diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index e568970f9..dc52c7d1f 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -15,5 +15,11 @@ target
 # docker sbt
 /?
 
-# VS Code workspace files
+# VS Code
 *.code-workspace
+.vscode/*
+!.vscode/settings.json
+!.vscode/tasks.json
+!.vscode/launch.json
+!.vscode/extensions.json
+!.vscode/*.code-snippets
diff --git a/.vscode/settings.json b/.vscode/settings.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e72490fb0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.vscode/settings.json
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+{
+  "files.watcherExclude": {
+    "**/target": true
+  }
+}
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diff --git a/Pipfile b/Pipfile
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..bdd79f6ea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Pipfile
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+[[source]]
+url = "https://pypi.org/simple"
+verify_ssl = true
+name = "pypi"
+
+[packages]
+
+[dev-packages]
+chess = "*"
+
+[requires]
+python_version = "3.12"
diff --git a/Pipfile.lock b/Pipfile.lock
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7b3680989
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Pipfile.lock
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+{
+    "_meta": {
+        "hash": {
+            "sha256": "b673e25b6f124b9b9c3f842696d39b183aa91f79f1d11abd5678d03d5f2dfc2e"
+        },
+        "pipfile-spec": 6,
+        "requires": {
+            "python_version": "3.12"
+        },
+        "sources": [
+            {
+                "name": "pypi",
+                "url": "https://pypi.org/simple",
+                "verify_ssl": true
+            }
+        ]
+    },
+    "default": {},
+    "develop": {
+        "chess": {
+            "hashes": [
+                "sha256:48ff7c084a370811819cfc753c2ee159942356ada70824666bd01ee3fca170d0",
+                "sha256:bccde105f54aa436e899f92b4ba953731c65012a863fd9235683d0e2863ccd54"
+            ],
+            "index": "pypi",
+            "markers": "python_version >= '3.7'",
+            "version": "==1.10.0"
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 6571a7f7b..c09a6d988 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -42,3 +42,8 @@ To run benchmarks for a specific class:
 To run [scalafmt](https://scalameta.org/scalafmt/docs/installation.html) and [scalafix](https://scalacenter.github.io/scalafix):
 
     sbt prepare
+
+
+Install (python)
+-------
+For python code, [install pipenv](https://pipenv.pypa.io/en/latest/installation.html#installing-pipenv), and run `$ pipenv install` from project root.
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