epd2doc

Embeds chess diagrams from epd file into a document.

Setup

• Install python version 3.7 or later
• Install requirements
  • pip install chess==1.9.3
  • pip install cairosvg==2.5.2
  • pip install python-docx==0.8.11
  • pip install tqdm==4.64.1

Copy the whole repository from command line with:

git clone https://github.com/fsmosca/epd2doc.git

You will get the main.py, sample epd 7men_human.epd and other files.

With requirements.txt file, you can also install the requirements with:

pip install -r requirements.txt

Command line

python main.py --epd-file 7men_human.epd --output-file sevenmen.docx --max-pos 10 --show-fen

Help

python main.py --help

See wiki.

Sample output

Input from epd file

command line

python main.py --epd-file 7men_human.epd --output-file sevenmen.docx --max-pos 10 --show-fen --show-bm --randomize-position --header "Seven-men test"

sevenmen.docx

Input from fen file

python main.py --epd-file opening.fen --output-file opening.docx --show-fen

opening.docx

Credits

• Python Chess
• Python Docx
• Cairo SVG