main module

main.play(white: Clients.ClientInterface.ClientInterface, black: Clients.ClientInterface.ClientInterface)

Starts a game between two clients reuses a client if possible to start a new game

class Clients.ClientInterface.ClientInterface(color: bool)

Defines interface of a client

abstract get_move() → chess.engine.PlayResult

Returns next move from client

Returns

next move played by the client in the normal engine output format

abstract set_move(move: chess.engine.PlayResult) → None

Report new move to client

Parameters

move – reports move of opponent to client using normal engine output format

game_is_over() → bool

Checks if game is over

Implementations of PlayerClientInterface can choose to extend this method to display the result, accept resignation or accept draw offers

Returns

Returns True iff game is over

synchronize_clocks(clock: Optional[Tuple[datetime.timedelta, datetime.timedelta]] = None) → Optional[Tuple[datetime.timedelta, datetime.timedelta]]

Synchronize clocks between two clients

Parameters

clock – Input clock from the other client (white time, black time)

Returns

return clock from current client (white time, black time) if available