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* WinBoard
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
[1]
, 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
[2]
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
[3]
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
[4]
[5]
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
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
Winboard/XBoard UML state diagram
by
Alessandro Scotti
Lyapko George's WinBoard related page
(outdated) by
George Lyapko
[6]
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
References
^
Chess Engine Communication Protocol
by
Tim Mann
&
H.G. Muller
^
Refreshable braille display from Wikipedia
^
Lyapko George's WinBoard related page
(outdated) by
George Lyapko
^
Alpha compositing from Wikipedia
^
MinGW from Wikipedia
^
Tool to recreate PGN from winboard.debug?
by
Sven Schüle
,
CCC
, January 01, 2013 »
Portable Game Notation
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Sep 23, 2017
Aaron Tay
Mar 24, 2014
Aart Bik
Mar 1, 2018
Abbess
Jun 10, 2017
Abrok
Nov 28, 2014
AdaChess
Nov 8, 2016
Adam
Feb 24, 2015
Alaric
Mar 4, 2014
Alarm
Jun 7, 2017
Aldebaran
Feb 10, 2013
Alessandro Scotti
Feb 27, 2014
Alexander Schmidt
May 17, 2016
Algebraic Chess Notation
Sep 25, 2017
AliBaba
Aug 17, 2014
Amateur
Feb 25, 2012
Amy
May 9, 2017
Amyan
Dec 10, 2013
Anatoli
Oct 22, 2014
Andrea Lanza
Feb 27, 2014
Andrei Fortuna
Mar 6, 2014
AnMon
Nov 17, 2017
Ant
Jun 1, 2015
Antoni Szczepański
Mar 13, 2013
Antonio Dieguez
Dec 22, 2012
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Sep 29, 2015
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Mar 16, 2018
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Jan 24, 2014
Arthur
Jan 7, 2016
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May 4, 2017
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Atlas (ESP)
Jan 28, 2018
Atomystica
Oct 2, 2014
Auto232
Feb 25, 2018
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Sep 28, 2015
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Nov 19, 2015
Ax
Nov 27, 2014
Ayito
Apr 6, 2013
Basic
Jan 3, 2018
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Jun 10, 2017
Belofte
Jun 29, 2017
Belzebub
Oct 20, 2015
Benny Antonsson
Aug 17, 2014
Beowulf
May 5, 2017
Betsy
Jul 28, 2014
BigLion
Sep 28, 2016
Bill Jordan
Feb 23, 2017
Bills Bare Bones Chess
Nov 19, 2015
BremboCE
Feb 17, 2013
Bruja
Feb 3, 2015
BugChess FR
Feb 24, 2013
Caligula PC
Dec 11, 2013
Carey Bloodworth
Jul 19, 2016
CCT15
Oct 21, 2014
Chaturanga IT
Jan 7, 2016
Checkers
Dec 23, 2017
Chenard
Sep 5, 2015
Chepla
May 10, 2013
Chess
Jan 21, 2018
Chess Academy
Jan 15, 2014
Chess Engine Communication Protocol
Mar 4, 2018
Chess for Android
Mar 1, 2018
Chess for Glass
Dec 26, 2016
ChessBase (Database)
Feb 26, 2018
ChessBrainVB
Jun 24, 2017
ChessGUI
Jan 17, 2018
Chessmaster
Jan 21, 2018
ChessPartner
Nov 13, 2017
Chessterfield
Sep 29, 2016
ChessV
Jan 21, 2018
ChessX
Feb 26, 2015
Chezzz
Jan 20, 2013
Chispa
Feb 13, 2014
Chrilly Donninger
Dec 19, 2016
Christian Söderström
Feb 14, 2013
Conqueror
Apr 20, 2015
Crazyhouse
Dec 27, 2017
Crux
Jan 30, 2017
CyberPagno
Oct 5, 2016
Dabbaba
Oct 21, 2014
Dan Honeycutt
Mar 13, 2014
Dan Newman
Dec 30, 2012
Daniel Mehrmann
Dec 13, 2015
Darmenios
Jan 7, 2016
David B. Weller
Sep 13, 2015
Debugging
Jan 20, 2018
Delfi
Jan 7, 2016
Delphi
Dec 16, 2016
Delphil
Sep 17, 2016
Dennis Sceviour
Feb 14, 2018
DGT Board
Feb 21, 2018
Dictionary
Aug 24, 2017
Dieter Steinwender
Jul 4, 2016
Dimitri
Aug 22, 2017
Dirty
Nov 14, 2017
Djinn
Feb 8, 2016
Dolphin
Nov 28, 2014
Dorky
Oct 10, 2016
Dragon FR
Sep 9, 2016
DrunkenMaster
Nov 1, 2016
EinStein würfelt nicht!
