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I will try to show you the fastest way.

-First You have to install to download wb2uci from Odd Gunnar Malin   click here

- Claude Dubois  did a fantastic job and already set up 300 wb2uci files ready to use .

1.  click here to go to fou numerique/systeme du Suisse

2. Select & Download wbconf.zip

3.  If you didn't have it, Download the winboard engine that you want to install

• We will take exemple with Scorpio 1.8 from Daniel Shawul

• You could install your winboard engine where you want , but the easy way is to create a folder to put all winboard folders/files togheter . It will make easier to find them like the example below.

• or if you only use Fritz GUI , you could put all winboard engine under ..../chessbase/engines/winboard/scorpio_18

1. Unzip wbconf.zip  from C. Dubois that you download from 

2. Enter in the folder wb2uci_conf

3. Select scorpio files  under wb2uci_conf folder

4. Once you select scorpio file folder you will see (below)

5. Then select and copy the 2 files (scorpio.init and wb2uci.eng)

6. Now go to the folder where you put the scorpio winboard engine and paste like below

7. