ChessGUI

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ChessGUI, a free Graphical User Interface for Chess Engine Communication Protocol and UCI compatible engines running under Windows, developed by Matthias Gemuh using the Visual Component Library of Borland's C++Builder 5.0, starting as GUI for his engines BigLion, Taktix, and ArcBishop. ChessGUI has a classical frame window with multiple hierarchical tabbed views on the current tournament or game document and engine outputs.

=Features=

Testing Framework
While Matthias claims "ChessGUI is not WinBoard, nor Arena, nor ..., but instead it is just an idea in a pre-beta stage of conception", its sophisticated tournament modes along with its Sample Testsuite Tools make ChessGUI a popular framework for engine testing and to produce rating lists.

Live Broadcast
ChessGUI is able to broadcast live games via the internet using TLCV by Thomas McBurney, as successfully applied during the TCEC broadcasts by Martin Thoresen. More recently, ChessGUI was incorporated in Ferdinand Mosca's aiBloodshed chess game broadcaster.

Support
ChessGUI supports various chess variants, opening books and endgame tablebases, the latter also for optional adjudication of the game result. Version 0.245f, released in December 2013, supports the six piece Syzygy Bases.

=Screenshot= ChessGUI with Chronos and Fire playing

=See also=
 * aiBloodshed
 * Arena
 * WinBoard

=Forum Posts=

2007 ...
2008 2009
 * ChessGUI celebrates Jubilee !! by Matthias Gemuh, CCC, August 01, 2007
 * Gothic chess in ChessGUI 0.064 by Matthias Gemuh, CCC, November 03, 2007
 * ChessGUI: enough is enough by Matthias Gemuh, CCC, November 15, 2007
 * ChessGUI and Carrera, Embassy, Janus by Matthias Gemuh, CCC, December 14, 2007
 * ChessGUI 0.072 by Matthias Gemuh, CCC, February 08, 2008
 * ChessGUI 0.075 by Matthias Gemuh, CCC, February 13, 2008
 * ChessGUI 0.079 by Matthias Gemuh, CCC, February 29, 2008
 * ChessGUI 0.085 by Matthias Gemuh, CCC, April 15, 2008
 * ChessGUI 0.086 by Matthias Gemuh, CCC, April 22, 2008
 * ChessGUI 0.098 by Matthias Gemuh, CCC, May 26, 2008
 * ChessGUI 0.104 by Matthias Gemuh, CCC, June 17, 2008
 * ChessGUI 0.112, now with wiki help file by Matthias Gemuh, CCC, July 16, 2008
 * ChessGUI makes a development pause by Matthias Gemuh, CCC, July 18, 2008
 * ChessGUI 0.123 released by Graham Banks, CCC, September 17, 2008
 * ChessGUI 0.136 is out by Matthias Gemuh, CCC, February 24, 2009
 * ChessGUI 0.139 is out by Matthias Gemuh, CCC, March 04, 2009
 * ChessGUI 0.144 is out by Matthias Gemuh, CCC, March 20, 2009
 * ChessGUI 0.150 is out by Matthias Gemuh, CCC, April 20, 2009
 * ChessGUI by Sam Hamilton, CCC, July 11, 2009
 * ChessGUI 0.164 is out by Matthias Gemuh, CCC, July 16, 2009
 * ChessGUI 0.168 is out by Matthias Gemuh, CCC, October 24, 2009
 * ChessGUI 0.172 is out by Matthias Gemuh, CCC, December 31, 2009

