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+## Hedgecode ChessHog
+
+### Description
+
+Hedgecode ChessHog is a chess project that includes modules with different functionality, such as:
+
+* own internal format for the presentation of chess games and positions, which makes
+  it possible to use this project as API library for various chess Java applications;
+* ability to work with various formats of chess games and diagrams (e.g. PGN, FEN),
+  including the functionality of generating chess positions in ASCII format,
+  as well as Wikipedia format;
+* provide full functionality for working with UCI (Universal Chess Interface) protocol,
+  which allows both connecting external UCI engines and developing your own
+  using API of UCI module with a set of necessary interfaces described in it;
+* building chess diagrams in the form of images with a diverse set of chess pieces;
+* ability to record chess games and positions in the form of a QR code,
+  as well as recognition of this chess QR code.
+
+### Links
+
+Below are links to the project description pages:
+- [ENG](https://lib.hedgecode.org/chesshog/)
+- [RUS](https://lib.hedgecode.org/chesshog/ru/)
+
+Copyright © 2018–2019 [Hedgecode](https://hedgecode.org/).