_move_correct('a2a3')) # True
# get last move info:
print(stockfish.info)
# e.g. 'info depth 2 seldepth 3 multipv 1 score mate -1 nodes 11 nps 5500 tbhits 0 time 2 pv h2g1 h4g3'
```
## Testing
```bash
$ python setup.py test
```
## Security
If you discover any security related issues, please email zhelyabuzhsky@icloud.com instead of using the issue tracker.
## Credits
- [Ilya Zhelyabuzhsky](https://github.com/zhelyabuzhsky)
- [All Contributors](../../contributors)
## License
GNU General Public License, version 3. Please see [License File](LICENSE) for more information.