2010 ...
2011 2012 2013
 * ChessGUI 0.173 is out by Matthias Gemuh, CCC, January 13, 2010
 * ChessGUI 0.175 is out by Matthias Gemuh, CCC, January 23, 2010
 * ChessGUI 0.176 is out there by Matthias Gemuh, CCC, February 10, 2010
 * ChessGUI 0.178 is out there by Matthias Gemuh, CCC, February 24, 2010
 * ChessGUI ... UCI ... Gaviota EGTB by Matthias Gemuh, CCC, February 25, 2010 » Gaviota Tablebases
 * ChessGUI 0.180 is out there by Matthias Gemuh, CCC, April 17, 2010
 * ChessGUI 0.181 is out there by Matthias Gemuh, CCC, May 19, 2010
 * ChessGUI 0.184 is out there by Matthias Gemuh, CCC, June 26, 2010
 * ChessGUI 0.186 is out there by Matthias Gemuh, CCC, July 05, 2010
 * ChessGUI 0.189 is out by Matthias Gemuh, CCC, July 17, 2010
 * ChessGUI development suspended by Matthias Gemuh, CCC, July 28, 2010
 * Is ChessGUI really bug-free ? by Matthias Gemuh, CCC, August 13, 2010
 * Terminating the ChessGUI project by Matthias Gemuh, CCC, August 27, 2010
 * New Time Controls for WB by Matthias Gemuh, CCC, August 30, 2010
 * ChessGUI 0.200 is out by Matthias Gemuh, CCC, September 28, 2010
 * ChessGUI is back by Matthias Gemuh, CCC, October 20, 2010
 * ChessGUI 0.205 by Matthias Gemuh, CCC, December 01, 2010
 * ChessGUI 0.209 is out by Matthias Gemuh, CCC, January 21, 2011
 * ChessGUI 0.212 is out by Matthias Gemuh, CCC, February 05, 2011
 * ChessGUI 0.214 is out by Matthias Gemuh, CCC, February 15, 2011
 * ChessGUI ... by Matthias Gemuh, CCC, March 04, 2011
 * Importing engines into ChessGUI by Matthias Gemuh, CCC, April 02, 2011
 * ChessGUI 0.223 and Swiss tournaments by Matthias Gemuh, CCC, July 20, 2011
 * ChessGUI 0.225 and Knock Out by Matthias Gemuh, CCC, August 02, 2011
 * ChessGUI 0.228 is out by Matthias Gemuh, CCC, August 10, 2011
 * ... about STS_Tool.exe (in ChessGUI package) by Matthias Gemuh, CCC, August 10, 2011
 * ChessGUI 0.230 and TLCV by Matthias Gemuh, CCC, August 21, 2011 » TLCS/TLCV
 * ChessGUI 0.235 is out by Matthias Gemuh, CCC, September 29, 2011
 * ChessGUI in action by Graham Banks, CCC, December 11, 2011
 * ChessGUI 0.239 and STS_Tool 1.3 by Matthias Gemuh, CCC, July 21, 2012
 * ChessGUI 0.240a by Matthias Gemuh, CCC, January 11, 2013
 * ChessGUI 0.240b by Matthias Gemuh, CCC, January 13, 2013
 * ChessGUI 0.240g is available by Matthias Gemuh, CCC, January 20, 2013
 * ChessGUI and Chess960 by Matthias Gemuh, CCC, February 03, 2013 » Chess960
 * ChessGUI 0.241 available (MUST READ) by Matthias Gemuh, CCC, February 06, 2013
 * ChessGUI 0.243 is available by Matthias Gemuh, CCC, February 14, 2013
 * ChessGUI 0.245a is available by Matthias Gemuh, CCC, July 29, 2013
 * ChessGUI 0.245f is available by Matthias Gemuh, CCC, December 14, 2013 » Syzygy Bases
 * Graham2014-1.cgb opening book for ChessGUI by Graham Banks, CCC, December 19, 2013 » Opening Suites

2015 ...
2016 2017 ...
 * ChessGUI 0.245h by Matthias Gemuh, CCC, August 09, 2015
 * no more ChessGUI by Matthias Gemuh, CCC, March 28, 2016
 * Hint for ChessGUI users by Jon Dart, CCC, April 26, 2016 » ECO
 * ChessGUI Timer Problem by Dennis Sceviour, CCC, October 24, 2016 » Chess Engine Communication Protocol
 * Raffaela 2.15.305 beta under ChessGUI by Norbert Raimund Leisner, CCC, December 13, 2016 » Raffaela
 * Book ChessGUI by Krzysztof Grzelak, CCC, March 17, 2017 » Opening Book
 * ChessGUI (current version) and JavaScript engines part I by Norbert Raimund Leisner, CCC, August 23, 2017 » JavaScript
 * Matthias Gemuh's (ChessGUI and BigLion) sad situation by Graham Banks, CCC, May 18, 2019

=External Links=
 * BigLion Homepage

=References=

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