code: def read_description():
      
      with open(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), "README.rst"), encoding="utf-8") as f:
          description = f.read()
  
      # Link to the documentation of the specific version.
      description = description.replace(
          "//python-chess.readthedocs.io/en/latest/",
          "//python-chess.readthedocs.io/en/v{}/".format(chess.__version__))
  
      # Use documentation badge for the specific version.
      description = description.replace(
          "//readthedocs.org/projects/python-chess/badge/?version=latest",
          "//readthedocs.org/projects/python-chess/badge/?version=v{}".format(chess.__version__))
  
      # Show Travis CI build status of the concrete version.
      description = description.replace(
          "//travis-ci.org/niklasf/python-chess.svg?branch=master",
          "//travis-ci.org/niklasf/python-chess.svg?branch=v{}".format(chess.__version__))
  
      # Show Appveyor build status of the concrete version.
      description = description.replace(
          "/y9k3hdbm0f0nbum9/branch/master",
          "/y9k3hdbm0f0nbum9/branch/v{}".format(chess.__version__))
  
      # Remove doctest comments.
      description = re.sub(r"\s*# doctest:.*", "", description)
  
      return description
docs: Reads the description from README.rst and substitutes mentions of the
      latest version with a concrete version number.