Chess Search App (UNFINISHED)

A simple search engine that allow searching for chess games based on queries about opening names & opening moves. Built with Python 3.10 and python-chess.

Usage

How To Run: Install requirements, then run chessSearch.py.
Main Features:
- Search by Opening Name: Search by querying the name of an opening (e.g. “Queen Gambit”). Casing does not matter.
- Search by Opening Moves: Search by querying opening plies (up to the first 3 moves / 6 plies) (e.g. “e4 e5 Ke2”). No move number necessary.
- Output: Top 20(?) results, sorted by most recent games by default.
Data Source: Data was taken from lichess‘s database. A total of 121,332 games from Jan 2013 were analyzed.

Technologies Used

Name	Description
Python 3.10	Main development language.
python-chess 1.7.0	Library for handling .pgn files.
nltk 3.6.5	Library for natural language processing (tokenizing, stemming).
PyQt (planned)	Framework for building GUI with Python.