Below follows a table that lists the new features,
the command-line option needed to control them,
and if there is a menu provided that can switch the option while WinBoard is running
(command-line options exert their effect only at startup).
Note that, unlike WinBoard 4.2.7, the WinBoard 4.3 series is fully castling and e.p. aware,
and handles the castling, e.p. and 50-move field in FENs on input and output as should be expected.
command-line option
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description
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menu
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ENGINE-ENGINE ADJUDICATION OPTIONS
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-adjudicateLossThreshold 0 (*x)
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adjudicates engine-engine game based on score
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Options -> Engine... (x)
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-checkMates false (*x)
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detect and end game on checkmates and stalemates
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Options -> Engine... (x)
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-testClaims false (*x)
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WinBoard corrects false RESULT claims
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Options -> Engine.. (x)
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-materialDraws false (*x)
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adjudicate draw when no mating material present
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Options -> Engine.. (x)
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-trivialDraws false (*x)
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adjudicate draw in endgames like KRKR and KNNK
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Options -> Engine.. (x)
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-adjudicateDrawMoves 0 (*x)
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adjudicate draw when game lasts too long
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Options -> Engine.. (x)
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-ruleMoves 51 (*x)
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number of reversible moves after which to adjudicate draw
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Options -> Engine.. (x)
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-repeatsToDraw 6 (*x)
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adjudicate draw when a position occurs this many times
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Options -> Engine.. (x)
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-firstScoreAbs false (x)
-secondScoreAbs false (x)
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Engine indicates score for white, even when playing black
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Options -> Adjudications.. (xboard-only)
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-
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Adjudicate the game in progress as win to white, win to black, or draw
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Action -> Adjudicate to White
Action -> Adjudicate to Black
Action -> Adjudicate Draw
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TIME-CONTROL AND TIMING OPTIONS
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-firstTimeOdds 1 (x)
-secondTimeOdds 1 (x)
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reduce the thinking time of the mentioned engine by the given factor
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Options -> Engine Settings.. (xboard only)
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-timeOddsMode 1 (*x)
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determines what happens when both engine have time odds
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Options -> Engine Settings.. (xboard only)
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-firstNPS -1 (x)
-secondNPS -1 (x)
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engine must use node count for its time control, as if running at specified rate
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-
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-matchPause 10000 (*x)
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number of msec to wait between games in match mode
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-
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-delayBeforeQuit 0 (*x)
-delayAfterQuit 0 (*x)
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timing parameter specifying how to terminate the engine processes
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-
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-
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adjust the clocks by 1 minute (up or down)
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left- or right-cick on clock in edit-game mode
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-niceEngines 0 (*x)
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lower the CPU priority of the engines
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-
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DISPLAY-LOOK OPTIONS
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-liteBackTextureFile "" (*)
-darkBackTextureFile "" (*)
-liteBackTextureMode 1 (*)
-darkBackTextureMode 1 (*)
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Allows you to use any bitmap picture for displaying the board square
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-
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-renderPiecesWithFont "" (*)
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specifies a true-type Chess font to be used for piece symbols
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-
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-fontPieceToCharTable "" (*)
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specifies which font character to use for the various piece types
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-
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-overrideLineGap 1 (*)
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controls the width of the black grid lines between squares
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-
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-fontPieceBackColorWhite #0 (*)
-fontPieceForeColorWhite #0 (*)
-fontPieceBackColorBlack #0 (*)
-fontPieceForeColorBlack #0 (*)
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control piece colors in font-based rendering
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-
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-fontPieceSize 80 (*)
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tunes the size of pieces in font-based rendering (% of square size)
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-
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-highlightMoveWithArrow false (*)
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draws a big arrow to indicate the move last played
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Options -> General...
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-highlightArrowColor #FFFF80 (*)
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controls the color of the highlight arrow
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-
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-autoLogo false (*)
-firstLogo ""
-secondLogo ""
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causes WinBoard to display player logos above the board, next to the clocks.
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-
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-
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Swap white and black clock
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Options -> Swap Clocks
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(UCI) ENGINE OPTIONS
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-polyglotDir "" (*x)
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tells WinBoard where you installed Polyglot, for automatic invocation with UCI engines
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Options -> Global Settings... (x)
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-polyglotBook "" (*x)
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tells WinBoard which opening book it should use, or should make Polyglot use.
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Options -> Global Settings... (x)
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-usePolyglotBook false (*x)
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turns the use of the Polygot book on or off
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Options -> Global Settings... (x)
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-defaultPathEGTB "c:\egtb" (*x)
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folder where to find end-game tables
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Options -> Global Settings... (x)
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-defaultCacheSizeEGTB 4 (*x)
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specifies the cache size for UCI engines
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Options -> Global Settings... (x)
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-defaultHashSize 64 (*x)
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specifies the size of the main hash table for UCI engines and WinBoard engines implementing the memory command
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Options -> Global Settings... (x)
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-firstIsUCI false (x)
-secondIsUCI false (x)
-fUCI (x)
-sUCI (x)
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tells WinBoard the corresponding engine should be run through Polyglot
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-
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-firstHasOwnBookUCI true (x)
-secondHasOwnBookUCI true (x)
-fNoOwnBookUCI true (x)
-sNoOwnBookUCI true (x)
-firstXBook (x)
-secondXBook (x)
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tells WinBoard (or Polyglot) if the engine should use its own opening book
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Options -> Global Settings... (x)
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-smpCores 1 (*x)
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sets the maximum number of CPUs an SMP engine can use.
