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+<title>WinBoard 4.3.15</title>\r
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+<table><tr><td halign="top">\r
+<h1>WinBoard 4.3.15</h1>\r
+<h2>"For the ultimate WinBoard experience"</h2>\r
+<h3>Introduction</h3>\r
+<p>\r
+The WinBoard 4.3 series is a continuation of the WinBoard_x line by Allessandro Scotti.\r
+It is been further developed, and is maintained, by H.G. Muller.\r
+Most addtions and improvements that went into this since the last version produced\r
+by the GNU-Savannah xboard project team, WinBoard 4.2.7b,\r
+are unfortunately not parallelled in xboard.\r
+On the contrary, they have destroyed the compatibility of the back-end sources\r
+shared by WinBoard and xboard with the xboard front-end of version 4.2.7b.\r
+Since WinBoard 4.3.14, however, the releases again coms with a compatible xboard front-end.\r
+That does not mean that all the features added to WinBoard can already be used\r
+in this xboard version.\r
+But some can, an in 4.3.15 many more have been added.\r
+</p><p>\r
+The description below applies specifically to WinBoard, \r
+although we have tried to mark features that can also be used in xboard by (x) everywhere.\r
+This version of xboard does does have som new menus added to control such features.\r
+Other functionss, if they work at all, must be switched on from the command line.\r
+</p>\r
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+</td><td width="200" halign="center" cellpdding="20">\r
+<img src="mini.gif">\r
+</td></tr></table>\r
+<h3>New features since 4.2.7b</h3>\r
+<p>\r
+Below follows a table that lists the new features, \r
+the command-line option needed to control them,\r
+and if there is a menu provided that can switch the option while WinBoard is running\r
+(command-line options exert their effect only at startup).\r
+Note that, unlike WinBoard 4.2.7, the WinBoard 4.3 series is fully castling and e.p. aware,\r
+and handles the castling, e.p. and 50-move field in FENs on input and output as should be expected.\r
+</p>\r
+<table cellpadding="3" border="1"><tr><td width="220">\r
+ <h3>command-line option</h3>\r
+ </td><td>\r
+ <h3>description</h3>\r
+ </td><td width="250">\r
+ <h3>menu</h3>\r
+ </td></tr><tr><td>\r
+ \r
+ </td><td bgcolor="lightblue">\r
+ <strong>ENGINE-ENGINE ADJUDICATION OPTIONS<strong>\r
+ </td><td>\r
+ \r
+ </td></tr><tr><td>\r
+ -adjudicateLossThreshold 0 (*x)\r
+ </td><td>\r
+ adjudicates engine-engine game based on score\r
+ </td><td>\r
+ Options -> Engine... (x)\r
+ </td></tr><tr><td>\r
+ -checkMates false (*x)\r
+ </td><td>\r
+ detect and end game on checkmates and stalemates\r
+ </td><td>\r
+ Options -> Engine... (x)\r
+ </td></tr><tr><td>\r
+ -testClaims false (*x)\r
+ </td><td>\r
+ WinBoard corrects false RESULT claims\r
+ </td><td>\r
+ Options -> Engine.. (x)\r
+ </td></tr><tr><td>\r
+ -materialDraws false (*x)\r
+ </td><td>\r
+ adjudicate draw when no mating material present\r
+ </td><td>\r
+ Options -> Engine.. (x)\r
+ </td></tr><tr><td>\r
+ -trivialDraws false (*x)\r
+ </td><td>\r
+ adjudicate draw in endgames like KRKR and KNNK\r
