I have the following fen RNBK1B1R/PPPPQPPP/5N2/3pP3/4p1p1/2n2n2/ppp2p1p/r1bkqb1r b
which is generated from a image recognition technique. This fen is based on a flipped board such that the black pieces are at the bottom. When I check the legal_moves
, seems like the trajectory of my pieces are backwards. Is there any way to control the direction of my pieces?
Here's the image of the board along with legal moves -
Quick snippet to print all legal moves -
import chess
def legalMoves(board):
legMovesDict = {}
for lm in board.legal_moves:
src, des = lm.from_square, lm.to_square
src, des = chess.square_name(src).upper(), chess.square_name(des).upper()
if src not in legMovesDict.keys():
legMovesDict[src] = [des]
else:
if des not in legMovesDict[src]:
legMovesDict[src].append(des)
# print(src, des)
return legMovesDict
board = chess.Board('RNBK1B1R/PPPPQPPP/5N2/3pP3/4p1p1/2n2n2/ppp2p1p/r1bkqb1r b')
print(legalMoves(board))
According to this answer, you can reverse the first field of the FEN notation of the board to correct for the inversion.
So, this:
fen = 'RNBK1B1R/PPPPQPPP/5N2/3pP3/4p1p1/2n2n2/ppp2p1p/r1bkqb1r b'
fields = fen.split(' ')
fields[0] = fields[0][::-1]
flipped_fen = ' '.join(fields)
board = chess.Board(flipped_fen)
print(legalMoves(board))
will produce the desired output.