Aug 11, 2017
Elephant
Sep 19, 2016
Embracer
Jun 7, 2017
Engin Üstün
Jan 21, 2018
Eric Schiller
Dec 5, 2016
Erik Robertsson
Aug 17, 2014
Erin Dame
Dec 2, 2017
ESC
Aug 14, 2013
Eveann
Apr 3, 2017
Excelsior
Apr 16, 2014
Ferdinand Mosca
Jul 28, 2017
Franck Zibi
Jan 8, 2016
Frank Phillips
Sep 26, 2016
Frank Quisinsky
May 3, 2017
Freyr
Mar 6, 2014
Games
Feb 20, 2018
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Jan 21, 2018
Gargamella
Aug 16, 2013
George Lyapko
Jan 14, 2013
Gerbil
Feb 3, 2017
GES
Sep 13, 2015
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Feb 7, 2013
Gideon
Feb 26, 2018
GNU Chess
Jan 21, 2018
Go
Jan 24, 2018
Gogobello
Jul 30, 2017
Goliath
Apr 5, 2017
Green Light Chess
Jan 21, 2018
Grzegorz Sidorowicz
Mar 13, 2013
GUI
Mar 16, 2018
Günther Simon
Jul 30, 2017
Hagrid
Apr 12, 2016
HaQiKi D
Jul 26, 2017
Harald Lüßen
Mar 20, 2013
Harm Geert Muller
Mar 31, 2018
Henrik Østerlund Gram
Jun 10, 2016
Horizon
Mar 17, 2013
Ikarus
Jul 5, 2016
InmiChess
Mar 6, 2014
Jaime Benito de Valle Ruiz
Apr 7, 2016
Java
Feb 25, 2018
Jester US
Sep 15, 2017
Johan Havegheer
Feb 2, 2013
John Merlino
Feb 26, 2015
Jonathan Kreuzer
Sep 16, 2017
José Carlos Martínez Galán
Feb 19, 2017
José Lauro Strapasson
Jan 2, 2014
Jumbo
Dec 19, 2017
Kaissa (BY)
May 16, 2016
Kanguruh
Jan 13, 2013
King of Kings
Sep 4, 2013
KnightX
Jan 28, 2013
KnockOut
Sep 20, 2016
Ktulu
May 16, 2015
La Dame Blanche
Oct 15, 2015
LambChop
Nov 24, 2017
Lance Perkins
Nov 10, 2011
LarsenVB
Jun 24, 2017
Leila
May 8, 2017
Leo Dijksman
Mar 2, 2015
List (Program)
Jan 7, 2016
Lozza
Apr 18, 2018
Madeleine
May 18, 2017
Marc-Philippe Huget
May 23, 2016
Marcel Veldhuizen
Oct 14, 2015
Marcus Prewarski
May 18, 2016
Marek Kłonowski
Apr 16, 2014
Mark Lefler
Nov 23, 2017
Marquis
May 17, 2015
Martin Giepmans
Jan 7, 2016
Marty Franz
Mar 30, 2014
Matant
Aug 14, 2013
Matilde
Jan 1, 2014
Matt McKnight
Oct 10, 2016
Mauro Scarpa
Feb 10, 2013
Merlin (HU)
Jan 7, 2016
Miguel Izquierdo
Apr 20, 2016
Mikael Bäckman
May 10, 2013
Minimax (program)
Dec 27, 2013
Mint
Apr 26, 2015
Movei
Jan 7, 2016
Myrddin
Oct 19, 2016
Nebiyu
Dec 10, 2017
Nemeton
Dec 23, 2017
Nero
May 5, 2017
Nesik
Jan 24, 2014
Neurone
Oct 26, 2016
Neurosis
Dec 23, 2017
Niyaz Khasanov
Mar 22, 2014
NoraGrace
Nov 23, 2014
Novag Citrine
Aug 19, 2015
Novag Universal Electronic Chess Board
Feb 24, 2017
Nullmover
Jul 21, 2013
Numpty chess
Oct 21, 2014
Odd Gunnar Malin
Jan 21, 2018
Opening Book
Feb 26, 2018
Othello
Jan 4, 2018
Patriot
Sep 27, 2016
Patzer
Apr 5, 2017
Pedro Castro
Apr 19, 2016
Péter Horváth
Mar 24, 2016
Petir
Jul 21, 2015
Pharaon
Sep 2, 2017
PolarChess
May 15, 2017
PolyGlot
Jan 17, 2018
Pondering
Dec 9, 2017
Popochin
Feb 5, 2016
