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+# Single Player Chess
+Single Player Chess is a simple webapp designed for
+playing chess, by yourself!
+
+## Prerequisites
+* [Bottle](https://bottlepy.org/docs/dev/index.html)
+* [Python3](https://www.python.org/downloads/)
+* A browser that supports cookies
+
+## Usage
+Run main.py using python3. Open [localhost:8080/](http://localhost:8080/)
+in your browser of choice. Input the move in the text field using
+[algebraic notation](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algebraic_notation_(chess)).
+Enjoy a game of chess!
+
+## Authors
+* Tibor Bizjak