diff --git a/maintainers/maintainer-list.nix b/maintainers/maintainer-list.nix
index aba4884b9eef..2e1efa65be99 100644
--- a/maintainers/maintainer-list.nix
+++ b/maintainers/maintainer-list.nix
@@ -10006,6 +10006,12 @@
       fingerprint = "6F8A 18AE 4101 103F 3C54  24B9 6AA2 3A11 93B7 064B";
     }];
   };
+  smancill = {
+    email = "smancill@smancill.dev";
+    github = "smancill";
+    githubId = 238528;
+    name = "Sebastián Mancilla";
+  };
   smaret = {
     email = "sebastien.maret@icloud.com";
     github = "smaret";
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/chess/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/chess/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..baef04eab5b5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/chess/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, python
+, pythonOlder
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "chess";
+  version = "1.6.1";
+
+  disabled = pythonOlder "3.7";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "niklasf";
+    repo = "python-${pname}";
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    sha256 = "sha256-2pyABmr6q1Y2/ivtvMYqRHE2Zjlyz2QO0us0w4l2HQM=";
+  };
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [ "chess" ];
+
+  checkPhase = ''
+    ${python.interpreter} ./test.py -v
+  '';
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "A chess library for Python, with move generation, move validation, and support for common formats";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/niklasf/python-chess";
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ smancill ];
+    license = licenses.gpl3Plus;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index e705d5093201..651e2406d18c 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -1427,6 +1427,8 @@ in {
 
   cherrypy = callPackage ../development/python-modules/cherrypy { };
 
+  chess = callPackage ../development/python-modules/chess { };
+
   chevron = callPackage ../development/python-modules/chevron { };
 
   chiabip158 = callPackage ../development/python-modules/chiabip158 { };