Portable Game Notation
Jan 11, 2018
Porucznik
Apr 15, 2014
Pro Deo
Apr 5, 2017
Process
Jul 31, 2017
Protej
Jul 27, 2014
Protocols
Jan 20, 2018
Queen (engine)
Nov 3, 2014
Raffaela
Apr 22, 2017
RDChess
May 3, 2013
Requiem
Feb 5, 2018
Rinko
Feb 27, 2014
Rival
Jul 30, 2017
Robert Pope
Jun 10, 2017
Robin
Dec 15, 2017
Rodin
Feb 7, 2016
Roland Marquis
May 17, 2015
Roman Korba
Nov 28, 2014
RomiChess
Jan 2, 2018
Russell Reagan
Aug 31, 2013
Saitek PC Auto Chessboard
Jun 11, 2016
Salvatore Giannotti
Oct 26, 2015
SCP
Jun 16, 2016
SEE
Jan 14, 2013
Severi Salminen
May 7, 2015
SharpChess
Jun 6, 2017
Sharper
Jun 6, 2017
Shatranj
Jul 26, 2017
Shrike
Dec 30, 2012
Sierżant
Apr 15, 2014
Simon
Mar 15, 2014
Sinobyl
Jul 3, 2014
Sjaak (Glebbeek)
Oct 4, 2017
Sjakk
Sep 24, 2014
Slow Chess
May 17, 2016
SmarThink
Feb 2, 2018
Smash
May 11, 2016
SnailChess
Nov 26, 2014
Snitch
Apr 7, 2016
Soldat
Aug 20, 2017
SpiderChess
Oct 4, 2017
Stan Arts
Nov 21, 2014
StAndersen
Aug 17, 2014
Storm US
Sep 6, 2013
Surprise
Sep 20, 2016
Sven Schüle
Sep 20, 2016
Taktix
Sep 28, 2016
Tamerlane
May 18, 2017
The Turk (TR)
Apr 1, 2017
Thomas McBurney
Jul 30, 2017
Thor's Hammer
Nov 23, 2013
Tim Mann
Nov 5, 2016
Time Management
Mar 20, 2018
TLCS-TLCV
Dec 27, 2017
Toma Roncevic
Feb 8, 2013
Tony van Roon-Werten
Jan 14, 2017
TRACE
Feb 14, 2013
Tristram
Jan 29, 2014
UCI
Mar 4, 2018
UCI2WB
Jan 21, 2018
Ufim
Mar 22, 2014
Uri Blass
Feb 26, 2018
Vanilla Chess
Jan 13, 2013
Volker Pittlik
Sep 4, 2013
Waxman
Aug 18, 2014
Wb2UCI
Feb 1, 2018
Werner Inmann
Mar 6, 2014
WildCat
Nov 11, 2016
Will Singleton
Mar 6, 2015
WinBoard
Mar 4, 2018
WinBoard Engines
Dec 20, 2015
Windows
Nov 2, 2017
Wing
Oct 26, 2017
Winglet
Apr 26, 2015
Winglet to include
Apr 25, 2015
XBoard
Jan 21, 2018
Yakup Ipek
Sep 6, 2015
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Feb 25, 2018
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May 26, 2017
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Jan 8, 2016
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Apr 11, 2017
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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 [1], also covering Chess Variants with different board sizes.
See also
Forum Posts
1990 ...
1995 ...
2000 ...
2005 ...
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 [2]
- 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 [3]
- 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
20142015 ...
- 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 [4] [5]
- 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
2018External Links
Winboard/XBoard UML state diagram by Alessandro Scotti
References
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