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WinBoard is a graphical user interface for the Chess Engine Communication Protocol under the Windows operating system, also called the WinBoard protocol, initially designed by Tim Mann. In 2009, Harm Geert Muller proposed a protocol definition, also covering Chess Variants with different board sizes.

=See also=
 * Arena
 * Chess Engine Communication Protocol
 * ChessGUI
 * CPW-Engine_com
 * UCI
 * WinBoard Engines
 * XBoard

=Forum Posts=

1990 ...

 * Re: Accessing remote computers with WinBoard by Tim Mann, gnu.chess, November 7, 1993

1995 ...

 * XBoard and WinBoard 3.4, patchlevel 1 by Tim Mann, rec.games.board, December 13 1995
 * Problems with Winboard - fix?? by Valavan Manohararajah, rgcc, June 6 1996
 * XBoard and WinBoard, version 3.6.0 by Tim Mann, rgc, May 09, 1997
 * xboard/WinBoard 4.0.0 available by Tim Mann, rgc, June 21, 1998
 * WinBoard and pondering under W98 by Frank Phillips, CCC, July 28, 1999 » Pondering

2000 ...

 * Winboard for Dummies by Russell Reagan, rgcc, June 30, 2001
 * xboard and WinBoard 4.2.4 released by Tim Mann, gnu.chess, December 10, 2001
 * Winboard.debug by David Rasmussen, CCC, December 07, 2002 » Debugging
 * New Winboard version 4.3.0 released by Daniel Mehrmann, CCC, February 05, 2003
 * Daniel's Winboard: kibitzing? by David Rasmussen, CCC, February 05, 2003
 * Kiwi for Win98 and input-reading stuff by Alessandro Scotti, CCC, September 29, 2004 » Kiwi, Windows, C++, Thread

2005 ...

 * Safe I/O (repeated) by Fabien Letouzey, Winboard Forum, February 11, 2005
 * A question about kibitz by Niyaz Khasanov, Winboard Forum, February 18, 2005
 * CPU usage at 505 in Winboard Engine by mjlef, Winboard Forum, July 19, 2006
 * WinBoard 4.3 Downloads by Harm Geert Muller, Winboard Forum, August 23, 2008
 * A Basic Guide for setting up Winboard a UCI Chess Engine by Charles Browne, Winboard Forum, 01 Nov 2008
 * It's a plague of Winboard engines by Kirill Kryukov, Winboard Forum, August 20, 2009 » Time Management
 * UCI protocol in winboard by Engin Üstün, Winboard Forum, September 24, 2009 » Chess Engine Communication Protocol, UCI
 * Adapter for non-standard chess engine to Winboard by Carey, CCC, October 10, 2009

2010 ...
2011 2012 2013 2014
 * WinBoard & Chessclub.com by Thomas Mayer, Winboard Forum, January 25, 2010
 * Aquarium (other GUIs too?) and WB support => I am shocked by Miguel A. Ballicora, CCC, February 27, 2010
 * Multiple WinBoard installations by Robert Pope, Winboard Forum, August 17, 2010
 * WinBoard, exotic version by Harm Geert Muller, CCC, January 15, 2011
 * WinBoard 4.5 downloads by Harm Geert Muller, Winboard Forum, February 06, 2011
 * WinBoard protocol driver by Harm Geert Muller, Winboard Forum - Chess Programming Lessons, April 30, 2011
 * ics command by Matt McKnight, Winboard Forum, May 18, 2011
 * WinBoard 4.5.3 released by Harm Geert Muller, CCC, October 02, 2011
 * Winboard questions by Günther Simon, Winboard Forum, January 26, 2012
 * Winboard bloated? by tomgdrums, Rybka Forum, February 20, 2012
 * XBoard / WinBoard 4.6.0 released by Harm Geert Muller, CCC, March 11, 2012
 * Winboard and braille display by Olivier Deville, Winboard Forum, July 12, 2012
 * Winboard/Java help by Dan Honeycutt, CCC, April 22, 2012 » Java
 * For HGM: Engine priority under Winboard/Polyglot by Joost Buijs, CCC, July 16, 2012
 * Winboard protocol and fractional increments by Jon Dart, CCC, September 25, 2012 » Time Management
 * Tool to recreate PGN from winboard.debug? by Sven Schüle, CCC, January 01, 2013 » Portable Game Notation
 * WinBoard 4.7.0 released (with CCT support!) by Harm Geert Muller, CCC, February 21, 2013 » CCT15
 * WinBoard 4.7.2 released by Harm Geert Muller, CCC, August 29, 2013
 * Any WinBoard bugs I missed? by Harm Geert Muller, CCC, September 11, 2014
 * for Chess-variant authors by Harm Geert Muller, CCC, September 17, 2014
 * WinBoard 4.8.0 pre-release by Harm Geert Muller, CCC, September 22, 2014
 * WinBoard/XBoard 4.8.0 released by Harm Geert Muller, CCC, October 18, 2014
 * UCCI2WB by Harm Geert Muller, CCC, October 27, 2014

2015 ...
2016 2017 2018
 * Setting up engines by Dan-the-K, Winboard Forum, October 08,2015
 * Winboard 4.8.0b and Amazon chess variant by Ferdinand Mosca, CCC, December 05, 2015
 * Engines with interfaces for slightly nerdish people by Peter Berger, CCC, February 26, 2016
 * Einstein wuerfelt nicht by Harm Geert Muller, CCC, July 03, 2016 » EinStein würfelt nicht!
 * Weird Windows / WinBoard behavior by Harm Geert Muller, CCC, September 15, 2016 » Process, Windows
 * Winboard book settings by Erin Dame, CCC, October 20, 2016 » Opening Book
 * MinGW AlphaBlend by Harm Geert Muller, CCC, November 29, 2016 » 2D Graphics Board, Windows
 * Polyglot pickBest by Dennis Sceviour, CCC, December 29, 2016 » PolyGlot
 * Novag UCB drivers (Winboard and UCI) by Graham O'Neill, CCC, February 24, 2017 » Novag Universal Electronic Chess Board
 * Winboard variants online by Erin Dame, CCC, March 22, 2017 » Chess Variants
 * Winboard questions by Ed Schroder, CCC, June 26, 2017
 * Winboard: Resigning? by Rasmus Althoff, CCC, June 27, 2017
 * about using winboard by Uri Blass, CCC, February 25, 2018
 * UCI vs Winboard question by Michael Sherwin, CCC, March 05, 2018 » UCI

=External Links=
 * Chess Engine Communication Protocol by Tim Mann & H.G. Muller
 * hgm.nubati.net Git - xboard.git/summary
 * What is new in XBoard/WinBoard 4.9.0? by H.G. Muller
 * XBoard from Wikipedia
 * XBoard - GNU Project - Free Software Foundation, also includes WinBoard
 * Tim Mann's Chess Pages, XBoard and WinBoard
 * Tinkering with Winboard... by Alessandro Scotti
 * Winboard/XBoard UML state diagram by Alessandro Scotti


 * Lyapko George's WinBoard related page (outdated) by George Lyapko
 * FAQ on Winboard and Chess Engines by Aaron Tay, hosted by Ron Murawski
 * What can Winboard do? by Aaron Tay, March 01, 2002, hosted by Ron Murawski
 * Winboard and Chess Engines FAQ from Ron Murawski's Computer-Chess Wiki
 * Winboard from Ron Murawski's Computer-Chess Wiki
 * Winboard Forum
 * WinBoard development and bugfixing Forum

=References=

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