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'''LittleBlitzer''', (LB)<br/>
an [[UCI]] compliant, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Text-based_user_interface dialogue based user interface] by [[Nathan Thom]] for the purpose to play automated tournaments using a set of [[Category:UCI Engines|UCI engines]] configured by external text files.
Tournaments are either round-robin where each engine plays the same number of [[Chess Game|games]], or gauntlets where one engine plays all others repeatedly. As output of a tournament, LB creates a [[Portable Game Notation|PGN]] file, which could be used by [[Bayeselo]] or [[Elostat]] to calculate a rating for each participant. LittleBlitzer is designed to run tens of thousands of games at fast time controls without a game view via graphical [[GUI#NotationWindow|notation window]] or [[GUI#BoardWindow|board windows]] to monitor the games. LB assigns one thread per engine, and may play multiple games in parallel if multiple processors are available. LB supports [[Chess960|Chess 960]] as well as [[Chess Position|positions]] loaded from [[Forsyth-Edwards Notation|FEN]], [[Extended Position Description|EPD]] <ref>[http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=54168 LittleBlitzer 2.74 and epd file] by [[Ferdinand Mosca]], [[CCC]], October 28, 2014</ref> or PGN files, and can adjudicate games early based on specified criteria <ref>[http://www.kimiensoftware.com/software/chess/littleblitzer Kimien Software - LittleBlitzer Chess Software]</ref>.
