This is a simple command line chess game. Run it with
$ python3 chess.py MODE [COLOR]
where MODE is either human or computer. The human mode is a normal two-player chess game, whereas the computer mode pits you
against an AI player. When choosing the computer mode, there is an option to specify which color (white or black) you would like to use.
During play, moves should be entered in standard algebraic notation. When a
game ends, it can be saved in PGN format.
The AI used by the computer mode can be changed by modifying the ai_module variable at the beginning of chess.py. This variable
should be set to the name of a Python file (without the ".py") that implements the get_move(game) function, which should take in the
current Game object and return a string representing a move in algebraic notation. For examples, see minimax_ai.py, a simple AI that
uses depth-limited minimax with alpha-beta pruning, and sf_wrapper.py, a wrapper for the popular chess engine Stockfish.
Note that to use the latter, you will need to download Stockfish and place stockfish_10_x32 in the same directory as sf_wrapper.py.
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