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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

• Chess Engine Communication Protocol
• CPW-Engine_com
• Tournament Manager
• 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
• winboard engine config popup by Will Singleton, Winboard Forum, November 19, 2009

2010 ...

• 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

2011

• 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

2012

• 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

2013

• 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

2014

• 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 ...

• 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

2016

• 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

2017

• 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

2018

• about using winboard by Uri Blass, CCC, February 25, 2018
• UCI vs Winboard question by Michael Sherwin, CCC, March 05, 2018 » UCI

External Links

Free Software Foundation

• XBoard - GNU Project also includes WinBoard
  • What is new in WinBoard / XBoard 4.6.0?
    • XBoard tourney-manager function » Tournament Manager
  • What is new in WinBoard / XBoard 4.7.0?
  • What is new in WinBoard / XBoard 4.8.0?
  • What is new in WinBoard / XBoard 4.9.0?

Tim Mann & H.G. Muller

• 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
• Tim Mann's Chess Pages, XBoard and WinBoard

WiBoard Misc

• XBoard from Wikipedia
• 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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