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Wb2UCI, (Wb2Uci, WB2UCI)
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 ^{[1] [2]}.

Wb2Uci.eng

The Wb2Uci.eng file consists of following mandatory attribute–value pairs ^[3], and many more optional.

;---------------------------
[ENGINE]
Name=Name of engine
Author=Name of engine author
Filename=Wb2Uci.exe
 
[OPTIONS]
Program=engine.exe
;---------------------------

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

References

1. ^ Adam's Computer Chess Pages: Computer Chess Utility Programs - WB2UCI by Adam Hair
2. ^ Le Système du Suisse has wbconf07.zip with approximately 300 Wb2Uci.eng files
3. ^ Winboard as UCI engine by Odd Gunnar Malin, hosted by the WaybackMachine

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