steffenkeller/lichess-bot

A simple lichess.org chess bot implementing the Stockfish 11 chess engine in a Node.js environment

lichess-bot

A simple lichess.org chess bot implementing the Stockfish 11 chess engine in a Node.js environment. The bot is accepting blitz and rapid challenges and is capable of independently challenging other bots.

How to get started

1. Install dependencies with npm install
2. Update the config.js file with your API key and the lowercase (!) player name of the bot
3. Run npm start

Features

• If CHALLANGE_RANDOM_BOTS is set to true, the bot will regularly fetch online bots and challenge a random bot. The online bots are cached in the bots.json file.
• Received chat messages will be logged in the chat.txt file.
• The engine depth may be adjusted using the ENGINE_DEPTH config variable.
• The maximum number of simultaneous games can be set with the MAX_ACTIVE_GAMES config variable.

Rating

The lichess bot BufferUnderflow achieved a Blitz rating of 2200 and a Rapid rating of 2500