Author: Peter Berger
Date: 15:39:02 01/25/02
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On January 25, 2002 at 18:17:40, Walter Eigenmann wrote: >>>From all that I've read about UCI, it seems to have several technical advantages >>>over Winboard. >> >>Name one. > >Look at this: > >" What are the advantages of UCI compared to Winboard? > >1. All engine options can be modified within the graphical user interface >so there is no need to deal with ini files. >2. Much better capabilities to display search information of the engine >3. Definition of a principal variation is included, >4. It's more robust, the GUI always knows exactly what the engine is doing. >5. It supporting multi variation mode >6. Support for endgame tablebases >7. Flexible time controls >8. The engine can identify itself >9. UCI is supporting a copy protection mechanism (for the professionals)" > >(in: Aaron Tay, http://www.chesskit.com/aarontay/Winboard/Winboard5.html#[E.10] > >Walter Oops - you definitely did quote correctly. Maybe you should also have mentioned Aaron's next line: [Taken from UCI technical Specification in Richtext format ] Let's get the sources right ( no accuses , Aaron's page is misleading here I think): http://www.it.ro/ccc_search/ccc.php?art_id=141612 So these are the advantages of the UCI protocol over WB (/protocolVersion=1)according to one of the UCI authors. Regards, pete
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