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How do we change engines and is it possible for Winboard to use the engine on fritz 12 (if yes, how)?

When you start WinBoard from the command line (e.g. in a shortcut) you would need to use the extra options:

winboard /cp /fcp="ENGINE.exe" /fd="ENGINE_FOLDER"

(and similar options /scp and /sd for the second engine, if you want to use two). When you start WinBoard through the startup dialog, you can type whatever was after the /fcp= in the input fields of this dialog, like

"ENGINE.exe" /fd="ENGINE_FOLDER"

Finally, when you want these names to appear automatically in the startup dialog's combo boxes, so you can select them without typing, you would have to add that line to the /firstChessProgramNames section of the winboard.ini file, using a text editor like NotePad.

Oh, and when it is a UCI engine, rather than a WinBoard engine, you will need the extra option /fUCI (or /sUCI) on th eline in all the cases. You can also give other options that you want WinBoard to use only with that engine, on the remainder of the line. Examples:

"Crafty.exe" /fd="C:\Program Files\Crafty232\"
"glaurung.exe" /fd="C:\MyEngines\Glaurung22\" /fUCI
"glaurung.exe" /fd="C:\MyEngines\Glaurung22\" /fUCI /variant=fischerandom
"umax48.exe" /fd="C:\MyEngines\microMax\" /firstXBook
"pulsar.exe" /fd="..\Pulsar\" /variant=losers

This tells WinBoard that glaurung is a UCI engine, makes a separate entry for starting Glaurung in Chess960 mode, enables the use of the GUI book for micro-Max and starts up Pulsar (whose folder is specified relative ti the WinBoard folder) for playing Loser's Chess.

Let's answer the other question : there is no way of running native ChessBase engines on other GUIs.

Olivier

what is the difference between s and f in the engine section

mocha1961 wrote:what is the difference between s and f in the engine section

Hello mocha1961,

F: first engine
S: second engine

Later.

thx for the info