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	==== Using UCI engines in Winboard interfaces ====		==== Using UCI engines in Winboard interfaces ====
-	Currently, 2 UCI to Winboard adaptors exist. The older one is by Roland Pfister (see below). The newer one is named [[http://wbec-ridderkerk.nl/ | PolyGlot]] (Use the pulldown menu that says "download" to look for) by Fabien Letouzey. As of May 2004, it has just being released out of beta testing and it's generally more compatible with various UCI engines and solves some problems that existed in older adaptors.Version 1.3 of Polyglot released in June 05, provides opening book support as well, which makes it a much superior option, as such it is highly recommended.	+	Currently, several UCI to Winboard adapters exist. The older one is by Roland Pfister: it is called uci2wb. The newer one is named [[http://wbec-ridderkerk.nl/html/details1/PolyGlot.html | PolyGlot]] by Fabien Letouzey and is graciously hosted by Leo Dijksman. It's generally more compatible with various UCI engines and solves some problems that existed in older adapters. Polyglot provides opening book support as well, which makes it a superior option, as such it is highly recommended. Jaap Weidemann and [[http://www.geenvis.net/ | Fonzy Bluemers]] have released modified versions of Polyglot with subtle improvements.
-	This site gives instructions and provides instructions on how to [[http://home20.inet.tele.dk/larsp/skak/polyglot.html | setup Prodeo with SCID]]. But essentially the same idea works for running in any Winboard engine.	+	The [[computer_chess:winboard:uci_setup_guide | Basic Setup Guide for UCI engines in Winboard]] has detailed step-by-step instructions.
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-	What follows covers use of Roland Pfister's older adapter and is just for historical interest.	+
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-	The other UCI to Winboard adaptor is by Roland Pfister [author of Patzer]. it's named uci2wb. Like polyglot, this allows you to "adapt" UCI engines to be used in Winboard. This means that UCI engines like Shredder and SOS can now play under not only in Winboard but also in other Winboard compatible GUI like Chessbase or Chessmaster8000. \\ \\	+
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-	You can download the uci2wb adaptor [latest version is 2.0 as at 08-06-2001] at [[http://wbec-ridderkerk.nl/html/download/other/v20_uci-wb.zip | Leo's WBEC page]] . One drawback is that some UCI engines (Shredder and the UCI SOS version sold by Millienium Chess) depends on the GUI to provide opening books.So adapted engines will be without opening books in Winboard, but can use those provided in Chessbase GUI. Note: the instructions that come with version1.1 are in German. \\	+
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-	Here's a brief guide to the use of Roland Pfister's UCI2WB adaptor. I will be using the example of adapting SOS 3 (available for free with Arena) which in my case is in c:\uci\sos. The executable file name is SOS_arena.exe.\\	+
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-	- Download the [[http://wbec-ridderkerk.nl/html/download/other/v20_uci-wb.zip | UCI2Wb 2.0 adapter.]]	+
-	- Extract the files into a directory , for example c:\uci2wb\\	+
-	- Edit adapter.rc with notepad. Change the line below #Exe-Name to \\  exe=sos_arena.exe (the name of the UCI executable).\\	+
-	- Do the same for the line dir=blahblah , change it to the directory where SOS_arena is in.\\	+
-	- Make any other changes needed, hashtables, endgame tablebase path etc.\\	+
-	- Treat adapter.exe like a normal Winboard engine. For example, in Winboard, add the line\\  "Adapter" /fd=c:\uci2wb to winboard.ini\\ \\	+
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-	There is one thing to keep in mind when using UCI engines as winboard engines, many UCI engines rely on the GUI to provide opening books, although many such as SOS also have their own books.One example of a UCI engine that does not provide it's own book is Shredder.	+
	==== How to get Shredder to work in Winboard ====		==== How to get Shredder to work in Winboard ====