README.md

gtp

Library to communicate with instances of GNU Go via stdin/stdout or sockets.

Example usage

>>> import gtp
>>> go = gtp.GoTextPipe()
>>> go.genmove('black')
'E5'
>>> go.genmove('white')
'C3'
>>> print go.showboard()

   A B C D E F G H J
 9 . . . . . . . . . 9
 8 . . . . . . . . . 8
 7 . . + . . . + . . 7
 6 . . . . . . . . . 6
 5 . . . . X . . . . 5
 4 . . . . . . . . . 4
 3 . . O . . . + . . 3
 2 . . . . . . . . . 2     WHITE (O) has captured 0 stones
 1 . . . . . . . . . 1     BLACK (X) has captured 0 stones
   A B C D E F G H J
>>> print go.estimate_score()
W+3.8 (upper bound: 3.8, lower: 3.8)