====== Winboard and Chess Engines FAQ ====== ===== Table of Contents ===== * [[Winboard:FAQ:Part_A | [A] Introduction]] * [[Winboard:FAQ:Part_B | [B] Setting Up]] * [[Winboard:FAQ:Part_C | [C] Opening books, Endgame Tablebases and Hash Tables]] * [[Winboard:FAQ:Part_D | [D] Engine Specific Problems]] * [[Winboard:FAQ:Part_E | [E] Winboard Engines in other Graphical User Interfaces (GUIs)]] * [[Winboard:FAQ:Part_F | [F] Miscellaneous Software and Running Computer Chess Tournaments]] ===== Detailed contents ===== ===== [A] Introduction ===== * [[Winboard:FAQ:Part_A | [A] Introduction]] * [A.1] What is this Faq about? * [A.2] What is Winboard and where else can I download it if Tim Mann's Site is down? * [A.3] What is the difference between Winboard and Xboard? What are the various modifications of Winboard available? Does using a different version of Winboard cause engine incompatibilities? * [A.4] What are Winboard engines? How many Winboard engines are there? * [A.5] Where can I download the latest versions of Winboard engines? * [A.6] How strong are Winboard engines compared to commercial ones? Which is the strongest program? * [A.7] The programs are too strong for me, where can I find a weaker one? * [A.8] What are Jim Ablett complied versions of Chess Engines? * [A.9] Can I run Winboard engines in Chessmaster® Fritz etc? Can Chessmaster® or Fritz etc run in Winboard? * [A.10] What about Ferret, Insomniac , Hossa etc? Are they Winboard compatible? Where can I get them? * [A.11] What are "clones"? Where can I get them? * [A.12] What is this "Winboard Edition I/II" ? Where can i get Gandalf, Capture, Patzer and Lambchop? * [A.13] Where can I get Winboard engines that play Suicide Chess, Fischer Random, or other variants? * [A.14] I'm a programmer, how do I get my chess program to be Winboard, Chessbase, or UCI compatible? Where can I find examples of free source chess programs? ===== [B] Setting Up ===== * [[Winboard:FAQ:Part_B | [B] Setting Up]] * [B.1] How do I Install Winboard? Should I uninstall the older version when upgrading? * [B.2] How do I install more Winboard Engines? * [B.3] How do I setup Crafty, Fritz, etc. to run on FICS, ICC, USCL, etc.? What about Yahoochess? * [B.4] How do I connect 2 copies of Winboard over a LAN or the internet without connecting over a internet server? Can I use it to play chess with a friend over the net? * [B.5] Help! Winboard program still refuses to run. * [B.6] Where can I get more help? * [B.7] I give up. Is there a easier way to do this? ===== [C] Opening books, Endgame Tablebases and Hashtables ===== * [[Winboard:FAQ:Part_C | [C] Opening books, Endgame Tablebases and Hashtables]] * [C.1] What is an opening book? * [C.2] What is book learning? * [C.3] How do I turn the opening book on? * [C.4] Is there a way to set uniform opening books for all chess engines through a GUI book? * [C.5] Where can I download more opening books? * [C.6] What are endgame tablebases [egtbs]? What is the difference between Nalimov, and Edwards tablebases? * [C.7] How many tablebases do I need? Can I download only some of them? * [C.8] How do I turn the endgame tablebases on? * [C.9] Where can I get (buy, generate, download) more endgame tablebases? * [C.10] Okay. I followed the instructions but why is the endgame tablebases still not working? * [C.11] There's a bug in the program, Why do engines refuse to promote pawns? * [C.12] What are transposition/hash tables? * [C.13] How much memory should I allocate in transposition table? ===== [D] Some Engine Specific Instructions (in alphabetical order) ===== * [[Winboard:FAQ:Part_D | [D] Some Engine Specific Instructions (in alphabetical order)]] * [D.1] Bringer * [D.1.1] General overview * [D.1.2] When I run Bringer in Winboard the Bringer Graphical Interface starts as well. How can I remove it? * [D.1.3] How can I change the language in Bringer from German to English? * [D.1.4] How do I change the transposition table memory allocation for Bringer? * [D.1.5] What is the best memory allocation for Bringer? * [D.3] Chessmaster 8000/9000/10,000 [The King] * [D.3.1] General overview * [D.3.2] How do I use Winboard engines in Chessmaster? * [D.3.3] What are the main differences between Chessmaster 8000 and 9000 in terms of Winboard support? * [D.3.4] How do I get Chessmaster [The King] to play in Winboard, Arena etc? * [D.3.5] How