Chess engine in python

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Are there any open-source chess engines that are written in primarily or fully in python? For example, Stockfish is written in primarily C++.

Allure · Accepted Answer · 2021-12-07 02:15:19Z

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There are, but none of them are top engines.

answered Dec 7, 2021 at 2:15

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Which doesn't surprise since Python wasn't invented for speed, and speed is very critical. (Judging from my own experience with Python vs FORTRAN, "same" code, C++ might have a speed factor of 10 advantage.)
– Hauke Reddmann
Dec 7, 2021 at 9:16

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