An interactive tool to practice finding the best move in any given chess position.
This tool is an interactive chess trainer that lets you practice your chess understanding by loading random positions on a custom-built interactive chess board to solve. After you make your move, the software displays the loss (difference between the best engine move and your own move) and the engine evaluation of the position. It also features a live engine showing the 5 best moves for you to analyze each position in more detail. You can use the left-arrow and right-arrow keys to go back and forth between moves. To go to the next position, press the Next button. Positions can be reset to their original state by using the Reset button. Pieces are moved by first clicking on the piece you want to move and then clicking the destination square. If you want to unselect a piece, either click on the selected piece again or click on any square you cannot legally move to. Please note that you cannot move any pieces for 5 seconds after loading a new position, as the engine needs time to analyze the position to provide you with immediate feedback.
Clone this repository.
git clone https://github.com/marcohenning/chess.git
Download the open source chess engine Stockfish and move the stockfish folder into the src folder of this project.
The program can now be started by running main.py.
The positions have all been taken from the lichess.org open database, which features billions of chess games played on the lichess platform. I extracted random positions from a portion of this database and saved them in the positions directory for quick access.
chess-trainer-showcase.mp4
This software is licensed under the MIT license.