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NAME

       uci2wb - Protocol adapter for UCI dialects to XBoard

SYNOPSIS

       uci2wb [debug] [-c|-s|-x] engine [directory]

DESCRIPTION

       uci2wb is a protocol adapter, i.e. it can be used to run AI plugins ('engines') that
       communicate in one protocol in a GUI that communicates in another.  In this case uci2wb
       can make appear the engine specified in its argument, which must use a protocol similar to
       UCI ('Universal Chess Interface'), to the GUI as an engine using XBoard protocol ('Chess
       Engine Communication Protocol', CECP).

       The protocols for which it can mediate are UCI (both the official standard, as well as the
       'Cyclone dialect' that is commonly used by Chinese-Chess engines), USI ('Universal Shogi
       Interface', used by some Shogi engines) and UCCI ('Universal Chinese-Chess Interface').
       When set to UCI, it automatically uses Cyclone dialect when playing xiangqi games.

OPTIONS

       -c -s -x
               The flag arguments -c (default), -s or -x set uci2wb to use UCI, USI or UCCI,
               respectively.  If there is more than one character in the flag argument, all
               characters but the first are ignored.  This can be used by passing uci2wb the full
               variant name ('shogi' or 'xiangqi') as a flag, to make it automatically choose the
               appropriate protocol (USI or UCCI).

       debug   Makes uci2wb report to the GUI everything it receives from the engine, as a CECP
               engine comment (i.e. prefixed with '#').  This would make it appear in the GUI's
               log of the engine communication.  Some critical commands it sends to the engine
               (such as the 'position-moves' and 'go' commands) will be reported as well.

       directory
               If a directory is specified, the engine is started with that directory set as
               current directory.

AVAILABILITY

       At http://hgm.nubati.net/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi the source code can be obtained.

SEE ALSO

       xboard(6)

STANDARDS

       WinBoard, xboard(6) interface ("Chess Engine Communication Protocol")

       UCI specs:
       http://www.shredderchess.com/chess-info/features/uci-universal-chess-interface.html

       USI specs: http://www.glaurungchess.com/shogi/usi.html

       UCCI specs: http://www.xqbase.com/protocol/cchess_ucci.htm

AUTHOR

       H.G.Muller <h.g.muller@hccnet.nl>.

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