-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.
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- 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)
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- -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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- Adjudicate the game in progress as win to white, win to black, or draw
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- Action -> Adjudicate to White
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- Action -> Adjudicate to Black
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- Action -> Adjudicate Draw
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- TIME-CONTROL AND TIMING OPTIONS
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- -firstTimeOdds 1 (x)
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- -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)
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- -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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- -matchPause 10000 (*x)
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- number of msec to wait between games in match mode
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- -delayBeforeQuit 0 (*x)
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- -delayAfterQuit 0 (*x)
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- timing parameter specifying how to terminate the engine processes
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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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- DISPLAY-LOOK OPTIONS
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- -liteBackTextureFile "" (*)
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- -darkBackTextureFile "" (*)
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- -liteBackTextureMode 1 (*)
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- -darkBackTextureMode 1 (*)
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- Allows you to use any bitmap picture for displaying the board square
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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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- -fontPieceToCharTable "" (*)
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- specifies which font character to use for the various piece types
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- -overrideLineGap 1 (*)
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- controls the width of the black grid lines between squares
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- -fontPieceBackColorWhite #0 (*)
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- -fontPieceForeColorWhite #0 (*)
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- -fontPieceBackColorBlack #0 (*)
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- -fontPieceForeColorBlack #0 (*)
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- control piece colors in font-based rendering
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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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- -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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- -autoLogo false (*)
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- -firstLogo ""
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- -secondLogo ""
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- causes WinBoard to display player logos above the board, next to the clocks.
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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)
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- -secondIsUCI false (x)
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- -fUCI (x)
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- -sUCI (x)
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- tells WinBoard the corresponding engine should be run through Polyglot
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- -firstHasOwnBookUCI true (x)
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- -secondHasOwnBookUCI true (x)
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- -fNoOwnBookUCI true (x)
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- -sNoOwnBookUCI true (x)
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- -firstXBook (x)
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- -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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- -firstOptions "" (x)
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- -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)
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- Options -> Engine #2 Settings... (x)
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- -firstNeedsNoncompliantFEN "" (x)
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- -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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- CHESS-VARIANT OPTIONS
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- -boardHeight -1 (*x)
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- -boardWidth -1 (*x)
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- -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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- -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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- -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 (*)
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- -moveHistoryX 0 (*)
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- -moveHistoryY 0 (*)
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- -moveHistoryW 0 (*)
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- -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 (*)
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- -evalGraphX 0 (*)
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- -evalGraphY 0 (*)
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- -evalGraphW 0 (*)
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- -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 (*)
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- -engineOutputX 0 (*)
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- -engineOutputY 0 (*)
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- -engineOutputW 0 (*)
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- -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 (*)
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- -evalHistColorBlack #AD5D3D (*)
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- determines the color of the eval-score comments in the move-history window
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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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- -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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- -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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- 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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- -zippyShortGame 0 (x)
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- ban opponents on ICS that abort without playing
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- MISCELLANEOUS
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- -debugFile "winboard.debug" (x)
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- -nameOfDebugFile "winboard.debug" (x)
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- allows you to specify an alternative name for saving the debug information
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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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- 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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- 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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- -sameColorGames 0 (x)
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- play a match, but without alternating the colors (overrules -matchGames)
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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 (*).
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