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niklasf/python-chess

Pythonpython-chess.readthedocs.io/en/latest/

A chess library for Python, with move generation and validation, PGN parsing and writing, Polyglot opening book reading, Gaviota tablebase probing, Syzygy tablebase probing, and UCI/XBoard engine communication

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