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+{
+  lib,
+  rustPlatform,
+  fetchFromGitHub,
+  unstableGitUpdater,
+}:
+
+rustPlatform.buildRustPackage {
+  pname = "apery";
+  version = "2.1.0-unstable-2024-06-23";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "HiraokaTakuya";
+    # Successor of C++ implementation
+    # https://github.com/HiraokaTakuya/apery/blob/d14471fc879062bfabbd181eaa91e90c7cc28a71/Readme.txt#L3-L4
+    repo = "apery_rust";
+    rev = "8e64bc427bff033a38f1b60b9013ad2d62f88db7";
+    hash = "sha256-Y8IBZISutXNgbuc7/qhNoiwYDCP6M9ukhu48t3oZM18=";
+    # The submodule includes evaluation files for the installCheckPhase
+    fetchSubmodules = true;
+  };
+
+  cargoHash = "sha256-xaQ83WKXKSAFRSKzaTFnM2lklGLCJG+i7wa8a+KNR/I=";
+
+  checkFlags = [
+    "--skip=movegen"
+  ];
+
+  doInstallCheck = true;
+  installCheckPhase = ''
+    runHook preInstallCheck
+
+    usi_command='isready
+    go byoyomi 1000
+    wait'
+    usi_output="$("$out/bin/apery" <<< "$usi_command")"
+    [[ "$usi_output" == *'bestmove'* ]]
+
+    runHook postInstallCheck
+  '';
+
+  passthru.updateScript = unstableGitUpdater {
+    tagPrefix = "v";
+    branch = "master";
+  };
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "USI shogi engine";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/HiraokaTakuya/apery_rust";
+    license = lib.licenses.gpl3Only;
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [
+      kachick
+    ];
+    mainProgram = "apery";
+  };
+}