Wb2UCI

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a protocol adapter by Odd Gunnar Malin to run WinBoard Engines using the Chess Engine Communication Protocol under chess GUIs supporting UCI, such as the Shredder GUI. Wb2UCI is a [|console application] running under Windows. Along with the excutable **Wb2Uci.exe**, one must place a **Wb2Uci.eng** textfile into the engine folder.
 * Wb2UCI**, (Wb2Uci, WB2UCI)

=Wb2Uci.eng= The **Wb2Uci.eng** file consists of following mandatory [|attribute–value pairs], and many more optional. code [ENGINE] Name=Name of engine Author=Name of engine author Filename=Wb2Uci.exe

[OPTIONS] Program=engine.exe code

=Engines=
 * WinBoard Engines

=GUIs=
 * UCI compatible GUIs

=See also=
 * Chess Engine Communication Protocol
 * InBetween
 * PolyGlot
 * UCI
 * UCI2WB
 * WinBoard

=Postings=

2001 ...

 * [|Help - The King; Chessbase/Fritz GUI] by John Hatcher, Winboard Forum, June 10, 2001
 * 2002**
 * [|UCI2Wb by Odd Gunnar Malin] by Matthias Gemuh, CCC, February 26, 2002 » UCI2WB
 * [|Wb2Uci from Odd Gunnar Malin is working well on Shredder5 GUI] by Carlos E.A. Drake, Winboard Forum, March 06, 2002 » Shredder GUI
 * [|The King and Wb2Uci] by Ralph Patriquin, CCC, March 19, 2002 » The King
 * [|Wb2uci question] by Jouni, Winboard Forum, April 02, 2002
 * [|Re: Fritz protocol] by Odd Gunnar Malin, Winboard Forum, April 14, 2002 » Fritz
 * [|Wb2Uci] by Odd Gunnar Malin, Winboard Forum, September 23, 2002
 * 2003**
 * [|Need help with CM 9000 and WB2UCI] by Ralph Patriquin, CCC, January 02, 2003 » Chessmaster
 * [|Wb2Uci and XP] by Chessfun, CCC, February 13, 2003
 * [|Re: Can Gandalf 5 be run under Fritz GUI as an UCI engine w/ Wb2UCI ?] by Manfred Meiler, CCC, February 18, 2003 » Gandalf
 * [|List of 31 not-working engines (Fritz-GUI, XP). Any help?] by Surak, Winboard Forum, February 20, 2003
 * [|wb2uci,eng w comments] by Mike Byrne, CCC, July 16, 2003 » Rebel
 * [|Wb2UCI and Problems with ExChess4.03a and GnuChess4.0.8] by Arturo Ochoa, Winboard Forum, July 24, 2003 » EXchess, GNU Chess
 * [|Engine Gaviota + WB2UCI in Fritz7 don,t Work pondering] by Luis Andraschnik, Winboard Forum, August 15, 2003 » Gaviota
 * 2004**
 * [|Crafty 19.08 SE 2004 released ...] by Michael Byrne, Winboard Forum, January 01, 2004 » Crafty
 * [|The King's Wb2UCI file] by Darren Rushton, CCC, January 10, 2004 » The King
 * [|GLC and others when using wb2uci] by Odd Gunnar Malin, Winboard Forum, August 03, 2004 » Green Light Chess

2005 ...

 * [|To Odd-Gunnar Malin: Bug in WB2UCI-adaptor] by Franz Huber, CCC, January 23, 2005
 * [|Re: New Wb2Uci 1.3 B21] by Odd Gunnar Malin, CCC, June 16, 2005
 * [|Where is the latest wb2uci.exe file available from?] by Graham Banks, CCC, April 12, 2007
 * [|UCI protocol in winboard] by Engin Üstün, Winboard Forum, September 24, 2009 » Chess Engine Communication Protocol, UCI, WinBoard

2010 ...

 * [|n/s speed of search through Wb2Uci - need some clarification] by Martin Thoresen, CCC, February 01, 2010
 * [|Need help reading Arena debug and wb2uci logfiles] by Adam Hair, CCC, June 19, 2011
 * [|wb2uci adaptor,where can I get it? please!] by markchessman, CCC, February 15, 2013
 * [|WB2UCI for Java executable chess engines too?] by Norbert Raimund Leisner, CCC, February 14, 2014
 * [|WB2UCI.EXE adapter] by Jim Logan, CCC, July 08, 2014

2015 ...

 * [|wb2uci adapter - different results with different versions] by Wilhelm Hudetz, CCC, January 20, 2016
 * [|WB2UCI] by Brendan J. Norman, CCC, July 05, 2016

=External Links=
 * [|Winboard as UCI engine] by Odd Gunnar Malin, hosted by the [|WaybackMachine]
 * [|Adam's Computer Chess Pages: Computer Chess Utility Programs - WB2UCI] by Adam Hair
 * [|Le Système du Suisse] has wbconf07.zip with approximately 300 Wb2Uci.eng files
 * [|Crafty Chess Interface / Wiki / wb2uci with multiple engines]

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