Pychess (server)
| File:Pychess ms-icon-310x310.png The logo of Pychess, featuring a Xiangqi piece (Elephant)] | |
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Type of site | Internet chess server |
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| Available in | English, others[note 1] |
| Created by | Bajusz Tamás |
| Website | pychess.org |
| Registration | Optional |
| Launched | 19 April 2019 (7 years ago) |
| Current status | Active |
| Native client(s) on | Web |
| Written in | Python, TypeScript, HTML and CSS[1] |
Pychess is a chess variant server[2], an Internet chess server designed to play a growing list of chess variants. Users of the site can play online chess anonymously or use a Lichess account to login and play rated games. Features include chess variants (but also standard chess), chess puzzles, computer analysis, and tournaments (called 'arenas'). Pychess is free and open-source, ad-free, and all the features are available for free, as the site is funded by donations from patrons.
History
Pychess was created by Hungarian programmer and Lichess user Bajusz Tamás (gbtami) in 2018-2019, building on several independent contributions.[3]
On 19 April 2019, the Pychess-Variants server was published on GitHub and a few days later, on 23 April 2019, an announcement was posted on the Lichess forum. [4]
Current Variants
Currently supported chess variants are Makruk, Makpong, Ouk Chaktrang, Sittuyin, ASEAN Chess, Shogi, Minishogi, Kyoto shogi, Dobutsu shogi, Gorogoro+ shogi, Tori shogi, Cannon shogi, Xiangqi, Manchu, Janggi, Minixiangqi, Placement, Crazyhouse, Atomic, Three check, King of the Hill, Racing Kings, Antichess, Horde, Duck chess, Alice chess, Fog of War, Shatranj, S-chess, Capablanca, Grand, Shako, Shogun, Mansindam, Orda, Khan's chess, Synochess, Hoppel-Poppel, Shinobi+, Empire, Orda Mirror, Chak, Chennis, Spartan chess, S-house (S-chess+Crazyhouse), Capahouse (Capablanca+Crazyhouse), Grandhouse (Grand+Crazyhouse), Dragon chess, Ataxx, and standard Chess.[5]
See also
Notes
- ↑ Portions of the website have been translated to 17 languages.
References
- ↑ Bajusz, Tamás. "README". GitHub. Retrieved 28 December 2024.
- ↑ Fichter, Fabian. "Fairy-Stockfish online". Retrieved 31 July 2025.
- ↑ Bajusz, Tamás. "Pychess History". Retrieved 28 December 2024.
- ↑ Bajusz, Tamás (21 July 2019). "Pychess Announcement". Retrieved 28 December 2024.
- ↑ "The Pychess Tag". Retrieved 31 July 2025.
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