{"repo":"Cqsi/lichs","free":true,"listed":false,"github":"https://github.com/Cqsi/lichs","clone":"git clone https://github.com/Cqsi/lichs.git","description":"♟ Play chess against real players in your terminal using Lichess","language":"Python","stars":124,"topics":["chess","lichess","terminal","lichess-api"],"license":"MIT","category":"cli-tools","readme_excerpt":"Lichs (Lichess in the Terminal) Info and requirements Uses Lichess, which means that you need to have a Lichess account Only Classical and Rapid games because the Lichess API doesn't allow anything else This program uses SAN)-notation, see the Important-section. Lichs uses the Lichess API (more exactly berserk) to make it possible for you to play against other real players directly in the terminal on Lichess servers. If you like this project, be sure to also check out Nick Zuber's Chs-project, since it was his project that inspired me to do this in the first place. Installation This package is available on PyPi, therefore just run: and the program will be installed. The next step is to generate a personal API-key. How to generate a personal API token 1. Create a Lichess API token, log into Lichess if necessary 2. Click the button Submit in the lower right corner 3. Copy the token shown in the brown box 4. Jump into your terminal and write lichs (put your API token instead of ) and run the command. To get this clear, an example would have been lichs lzRceo5XOUND74Lm . You should then see a message to confirm that the API token has been saved. Usage You start playing by typing the command lichs into your terminal: That will take you to the intro screen: That should be pretty self-explanatory, you basically choose between Rapid and Classical (the Lichess API doesn't support anything else) by entering either 1 or 2. The timing of the games is also listed there; Rapid is 10min and","default_branch":null,"files":null,"tree":[],"storefront":"/r/Cqsi","claimed":false,"request_supported":{"post":"https://gitbuyer.com/r/Cqsi/lichs/request-supported","requests":0},"note":"indexed from public GitHub; nothing is for sale on this page. Clone it from GitHub. Paid listings live at /search."}