+ </td><td>\r
+ Options -> Engine.. (x)\r
+ </td></tr><tr><td>\r
+ -adjudicateDrawMoves 0 (*)\r
+ </td><td>\r
+ adjudicate draw when game lasts too long\r
+ </td><td>\r
+ Options -> Engine.. (x)\r
+ </td></tr><tr><td>\r
+ -ruleMoves 51 (*x)\r
+ </td><td>\r
+ number of reversible moves after which to adjudicate draw\r
+ </td><td>\r
+ Options -> Engine.. (x)\r
+ </td></tr><tr><td>\r
+ -repeatsToDraw 6 (*x)\r
+ </td><td>\r
+ adjudicate draw when a position occurs this many times\r
+ </td><td>\r
+ Options -> Engine.. (x)\r
+ </td></tr><tr><td>\r
+ -firstScoreAbs false (x)\r
+ <br>\r
+ -secondScoreAbs false (x)\r
+ </td><td>\r
+ Engine indicates score for white, even when playing black\r
+ </td><td>\r
+ Options -> Adjudications.. (xboard-only)\r
+ </td></tr><tr><td>\r
+ -\r
+ </td><td>\r
+ Adjudicate the game in progress as win to white, win to black, or draw\r
+ </td><td>\r
+ Action -> Adjudicate to White\r
+ <br>\r
+ Action -> Adjudicate to Black\r
+ <br>\r
+ Action -> Adjudicate Draw\r
+ </td></tr><tr><td>\r
+ \r
+ </td><td bgcolor="lightblue">\r
+ <strong>TIME-CONTROL AND TIMING OPTIONS</strong>\r
+ </td><td>\r
+ \r
+ </td></tr><tr><td>\r
+ -firstTimeOdds 1 (x)\r
+ <br>\r
+ -secondTimeOdds 1 (x)\r
+ </td><td>\r
+ reduce the thinking time of the mentioned engine by the given factor\r
+ </td><td>\r
+ Options -> Engine Settings.. (xboard only)\r
+ </td></tr><tr><td>\r
+ -timeOddsMode 1 (*x)\r
+ </td><td>\r
+ determines what happens when both engine have time odds\r
+ </td><td>\r
+ Options -> Engine Settings.. (xboard only)\r
+ </td></tr><tr><td>\r
+ -firstNPS -1 (x)\r
+ <br>\r
+ -secondNPS -1 (x)\r
+ </td><td>\r
+ engine must use node count for its time control, as if running at specified rate\r
+ </td><td>\r
+ -\r
+ </td></tr><tr><td>\r
+ -matchPause 10000 (*x)\r
+ </td><td>\r
+ number of msec to wait between games in match mode\r
+ </td><td>\r
+ -\r
+ </td></tr><tr><td>\r
+ -delayBeforeQuit 0 (*)\r
+ <br>\r
+ -delayAfterQuit 0 (*)\r
+ </td><td>\r
+ timing parameter specifying how to terminate the engine processes\r
+ </td><td>\r
+ -\r
+ </td></tr><tr><td>\r
+ -\r
+ </td><td>\r
+ adjust the clocks by 1 minute (up or down)\r
+ </td><td>\r
+ left- or right-cick on clock in edit-game mode\r
+ </td></tr><tr><td>\r
+ \r
+ </td><td bgcolor="lightblue">\r
+ <strong>DISPLAY-LOOK OPTIONS</strong>\r
+ </td><td>\r
+ \r
+ </td></tr><tr><td>\r
+ -liteBackTextureFile "" (*)\r
+ <br>\r
+ -darkBackTextureFile "" (*)\r
+ <br>\r
+ -liteBackTextureMode 1 (*)\r
+ <br>\r
+ -darkBackTextureMode 1 (*)\r
+ </td><td>\r
+ Allows you to use any bitmap picture for displaying the board square\r
+ </td><td>\r
+ -\r
+ </td></tr><tr><td>\r
+ -renderPiecesWithFont "" (*)\r
+ </td><td>\r
+ specifies a true-type Chess font to be used for piece symbols\r
+ </td><td>\r
+ -\r
+ </td></tr><tr><td>\r
+ -fontPieceToCharTable "" (*)\r
+ </td><td>\r
+ specifies which font character to use for the various piece types\r
+ </td><td>\r
+ -\r
+ </td></tr><tr><td>\r
+ -overrideLineGap 1 (*)\r
+ </td><td>\r
+ controls the width of the black grid lines between squares\r
+ </td><td>\r
+ -\r
