ygz213 / qthess

GUI to play chess, study openings, analyze games etc. (planned)

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Qthess

Qthess will be a chess GUI to play chess against engines, study openings, analyze games etc. I'm learning PyQt6 and I will try to develop Qthess as far as I can.

Requirements

• Python 3.6.1 and above
• PyQt6 module

Installation

1. Download source code from Releases page.
2. Unzip source code.
3. Run <source_code_folder>/main.py

Contribution

You are totally free to send a pull request or open an issue.

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Credits

• PNGWing for black and white pawns and Qt logo
• Eric Bentzen for piece set

License

Qthess uses GPLv3-licensed PyQt6 module (by Riverbank Computing Limited) and all Qthess files are released under GPLv3.

qthess's Issues

New board themes and piece sets

Describe the feature you want

Add new board themes and piece sets to make app customizable

Pieces does not appear

Versions

Qthess: Latest (source code)

Python: 3.12.3

Is the bug a crash?

No

Describe the bug

Pieces does not appear if you don't run main.py from source code folder

Steps to occur the bug

1. In command prompt, change directory to anywhere except source code folder
2. Run main.py