`ChessInterface`

In addition to the methods and attributes described in the overview, this object provides the methods below.

Methods

Method	Description
`ChessInterface.check_move(move)`	`move` is a string formatted in SAN. Returns `True` if `move` is a valid move given the current game state, else `False`.
`ChessInterface.make_pseudo_move(state, move)`	`state` is a `ChessGameState` object and `move` is a string formatted in SAN. Returns the new `ChessGameState` that results if you played `move` on `state`. Returns `None` if the move is invalid. Note that on the returned state the values for `ChessGameState.clocks` will be -1.

Examples

class Algo:

    # ...

    def take_turn(self, state: ChessGameState, interface: ChessInterface):
        interface.log(state.board['a4':'h1'])
        # >    ------------------------
        #   4 │ ·  ·  ·  ·  ·  ·  ·  · │
        #   3 │ ·  ·  ·  ·  ·  ·  ·  · │
        #   2 │ P  P  P  P  P  P  P  P │
        #   1 │ R  N  B  Q  K  B  N  R │
        #      ------------------------
        #       a  b  c  d  e  f  g  h

        is_valid = interface.check_move('d4')
        interface.log(is_valid)
        # > True

        new_state = interface.make_pseudo_move(state, 'd4')
        interface.log(new_state.board['a4':'h1'])
        # >    ------------------------
        #   4 │ ·  ·  ·  P  ·  ·  ·  · │
        #   3 │ ·  ·  ·  ·  ·  ·  ·  · │
        #   2 │ P  P  P  ·  P  P  P  P │
        #   1 │ R  N  B  Q  K  B  N  R │
        #      ------------------------
        #       a  b  c  d  e  f  g  h


        # the returned state will be None if the move was invalid
        new_state = interface.make_pseudo_move(state, 'a6')
        interface.log(new_state)
        # > None