+ </td></tr><tr><td>\r
+ -fontPieceBackColorWhite #0 (*)\r
+ <br>\r
+ -fontPieceForeColorWhite #0 (*)\r
+ <br>\r
+ -fontPieceBackColorBlack #0 (*)\r
+ <br>\r
+ -fontPieceForeColorBlack #0 (*)\r
+ </td><td>\r
+ control piece colors in font-based rendering\r
+ </td><td>\r
+ -\r
+ </td></tr><tr><td>\r
+ -fontPieceSize 80 (*)\r
+ </td><td>\r
+ tunes the size of pieces in font-based rendering (% of square size)\r
+ </td><td>\r
+ -\r
+ </td></tr><tr><td>\r
+ -highlightMoveWithArrow false (*)\r
+ </td><td>\r
+ draws a big arrow to indicate the move last played\r
+ </td><td>\r
+ Options -> General...\r
+ </td></tr><tr><td>\r
+ -highlightArrowColor #FFFF80 (*)\r
+ </td><td>\r
+ controls the color of the highlight arrow\r
+ </td><td>\r
+ -\r
+ </td></tr><tr><td>\r
+ -\r
+ </td><td>\r
+ Swap white and black clock\r
+ </td><td>\r
+ Options -> Swap Clocks\r
+ </td></tr><tr><td>\r
+ \r
+ </td><td bgcolor="lightblue">\r
+ <strong>UCI ENGINE OPTIONS</strong>\r
+ </td><td>\r
+ \r
+ </td></tr><tr><td>\r
+ -polyglotDir "" (*)\r
+ </td><td>\r
+ tells WinBoard where you installed Polyglot, for automatic invocation with UCI engines\r
+ </td><td>\r
+ Options -> UCI... (x)\r
+ </td></tr><tr><td>\r
+ -polyglotBook "" (*)\r
+ </td><td>\r
+ tells WinBoard which opening book it should use, or should make Polyglot use.\r
+ </td><td>\r
+ Options -> UCI... (x)\r
+ </td></tr><tr><td>\r
+ -usePolyglotBook false (*)\r
+ </td><td>\r
+ turns the use of the Polygot book on or off\r
+ </td><td>\r
+ Options -> UCI... (x)\r
+ </td></tr><tr><td>\r
+ -defaultPathEGTB "c:\egtb" (*)\r
+ </td><td>\r
+ folder where to find end-game tables\r
+ </td><td>\r
+ Options -> UCI... (x)\r
+ </td></tr><tr><td>\r
+ -defaultCacheSizeEGTB 4 (*)\r
+ </td><td>\r
+ specifies the cache size for UCI engines\r
+ </td><td>\r
+ Options -> UCI... (x)\r
+ </td></tr><tr><td>\r
+ -defaultHashSize 64 (*)\r
+ </td><td>\r
+ Specifies the size of the main hash table for UCI engines\r
+ </td><td>\r
+ Options -> UCI... (x)\r
+ </td></tr><tr><td>\r
+ -firstIsUCI false\r
+ <br>\r
+ -secondIsUCI false\r
+ <br>\r
+ -fUCI\r
+ <br>\r
+ -sUCI\r
+ </td><td>\r
+ tells WinBoard the corresponding engine should be run through Polyglot\r
+ </td><td>\r
+ -\r
+ </td></tr><tr><td>\r
+ -firstHasOwnBookUCI true\r
+ <br>\r
+ -secondHasOwnBookUCI true\r
+ <br>\r
+ -fNoOwnBookUCI true\r
+ <br>\r
+ -sNoOwnBookUCI true\r
+ </td><td>\r
+ tells Polyglot if the engine should use its own opening book\r
+ </td><td>\r
+ Options -> Engine Settings... (xboard only)\r
+ </td></tr><tr><td>\r
+ -smpCores 1 (*x)\r
+ </td><td>\r
+ Sets the maximum number of CPUs an SMP engine can use.\r
+ (only affects engines that support the <strong>cores</strong> command of WB protocol)\r
+ </td><td>\r
+ Options -> Engine Settings... (xboard only)\r
+ </td></tr><tr><td>\r
+ -egtFormats "" (*x)\r
+ </td><td>\r
+ Specifies which end-game tables are installed on the computer,\r
+ and where they can be found\r
+ (e.g. "nalimov:\chess\egtb,scorpio:\chess\bitbases")\r
+ </td><td>\r
+ -\r
+ </td></tr><tr><td>\r
+ \r
+ </td><td bgcolor="lightblue">\r
+ <strong>CHESS-VARIANT OPTIONS</strong>\r
