Wb2UCI

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Wb2UCI, (Wb2Uci, WB2UCI) a protocol adapter by Odd Gunnar Malin to run WinBoard Engines using the Chess Engine Communication Protocol under chess GUIs supporting UCI, such as the Shredder GUI. Wb2UCI is a console application running under Windows. Along with the executable Wb2Uci.exe, one must place a Wb2Uci.eng textfile into the engine folder.

=Wb2Uci.eng= The Wb2Uci.eng file consists of following mandatory attribute–value pairs, and many more optional. [ENGINE] Name=Name of engine Author=Name of engine author Filename=Wb2Uci.exe

[OPTIONS] Program=engine.exe

=Engines=
 * WinBoard Engines

=GUIs=
 * UCI compatible GUIs

=See also=
 * Chess Engine Communication Protocol
 * InBetween
 * PolyGlot
 * UCI
 * UCI2WB
 * WinBoard

=Postings=

2001 ...
2002 2003 2004
 * Help - The King; Chessbase/Fritz GUI by John Hatcher, Winboard Forum, June 10, 2001
 * UCI2Wb by Odd Gunnar Malin by Matthias Gemuh, CCC, February 26, 2002 » UCI2WB
 * Wb2Uci from Odd Gunnar Malin is working well on Shredder5 GUI by Carlos E.A. Drake, Winboard Forum, March 06, 2002 » Shredder GUI
 * The King and Wb2Uci by Ralph Patriquin, CCC, March 19, 2002 » The King
 * Wb2uci question by Jouni, Winboard Forum, April 02, 2002
 * Re: Fritz protocol by Odd Gunnar Malin, Winboard Forum, April 14, 2002 » Fritz
 * Wb2Uci by Odd Gunnar Malin, Winboard Forum, September 23, 2002
 * Need help with CM 9000 and WB2UCI by Ralph Patriquin, CCC, January 02, 2003 » Chessmaster
 * Wb2Uci and XP by Chessfun, CCC, February 13, 2003
 * Re: Can Gandalf 5 be run under Fritz GUI as an UCI engine w/ Wb2UCI ? by Manfred Meiler, CCC, February 18, 2003 » Gandalf
 * List of 31 not-working engines (Fritz-GUI, XP). Any help? by Surak, Winboard Forum, February 20, 2003
 * wb2uci,eng w comments by Mike Byrne, CCC, July 16, 2003 » Rebel
 * Wb2UCI and Problems with ExChess4.03a and GnuChess4.0.8 by Arturo Ochoa, Winboard Forum, July 24, 2003 » EXchess, GNU Chess
 * Engine Gaviota + WB2UCI in Fritz7 don,t Work pondering by Luis Andraschnik, Winboard Forum, August 15, 2003 » Gaviota
 * Crafty 19.08 SE 2004 released ... by Michael Byrne, Winboard Forum, January 01, 2004 » Crafty
 * The King's Wb2UCI file by Darren Rushton, CCC, January 10, 2004 » The King
 * GLC and others when using wb2uci by Odd Gunnar Malin, Winboard Forum, August 03, 2004 » Green Light Chess

2005 ...

 * To Odd-Gunnar Malin: Bug in WB2UCI-adaptor by Franz Huber, CCC, January 23, 2005
 * Re: New Wb2Uci 1.3 B21 by Odd Gunnar Malin, CCC, June 16, 2005
 * Where is the latest wb2uci.exe file available from? by Graham Banks, CCC, April 12, 2007
 * UCI protocol in winboard by Engin Üstün, Winboard Forum, September 24, 2009 » Chess Engine Communication Protocol, UCI, WinBoard

2010 ...

 * n/s speed of search through Wb2Uci - need some clarification by Martin Thoresen, CCC, February 01, 2010
 * Need help reading Arena debug and wb2uci logfiles by Adam Hair, CCC, June 19, 2011
 * wb2uci adaptor,where can I get it? please! by markchessman, CCC, February 15, 2013
 * WB2UCI for Java executable chess engines too? by Norbert Raimund Leisner, CCC, February 14, 2014
 * WB2UCI.EXE adapter by Jim Logan, CCC, July 08, 2014

2015 ...

 * wb2uci adapter - different results with different versions by Wilhelm Hudetz, CCC, January 20, 2016
 * WB2UCI by Brendan J. Norman, CCC, July 05, 2016

=External Links=
 * Winboard as UCI engine by Odd Gunnar Malin, hosted by the WaybackMachine
 * Adam's Computer Chess Pages: Computer Chess Utility Programs - WB2UCI by Adam Hair
 * Le Système du Suisse has wbconf07.zip with approximately 300 Wb2Uci.eng files
 * Crafty Chess Interface / Wiki / wb2uci with multiple engines

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