UCI AI Club Chess
Press the green "Code" button and click "Download ZIP".
Save the folder to your computer, and extract the contents.
Open a Terminal (OSX/LINUX) or CMD (WINDOWS) and follow the below instructions.
We have provided a requirements.txt for you to setup your python environment.
Python Latest Version Download: https://www.python.org/downloads/
Change directories to chess folder.
cd /path/to/chess/folder/
First off, create your virtual environment by entering the commands below...
Install virtual environment tool:
pip3 install virtualenv
Create and activate virtual environment:
python3 -m venv chessenv
source chessenv/bin/activate
pip3 install -r requirements.txt
Install virtual environment tool:
pip3 install --user virtualenv
Create and activate virtual environment:
py -m venv chessenv
chessenv\Scripts\activate.bat
pip3 install -r requirements.txt
Once you have got your venv activated, run the following command:
python3 chess.py
chess.py
Note: The Minimax AI will not work until you complete the code outlined in the video. But, you should try playing against the random AI to make sure that everything works.
If you have a powerful computer, try upping the depth parameter of the minimax algorithm. To do this, navigate to the "chess.py" file in the project directory, and locate the function named determine_move. Once there, you can increase the number to be greater than 3. I started getting recursion errors when I went past 100, so I would recommend that you stay below that threshold.