+ </td><td>\r
+ \r
+ </td></tr><tr><td>\r
+ -boardHeight -1 (*x)\r
+ <br>\r
+ -boardWidth -1 (*x)\r
+ <br>\r
+ -holdingsSize -1 (*x)\r
+ </td><td>\r
+ specifies the board format and nr of piece types that can be dropped,\r
+ when you want it to be different from what is usual in the chosen varint\r
+ </td><td>\r
+ File -> New Variant...\r
+ </td></tr><tr><td>\r
+ -variant normal (x)\r
+ </td><td>\r
+ supports many new variants: xiangqi, shogi, fischerandom, capabanca, gothic, caparandom, janus,\r
+ shatranj, courier, knightmate, berolina, falcon, cylinder, fairy, super\r
+ </td><td>\r
+ File -> New Variant... (x)\r
+ </td></tr><tr><td>\r
+ -defaultFrcOpening -1 (x)\r
+ </td><td>\r
+ allows you to play from a specific opening shuffle, or make a new shuffle each game\r
+ </td><td>\r
+ File -> New Shuffle Game... (x)\r
+ </td></tr><tr><td>\r
+ -pieceToCharTable "" (x)\r
+ </td><td>\r
+ allows you to specify by which letters pieces are referred to in FEN and SAN,\r
+ if you want to deviate from what is usual for the current variant\r
+ </td><td>\r
+ -\r
+ </td></tr><tr><td>\r
+ -flipBlack fase (*x)\r
+ </td><td>\r
+ displays opponent pieces uppside down (for Shogi)\r
+ </td><td>\r
+ Options -> Board...\r
+ </td></tr><tr><td>\r
+ -allWhite false (*x)\r
+ </td><td>\r
+ use white bitmaps (with black outline) also for display of black pieces (for Shogi)\r
+ </td><td>\r
+ Options -> Board...\r
+ </td></tr><tr><td>\r
+ \r
+ </td><td bgcolor="lightblue">\r
+ <strong>PGN FILE OPTIONS</strong>\r
+ </td><td>\r
+ \r
+ </td></tr><tr><td>\r
+ -pgnExtendedInfo false (*x)\r
+ </td><td>\r
+ save engine output (depth, score time) in PGN\r
+ </td><td>\r
+ Options->General...\r
+ </td></tr><tr><td>\r
+ -pgnEventHeader </br>"Computer Chess Game" (*x)\r
+ </td><td>\r
+ specify the event for the PGN event tag\r
+ </td><td>\r
+ -\r
+ </td></tr><tr><td>\r
+ -saveOutOfBookInfo true (*)\r
+ </td><td>\r
+ include an 'annotator' tag in the PGN file\r
+ </td><td>\r
+ \r
+ </td></tr><tr><td>\r
+ -hideThinkingFromHuman false (*x)\r
+ </td><td>\r
+ suppresses the engine thinking output in the display, without the need to switch it off\r
+ (so it can still appear in the PGN file)\r
+ </td><td>\r
+ Options -> General... (x)\r
+ </td></tr><tr><td>\r
+ \r
+ </td><td bgcolor="lightblue">\r
+ <strong>USER-INTERFACE OPTIONS AND WINDOW CONTROL</strong>\r
+ </td><td>\r
+ \r
+ </td></tr><tr><td>\r
+ -moveHistoryUP true (*)\r
+ <br>\r
+ -moveHistoryX 0 (*)\r
+ <br>\r
+ -moveHistoryY 0 (*)\r
+ <br>\r
+ -moveHistoryW 0 (*)\r
+ <br>\r
+ -moveHistoryH 0 (*)\r
+ </td><td>\r
+ controls opening, placement and size of a window containing the moves of the current game\r
+ </td><td>\r
+ Mode -> Show Move History (x)\r
+ </td></tr><tr><td>\r
+ -evalGraphUp true (*)\r
+ <br>\r
+ -evalGraphX 0 (*)\r
+ <br>\r
+ -evalGraphY 0 (*)\r
+ <br>\r
+ -evalGraphW 0 (*)\r
+ <br>\r
+ -evalGraphH 0 (*)\r
+ </td><td>\r
+ controls opening, placement and size of a window containing a graph of the\r
+ evaluation score of the engine(s) as a function of move number of the current game\r
+ </td><td>\r
+ Mode -> Show Evaluation Graph\r
