README.md

Sawtooth - Chess Bot

An attempt to learn how chess engines work

I've known about chess since I was a little kid, but up until recently I never played it. It's a fascinating game with limitless possibilities for creativity and strategy.

I discovered the world of chess engines and chess bot competitions - I want to participate. Although machine learning will provide much more depth, Sawtooth uses alpha-beta pruning in a minmax search to find its moves. I'm using Python, which is arguably slower than other options, but it's easy for me to pickup and be productive with.

Run the bot

First install the required packages in your desired Python environment with pip: pip install -r reqs.txt

Then run Sawtooth in the command line by using: python Sawtooth.py

TODO

• Connect to Lichess API
• Design and build Qt GUI
  • Add send/accept challenge functionality
  • Display current match data
  • Dispaly Lichess data (opponent name, ELO, etc.)
• Optimization
  • Move ordering
  • Probably many other things lmao