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 * WinBoard** is a graphical user interface for the Chess Engine Communication Protocol under the Windows operating system, also called the WinBoard protocol, initially designed by Tim Mann. Harm Geert Muller recently proposed a protocol definition, also covering Chess Variants with different board sizes.

=See also=
 * Arena
 * Chess Engine Communication Protocol
 * ChessGUI
 * CPW-Engine_com
 * Engine Testing
 * jose
 * Protocols
 * UCI
 * WinBoard Engines
 * XBoard

=Forum Posts=

1990 ...

 * [|Re: Accessing remote computers with WinBoard] by Tim Mann, gnu.chess, November 7, 1993

1995 ...

 * [|XBoard and WinBoard 3.4, patchlevel 1] by Tim Mann, rec.games.board, December 13 1995
 * [|Problems with Winboard - fix??] by Valavan Manohararajah, rgcc, June 6 1996
 * [|XBoard and WinBoard, version 3.6.0] by Tim Mann, rgc, May 09, 1997
 * [|xboard/WinBoard 4.0.0 available] by Tim Mann, rgc, June 21, 1998
 * [|WinBoard and pondering under W98] by Frank Phillips, CCC, July 28, 1999 » Pondering

2000 ...

 * [|Winboard for Dummies] by Russell Reagan, rgcc, June 30, 2001
 * [|xboard and WinBoard 4.2.4 released] by Tim Mann, gnu.chess, December 10, 2001
 * [|Winboard.debug] by David Rasmussen, CCC, December 07, 2002 » Debugging
 * [|New Winboard version 4.3.0 released] by Daniel Mehrmann, CCC, February 05, 2003
 * [|Daniel's Winboard: kibitzing?] by David Rasmussen, CCC, February 05, 2003
 * [|Kiwi for Win98 and input-reading stuff] by Alessandro Scotti, CCC, September 29, 2004 » Kiwi, Windows, C++, Thread

2005 ...

 * [|Safe I/O (repeated)] by Fabien Letouzey, Winboard Forum, February 11, 2005
 * [|A question about kibitz] by Niyaz Khasanov, Winboard Forum, February 18, 2005
 * [|CPU usage at 505 in Winboard Engine] by mjlef, Winboard Forum, July 19, 2006
 * [|WinBoard 4.3 Downloads] by Harm Geert Muller, Winboard Forum, August 23, 2008
 * [|A Basic Guide for setting up Winboard a UCI Chess Engine] by Charles Browne, Winboard Forum, 01 Nov 2008
 * [|It's a plague of Winboard engines] by Kirill Kryukov, Winboard Forum, August 20, 2009 » Time Management
 * [|UCI protocol in winboard] by Engin Üstün, Winboard Forum, September 24, 2009 » Chess Engine Communication Protocol, UCI
 * [|Adapter for non-standard chess engine to Winboard] by Carey, CCC, October 10, 2009

2010 ...

