http://www.computer-chess.org/ 2025-12-14T16:27:21-05:00 http://www.computer-chess.org/ http://www.computer-chess.org/lib/images/favicon.ico text/html 2008-10-28T17:55:30-05:00 http://www.computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:chess_protocols&rev=1225230930&do=diff Understanding Chess Engine Protocols Introduction In the past, buying chess-playing software was simple, you bought it, and it came with a Chess playing program and that was it. But nowadays, Chess programs (or should I say engines) are highly “portable”. With a increasing number of chess programs conforming to protocols such as the Winboard and Universal Chess Interface (UCI) protocols, they are no longer confined to only one software or interface. Users can now “export” one chess program (en… text/html 2020-06-02T04:08:33-05:00 http://www.computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:links&rev=1591085313&do=diff Links Chess Tournaments / Ratings * Arnaud´s Computer Chess Corner (French) * Blitzchess - échecs électroniques (French) * CCRL - Computer Chess Rating Lists * CEGT - Chess Engines Grand Tournament * Chess War - Olivier Deville´s site * CountryChess - Geert Maeckelbergh´s alternative chess engine tournament * Dirty TLCV Tournaments * FACE Tournaments * Fast GM Rating Lists by Andreas Strangmüller * Frank Quisinsky´s Chess Page * Gunnar Blomstrand's Winboard Tournaments … text/html 2008-05-29T14:29:27-05:00 http://www.computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:tournaments&rev=1212085767&do=diff How to Run a Chess Tournament Introduction Why Run a Computer Chess Tournament? Running a computer chess tournament is a long and thankless task that will tie up your computer for days. Many people feel that such tournaments -- referred to as basement tournaments -- are merely a waste of computational resources. Despite this, many computer chess enthusiasts still eagerly spend much of their free time running such tournaments and the reasons why they do so vary. Some do it because they want t…