On May 13, 4:58=A0pm, "fa03e" <fa...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> Thanks for the pointer! =A0I found a good description of UCI
herehttp://en=
..wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_Chess_Interface
> (I thought it had something to do with Univ. Cal. Irvine :-)
>
> In short, is this what I'll have to install?
> First install either a UCI interface Arena or install Winboard
> Then install one of the free chess programs from
herehttp://wbec-ridderker=
k.nl/html/lastupdates.htm
>
> Is this how most chess programs are designed today by using either UCI
or
> Winboard?
Yep, that's pretty much it. Winboard and Arena are chess interfaces
(GUIs), and they can use any chess engine that sup****ts them. Most
engines are one or the other, some are both, and some are neither
(they typically come with their own custom GUI).
The only thing to be careful of is that there are two Winboard
versions, 1 and 2. Most engines/interfaces only sup****t one version.
Chessmaster, for instance, only sup****ts Winboard v1 engines, so a lot
of newer engines won't work on it if they only sup****t v2.
jm
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