Python Easy Chess GUI

[Ferdy]

Version 1.0 is released at https://github.com/fsmosca/Python-Easy- ... s/tag/v1.0

[dannyb]

thank you Ferdinand for this release. I used it a bit in june when you first released it and really liked it. Looking forward to see what are the changes in this new version.

[Ovyron]

I was wondering if it'd be possible to make Python Easy Chess GUI accessible from a web page? chessdb.cn/queryc_en/ has shown that you don't need to download or install anything, you go there and it works, and works well.

ChessDB looks to me like "the future" and I dream of a day where people don't need to install Chess GUIs or engines in their system anymore, they go to a webpage like that and they can use the engines directly from their browser (maybe even from other people's computers?! Imagine someone from their mobile accessing someone's 40cores machine), and if this is going to happen I wonder who will do it first.

[JohnWoe]

Great work!
I tried to play on it Sapeli. After installing tons of stuff I got into this.

[Ferdy]

Great work!
I tried to play on it Sapeli. After installing tons of stuff I got into this.

What OS do you use? This GUI is powered by python-chess to run the engine. Could you post the relevant log?


On windows 7 using gui exe file, it worked just fine.

[Ferdy]

I was wondering if it'd be possible to make Python Easy Chess GUI accessible from a web page? chessdb.cn/queryc_en/ has shown that you don't need to download or install anything, you go there and it works, and works well.

PECG is based from PySimpleGUI and there is PySimpleGUIWeb, perhaps it is possible to make it run in a web page. But have not researched it deeply yet. But I can query ChessDB and show it in the GUI. I did try it before and it worked. After v1.0, its GUI design will be revised as analysis mode and other stuff will be added.

ChessDB looks to me like "the future" and I dream of a day where people don't need to install Chess GUIs or engines in their system anymore, they go to a webpage like that and they can use the engines directly from their browser (maybe even from other people's computers?! Imagine someone from their mobile accessing someone's 40cores machine), and if this is going to happen I wonder who will do it first.

A user on mobile accessing more powerful remote computer was already done by chess for android, droidfish and chess repertoire manager, perhaps there are others.

[JohnWoe]

OS on this comp:

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NAME="Ubuntu"
VERSION="18.04.3 LTS (Bionic Beaver)"
ID=ubuntu
ID_LIKE=debian
PRETTY_NAME="Ubuntu 18.04.3 LTS"
VERSION_ID="18.04"
HOME_URL="https://www.ubuntu.com/"
SUPPORT_URL="https://help.ubuntu.com/"
BUG_REPORT_URL="https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/"
PRIVACY_POLICY_URL="https://www.ubuntu.com/legal/terms-and-policies/privacy-policy"
VERSION_CODENAME=bionic
UBUNTU_CODENAME=bionic

I needed to install tons of python stuff w/ pip3.
Then run python3 that GUI.

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python3 python_easy_chess_gui.py

It barely runs on Linux.
This experience reminds why I abandoned my GUI project for Sapeli

This is the error log:

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2019-10-14 08:41:15,635 :: play_game :: line: 2126 :: WARNING :: GUI book is missing.
2019-10-14 08:41:15,636 :: run :: line: 450 :: ERROR :: Failed to start sapeli.
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "python_easy_chess_gui.py", line 443, in run
    creationflags=subprocess.CREATE_NO_WINDOW)
AttributeError: module 'subprocess' has no attribute 'CREATE_NO_WINDOW'
2019-10-14 08:41:15,740 :: update_text_box :: line: 1249 :: ERROR :: Engine sent None.
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "python_easy_chess_gui.py", line 1247, in update_text_box
    best_move = chess.Move.from_uci(msg.split()[1])
  File "/home/comp/.local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/chess/__init__.py", line 512, in from_uci
    from_square = SQUARE_NAMES.index(uci[0:2])
ValueError: 'No' is not in list
2019-10-14 08:41:23,070 :: play_game :: line: 2235 :: INFO :: engine msg: bestmove None
2019-10-14 08:41:23,071 :: quit_engine :: line: 597 :: INFO :: quit engine
2019-10-14 08:41:23,071 :: quit_engine :: line: 601 :: INFO :: AttributeError, self.engine is already None
2019-10-14 08:41:23,071 :: play_game :: line: 2322 :: INFO :: Saving game automatically
2019-10-14 08:41:27,097 :: main_loop :: line: 2566 :: INFO :: Quit app from main loop, X is pressed.