do I get Chessmaster [The King] to play in Fritz, Junior, etc. or other Chessbase GUIs. * [D.3.6] How do I get Chessmaster [The King] to play online at ICC or FICS? What about Yahoo servers? * [D.3.7] Why is Chessmaster [The King ], when exported outside Chessmaster not using a opening book? How do I provide an opening book with Bookthinker? * [D.3.8] How do I match Chessmaster 8000 versus 9000? * [D.3.9] How do I use Chessmaster personalities outside Chessmaster? Where can I find more Chessmaster personalities? * [D.4] Crafty * [D.4.1] General overview * [D.4.2] Do I need a crafty.rc file? Where can I get one? * [D.4.3] THE UAB site has only the source code of the latest Crafty, where do I get the complied versions for Windows? * [D.4.4] How do I compile a opening book? What is book.bin and books.bin? * [D.4.5] What is bookc.bin? How do I use it? * [D.4.6] Why does Crafty play the same opening over and over again against other Chess engines? * [D.4.7] How do I weaken Crafty? * [D.4.8] When I run the annotate command, no diagrams are displayed during the analysis. * [D.5] Francesa * [D.5.1] General overview * [D.5.2] What is Mad? * [D.5.3] How can I adjust the size of the hash table? * [D.5.4] Francesa stops moving after the first game? * [D.7] Knightcap * [D.7.1] General overview * [D.7.2] Setting up Knightcap * [D.8] Little Goliath * [D.8.1] General overview * [D 8.2] What is the difference between the Winboard version of Little Goliath 3.0 and the one available at Chessbase in the "Young Talents" CD? * [D.8.3] Little Goliath resigns immediately when it has lost the prior game and using the /mg command. What should I do? * [D.8.4] Little Goliath does not use its opening book? * [D.9] SOS * [D.9.1] General overview * [D.9.2] Help! SOS 10/99 or SOS 11/99 refuse to work! * [D 9.3] Help! SOS refuses to run when I upgraded to Winboard 4.2.1 and above! * [D 9.4] Help! SOS [the Winboard version] refuses to run in Chessbase/CM8000 ===== [E] Winboard Engines in Other Graphical Interfaces ===== * [[Winboard:FAQ:Part_E | [E] Winboard Engines in Other Graphical Interfaces]] * [E.1] How do I get a Winboard engine to work in Chessbase environment [Fritz, Junior, Nimzo etc]? * [E.2] What is the difference between using a native version and using the Winboard adapter? * [E.3] Which engines work with Chessbase? * [E.4] How do I get a Winboard engine to work in Chessmaster8000®? * [E.5] Which engines work with Chessmaster? * [E.6] How do I get a Winboard engine to work in Chess Genius, Chess Academy, Chess Partner, Chess Vision, etc.? * [E.7] How do I get a UCI engine to work in Winboard? How do I get a Winboard engine to work in a UCI graphical interface? * [E.8] How do I get Chessmaster [The King] to work in Winboard or Arena? How do I get Chessmaster to run on Chess servers? * [E.9] How do I get Chessmaster [The King] to work in Chessbase GUI, Chess Partner 5, or Chess Assistant 6? * [E.10] What is Universal Chess interface [UCI]? How is it different from Winboard? * [E.11] What are the graphical user interfaces that support UCI? * [E.12] What are the Chess engines that support UCI? ===== [F] Miscellaneous Software and Running Computer Chess Tournaments ===== * [[Winboard:FAQ:Part_F | [F] Miscellaneous Software and Running Computer Chess Tournaments]] * [F.1] How can I run a match automatically between 2 programs in Winboard? * [F.2] How can I run a Nunn match [match from a fixed position] automatically in Winboard? * [F.3] How can I run a tournament automatically in Winboard? * [F.4] How do I calculate Elos or generate cross tables? How do I tell if the results are significant? * [F.5] How do I present/display Chess games on the web? * [F.6] How do I set up Winboard engines to handle tournaments with 2 time controls in Winboard? Eg 40 moves in 120 minutes followed by 30 minutes for the rest of the moves? * [F.7] How do I display the number of nodes per second calculated by the Chess engine? How about displaying other information? * [F.8] Winboard 4.2.X automatically saves all my Crafty games with the name Crafty-18.6, how do I change that? * [F.9] How do I run test suites automatically in Winboard? * [F.10] When "show thinking" is turned on during the game, the lines get cut off. How can I display the whole line? * [F.11] What is PGN, FEN, EPD, CBH, CBF, etc. and how do I handle them in Winboard?