+ </td></tr><tr><td>\r
+ -engineOutputUp true (*)\r
+ <br>\r
+ -engineOutputX 0 (*)\r
+ <br>\r
+ -engineOutputY 0 (*)\r
+ <br>\r
+ -engineOutputW 0 (*)\r
+ <br>\r
+ -engineOutputH 0 (*)\r
+ </td><td>\r
+ controls opening, placement and size of a window containing the thinking output of the engine(s)\r
+ </td><td>\r
+ Mode -> Show Engine Output (x)\r
+ </td></tr><tr><td>\r
+ -stickyWindows true (*)\r
+ </td><td>\r
+ make the various windows snap onto each other, and stick together\r
+ </td><td>\r
+ -\r
+ </td></tr><tr><td>\r
+ -showEvalInMoveHistory true (*)\r
+ </td><td>\r
+ depth/score info of the engine is included as comments in the move history window\r
+ </td><td>\r
+ Options -> General...\r
+ </td></tr><tr><td>\r
+ -evalHistColorWhite #FFFFB0 (*)\r
+ <br>\r
+ -evalHistColorBlack #AD5D3D (*)\r
+ </td><td>\r
+ determines the color of the eval-score comments in the move-history window\r
+ </td><td>\r
+ -\r
+ </td></tr><tr><td>\r
+ -autoDisplayComment true (*)\r
+ </td><td>\r
+ causes a window for displaying PGN comments to pop up automatically when such a comment is encountered\r
+ </td><td>\r
+ -\r
+ </td></tr><tr><td>\r
+ -autoDisplayTags true (*)\r
+ </td><td>\r
+ causes a window with PGN tags to be displayed as soon as a PGN file is loaded\r
+ </td><td>\r
+ -\r
+ </td></tr><tr><td>\r
+ -gameListTags "eprd" (*)\r
+ </td><td>\r
+ specifies the PGN tags that should be displayed in the game list\r
+ </td><td>\r
+ Options -> Game List...\r
+ </td></tr><tr><td>\r
+ \r
+ </td><td bgcolor="lightblue">\r
+ <strong>MISCELLANEOUS</strong>\r
+ </td><td>\r
+ \r
+ </td></tr><tr><td>\r
+ -debugFile "winboard.debug"\r
+ <br>\r
+ -nameOfDebugFile "winboard.debug"\r
+ </td><td>\r
+ allows you to specify an alternative name for saving the debug information\r
+ </td><td>\r
+ -\r
+ </td></tr><tr><td>\r
+ -\r
+ </td><td>\r
+ save chess-board display as diagram in bitmap file\r
+ (only works for the smaller board formats!)\r
+ </td><td>\r
+ File -> Save Diagram...\r
+ </td></tr><tr><td>\r
+ -\r
+ </td><td>\r
+ display only those lines in the game list that contain a given string\r
+ </td><td>\r
+ in Game-List window\r
+ </td></tr><tr><td>\r
+ -rewindFile 0 (x)\r
+ </td><td>\r
+ A nonzero value for this option causes the loadGameIndex or loadPositionIndex\r
+ to rewind to the beginning of the Games or Position file when it reaches\r
+ the given value in auto-increment match mode. \r
+ This mode is specified by a negative value as argument of the /lgi or /lpi options,\r
+ where -1 increments the index after every game of the match,\r
+ and -2 after every two games (so that each position is played with black and white).\r
+ </td><td>\r
+ -\r
+</td></tr></table>\r
+<p>\r
+The value with which the option is listed is the default value.\r
+If it is false or true, it is a Boolean option, a number implies an integer option.\r
+A value starting with # indicates an RGB color indication in hexadecimal notation.\r
+Options the settings of which are saved into the winboard.ini file are marked with (*).\r
+</p>\r
+</body>\r
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