 * [|Aquarium (other GUIs too?) and WB support => I am shocked] by Miguel A. Ballicora, CCC, February 27, 2010
 * [|Multiple WinBoard installations] by Robert Pope, Winboard Forum, August 17, 2010
 * 2011**
 * [|WinBoard, exotic version] by Harm Geert Muller, CCC, January 15, 2011
 * [|WinBoard 4.5 downloads] by Harm Geert Muller, Winboard Forum, February 06, 2011
 * [|WinBoard protocol driver] by Harm Geert Muller, Winboard Forum - Chess Programming Lessons, April 30, 2011
 * [|ics command] by Matt McKnight, Winboard Forum, May 18, 2011
 * [|WinBoard 4.5.3 released] by Harm Geert Muller, CCC, October 02, 2011
 * 2012**
 * [|Winboard questions] by Günther Simon, Winboard Forum, January 26, 2012
 * [|Winboard bloated?] by tomgdrums, Rybka Forum, February 20, 2012
 * [|XBoard / WinBoard 4.6.0 released] by Harm Geert Muller, CCC, March 11, 2012
 * [|Winboard and braille display] by Olivier Deville, Winboard Forum, July 12, 2012
 * [|Winboard/Java help] by Dan Honeycutt, CCC, April 22, 2012 » Java
 * [|For HGM: Engine priority under Winboard/Polyglot] by Joost Buijs, CCC, July 16, 2012
 * [|Winboard protocol and fractional increments] by Jon Dart, CCC, September 25, 2012 » Time Management
 * 2013**
 * [|Tool to recreate PGN from winboard.debug?] by Sven Schüle, CCC, January 01, 2013 » Portable Game Notation
 * [|WinBoard 4.7.0 released (with CCT support!)] by Harm Geert Muller, CCC, February 21, 2013 » CCT15
 * [|WinBoard 4.7.2 released] by Harm Geert Muller, CCC, August 29, 2013
 * 2014**
 * [|Any WinBoard bugs I missed?] by Harm Geert Muller, CCC, September 11, 2014
 * [|for Chess-variant authors] by Harm Geert Muller, CCC, September 17, 2014
 * [|WinBoard 4.8.0 pre-release] by Harm Geert Muller, CCC, September 22, 2014
 * [|WinBoard/XBoard 4.8.0 released] by Harm Geert Muller, CCC, October 18, 2014
 * [|UCCI2WB] by Harm Geert Muller, CCC, October 27, 2014

2015 ...

 * [|Setting up engines] by Dan-the-K, Winboard Forum, October 08,2015
 * [|Winboard 4.8.0b and Amazon chess variant] by Ferdinand Mosca, CCC, December 05, 2015
 * 2016**
 * [|Engines with interfaces for slightly nerdish people] by Peter Berger, CCC, February 26, 2016
 * [|Einstein wuerfelt nicht] by Harm Geert Muller, CCC, July 03, 2016 » EinStein würfelt nicht!
 * [|Weird Windows / WinBoard behavior] by Harm Geert Muller, CCC, September 15, 2016 » Process, Windows
 * [|Winboard book settings] by Erin Dame, CCC, October 20, 2016 » Opening Book
 * [|MinGW AlphaBlend] by Harm Geert Muller, CCC, November 29, 2016 » 2D Graphics Board, Windows
 * [|Polyglot pickBest] by Dennis Sceviour, CCC, December 29, 2016 » PolyGlot
 * 2017**
 * [|Novag UCB drivers (Winboard and UCI)] by Graham O'Neill, CCC, February 24, 2017 » Novag Universal Electronic Chess Board
 * [|Winboard variants online] by Erin Dame, CCC, March 22, 2017 » Chess Variants
 * [|Winboard questions] by Ed Schroder, CCC, June 26, 2017
 * [|Winboard: Resigning?] by Rasmus Althoff, CCC, June 27, 2017
 * 2018**
 * [|about using winboard] by Uri Blass, CCC, February 25, 2018
 * [|UCI vs Winboard question] by Michael Sherwin, CCC, March 05, 2018 » UCI

=External Links= > [|Winboard/XBoard UML state diagram] by Alessandro Scotti
 * [|Chess Engine Communication Protocol] by Tim Mann & H.G. Muller
 * [|hgm.nubati.net Git - xboard.git/summary]
 * [|What is new in XBoard/WinBoard 4.9.0?] by H.G. Muller
 * [|XBoard from Wikipedia]
 * [|XBoard - GNU Project] - Free Software Foundation, also includes WinBoard
 * [|Tim Mann's Chess Pages, XBoard and WinBoard]
 * [|Tinkering with Winboard...] by Alessandro Scotti
 * [|Lyapko George's WinBoard related page] (outdated) by George Lyapko
 * [|FAQ on Winboard and Chess Engines] by Aaron Tay, hosted by Ron Murawski
 * [|What can Winboard do?] by Aaron Tay, March 01, 2002, hosted by Ron Murawski
 * [|Winboard and Chess Engines FAQ] from Ron Murawski's [|Computer-Chess Wiki]
 * [|Winboard] from Ron Murawski's [|Computer-Chess Wiki]
 * [|Winboard Forum]
 * [|WinBoard development and bugfixing Forum]

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