Bug#889902: RFP: lucaschess -- Lucas Chess is a GUI of chess to learn to play chess and to pay chess against engines

[Bas Zoetekouw <bas@debian.org>]

Package: wnpp
Severity: wishlist

* Package name    : lucaschess
  Version         : 11.05
  Upstream Author : Lucas Monge <lukasmonk@gmail.com>
* URL             : https://lucaschess.pythonanywhere.com/
* License         : GPL
  Programming Lang: Python, C
  Description     : Lucas Chess is a GUI of chess to learn to play chess and to pay chess against engines

Play:

The program has 40 engines prepared to play from the start, and with
very different levels, from 0 to 3300 elo.

This list of engines is not closed and you can add other ones with the
only limitation that they use the UCI protocol.

The game can be set, limiting the depth of analysis of the motor or
the time used to think, or by modifying the way in which it decides.
You can also choose the opening, or start in a certain position, or
that the engine uses a book of openings or more or less aid.

Younger children will be able to begin their apprenticeship with
special engines that know little more than moving the pieces, and this
will enable them to win against the engines from the very beginning.


Train:

You have an extensive list of trainings with which to try to improve your chess:
 - Training positions
 - Play like a grandmaster
 - Training mates
 - Find best move
 - Resistance Test
 - Your daily test
 - Learn tactics by repetition
 - Learn openings by repetition
 - Training with a book
 - Long-term trainings
      - Training on a map
      - Transsiberian Railway
      - Expeditions to the Everest
      - Turn on the lights
      - The Washing Machine
 - Resources for zebras
      - Check your memory on a chessboard
      - Find all moves
      - Becoming a knight tamer
      - Moves between two positions
      - Determine your calculating power
      - Learn a game
      - The board at a glance


Compete:

In Lucas Chess there are several competitions, and in two of them you
can publish the results. 

The first is a one-to-one competition against all the engines,
starting with the weakest, initially in each engine many hints are
available, and as you change level, the hints will be reduced. 

And in the second, Lucas-elo, where you can deal with all the engines
in your range of score and add or subtract points according to the
results of the games.