A ~2000 Elo Python Chess Engine
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A user shared a ~2000 Elo Python chess engine on GitHub, receiving a positive response from the community, with the single comment praising the engine's strength relative to its simplicity.
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Qem
3 months ago
If the ~2000 Elo rating is running under CPython, I wonder how much would it achieve running under PyPy.
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