(only affects engines that support the cores command of WB protocol)
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Options -> Global Settings... (x)
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-egtFormats "" (*x)
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specifies which end-game tables are installed on the computer,
and where they can be found
(e.g. "nalimov:\chess\egtb,scorpio:\chess\bitbases")
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-
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-firstOptions "" (x)
-secondOptions "" (x)
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sets engine-defined options of UCI engines and WinBoard engines that support the option feature.
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Options -> Engine #1 Settings... (x)
Options -> Engine #2 Settings... (x)
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-firstNeedsNoncompliantFEN "" (x)
-secondNeedsNoncompliantFEN "" (x)
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directly specifies castling and e.p. field to be used in all FENs sent to mentioned engine
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-
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CHESS-VARIANT OPTIONS
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-boardHeight -1 (*x)
-boardWidth -1 (*x)
-holdingsSize -1 (*x)
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specifies the board format and nr of piece types that can be dropped,
when you want it to be different from what is usual in the chosen varint
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File -> New Variant...
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-variant normal (x)
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supports many new variants: xiangqi, shogi, fischerandom, capabanca, gothic, caparandom, janus,
shatranj, courier, knightmate, berolina, falcon, cylinder, fairy, super, great
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File -> New Variant... (x)
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-defaultFrcOpening -1 (x)
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allows you to play from a specific opening shuffle, or make a new shuffle each game
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File -> New Shuffle Game... (x)
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-pieceToCharTable "" (x)
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allows you to specify by which letters pieces are referred to in FEN and SAN,
if you want to deviate from what is usual for the current variant
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-
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-flipBlack fase (*x)
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displays opponent pieces uppside down (for Shogi)
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Options -> Board...
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-allWhite false (*x)
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use white bitmaps (with black outline) also for display of black pieces (for Shogi)
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Options -> Board...
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PGN FILE OPTIONS
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-pgnExtendedInfo false (*x)
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save engine output (depth, score time) in PGN
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Options->General...
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-pgnEventHeader "Computer Chess Game" (*x)
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specify the event for the PGN event tag
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-
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-saveOutOfBookInfo true (*)
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include an 'annotator' tag in the PGN file
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-hideThinkingFromHuman false (*x)
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suppresses the engine thinking output in the display, without the need to switch it off
(so it can still appear in the PGN file)
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Options -> General... (x)
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-userName "" (x)
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sets the name of the human player
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Mode -> Enter Username... (x)
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USER-INTERFACE OPTIONS AND WINDOW CONTROL
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-moveHistoryUp true (*)
-moveHistoryX 0 (*)
-moveHistoryY 0 (*)
-moveHistoryW 0 (*)
-moveHistoryH 0 (*)
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controls opening, placement and size of a window containing the moves of the current game
(new in 4.4 is that all X and Y coordinates of auxiliary windows are stored relative to the main window)
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Mode -> Show Move History (x)
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-evalGraphUp true (*)
-evalGraphX 0 (*)
-evalGraphY 0 (*)
-evalGraphW 0 (*)
-evalGraphH 0 (*)
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controls opening, placement and size of a window containing a graph of the
evaluation score of the engine(s) as a function of move number of the current game
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Mode -> Show Evaluation Graph
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-engineOutputUp true (*)
-engineOutputX 0 (*)
-engineOutputY 0 (*)
-engineOutputW 0 (*)
-engineOutputH 0 (*)
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controls opening, placement and size of a window containing the thinking output of the engine(s)
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Mode -> Show Engine Output (x)
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-stickyWindows true (*)
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make the various windows snap onto each other, and stick together
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-showEvalInMoveHistory true (*)
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depth/score info of the engine is included as comments in the move history window
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Options -> General...
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-evalHistColorWhite #FFFFB0 (*)
-evalHistColorBlack #AD5D3D (*)
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determines the color of the eval-score comments in the move-history window
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-
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-autoDisplayComment true (*)
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causes a window for displaying PGN comments to pop up automatically when such a comment is encountered
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-
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-autoDisplayTags true (*)
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causes a window with PGN tags to be displayed as soon as a PGN file is loaded
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-
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-gameListTags "eprd" (*)
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specifies the PGN tags that should be displayed in the game list
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Options -> Game List...
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-noGUI (x)
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suppress update of display on all machine and ICS moves (moves, clocks, icon)
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-
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ICS OPTIONS
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-autoKibitz (x)
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kibitz engine Thinking Output to ICS, and capture opponent kibitz for in PGN
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-
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-zippyShortGame 0 (x)
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ban opponents on ICS that abort without playing
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-
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MISCELLANEOUS
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-debugFile "winboard.debug" (x)
-nameOfDebugFile "winboard.debug" (x)
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allows you to specify an alternative name for saving the debug information
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-
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-engineDebugOutput 0 (x)
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tells WinBoard if and how to put protocol-violating output in the debug file
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-
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-
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save chess-board display as diagram in bitmap file
(only works for the smaller board formats!)
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File -> Save Diagram...
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-defaultFrcPosition -1 (*x)
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specify the number of the starting position in shuffle Chess variants
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File -> New Shuffle Game... (x)
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-
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display only those lines in the game list that contain a given string
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in Game-List window
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-rewindFile 0 (x)
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A nonzero value for this option causes the loadGameIndex or loadPositionIndex
to rewind to the beginning of the Games or Position file when it reaches
the given value in auto-increment match mode.
This mode is specified by a negative value as argument of the /lgi or /lpi options,
where -1 increments the index after every game of the match,
and -2 after every two games (so that each position is played with black and white).
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-
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-sameColorGames 0 (x)
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play a match, but without alternating the colors (overrules -matchGames)
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-
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The value with which the option is listed is the default value.
If it is false or true, it is a Boolean option, a number implies an integer option.
A value starting with # indicates an RGB color indication in hexadecimal notation.
Options the settings of which are saved into the winboard.ini file are marked with (*).