I tried Sapeli on Pychess.

PyChess vs Sapeli 1.53. Normal chess.


PyChess vs Sapeli 1.53. Chess960.


Sapeli also supports KOTH but PyChess doesn't recognize it. Can't play matches etc.

[Ferdy]

OS on this comp:

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NAME="Ubuntu"
VERSION="18.04.3 LTS (Bionic Beaver)"
ID=ubuntu
ID_LIKE=debian
PRETTY_NAME="Ubuntu 18.04.3 LTS"
VERSION_ID="18.04"
HOME_URL="https://www.ubuntu.com/"
SUPPORT_URL="https://help.ubuntu.com/"
BUG_REPORT_URL="https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/"
PRIVACY_POLICY_URL="https://www.ubuntu.com/legal/terms-and-policies/privacy-policy"
VERSION_CODENAME=bionic
UBUNTU_CODENAME=bionic

I needed to install tons of python stuff w/ pip3.
Then run python3 that GUI.

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python3 python_easy_chess_gui.py

It barely runs on Linux.
This experience reminds why I abandoned my GUI project for Sapeli

This is the error log:

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2019-10-14 08:41:15,635 :: play_game :: line: 2126 :: WARNING :: GUI book is missing.
2019-10-14 08:41:15,636 :: run :: line: 450 :: ERROR :: Failed to start sapeli.
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "python_easy_chess_gui.py", line 443, in run
    creationflags=subprocess.CREATE_NO_WINDOW)
AttributeError: module 'subprocess' has no attribute 'CREATE_NO_WINDOW'
2019-10-14 08:41:15,740 :: update_text_box :: line: 1249 :: ERROR :: Engine sent None.
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "python_easy_chess_gui.py", line 1247, in update_text_box
    best_move = chess.Move.from_uci(msg.split()[1])
  File "/home/comp/.local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/chess/__init__.py", line 512, in from_uci
    from_square = SQUARE_NAMES.index(uci[0:2])
ValueError: 'No' is not in list
2019-10-14 08:41:23,070 :: play_game :: line: 2235 :: INFO :: engine msg: bestmove None
2019-10-14 08:41:23,071 :: quit_engine :: line: 597 :: INFO :: quit engine
2019-10-14 08:41:23,071 :: quit_engine :: line: 601 :: INFO :: AttributeError, self.engine is already None
2019-10-14 08:41:23,071 :: play_game :: line: 2322 :: INFO :: Saving game automatically
2019-10-14 08:41:27,097 :: main_loop :: line: 2566 :: INFO :: Quit app from main loop, X is pressed.

One issue is this.

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "python_easy_chess_gui.py", line 443, in run
creationflags=subprocess.CREATE_NO_WINDOW)
AttributeError: module 'subprocess' has no attribute 'CREATE_NO_WINDOW'

It seems like your python is below 3.7.

PECG is designed for Python 3.7 and up, see other requirements at https://github.com/fsmosca/Python-Easy-Chess-GUI.

[PeterO]

Hi Ferdy,

Can you PLEAAAAAAAAASE add THIS to your GUI

https://github.com/domschl/python-mchess

If you implement this, we can play the UCI engines on a beautiful wooden chessboard!

https://computerchess.com/chesslink/

No other GUI can do this!

Peter

[gotzmann]

I've downloaded PEC GUI this evening and just have played the very first game with my pet engine. Fantastic! It took me less than hour to learn the interface and how to connect to it with thin UCI layer. Really glad I've found this piece of beauty Really love it's minimalistic design.