Answers.Body: <p>There <a href="https://www.chessprogramming.org/Category:Python" rel="nofollow noreferrer">are</a>, but none of them are top engines.</p>
  
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Answers.Text: Which doesn't surprise since Python wasn't invented for speed, and speed is very critical. (Judging from my own experience with Python vs FORTRAN, "same" code, C++ might have a speed factor of 10 advantage.)
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Body: <p>Are there any open-source chess engines that are written in primarily or fully in python? For example, Stockfish is written in primarily C++.</p>
  
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Title: Chess engine in python
ThreadText: # Chess engine in python
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2021-12-06)
  
  Are there any open-source chess engines that are written in primarily or fully in python? For example, Stockfish is written in primarily C++.
  
  **Tags:** engines, python, development, open-source
  
  
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  ### Answer by username_1 on 2021-12-07. Score: 2
  
  There [are](https://www.chessprogramming.org/Category:Python), but none of them are top engines.
  
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  > **username_2**: Which doesn't surprise since Python wasn't invented for speed, and speed is very critical. (Judging from my own experience with Python vs FORTRAN, "same" code, C++ might have a speed factor of 10 advantage.)  
  
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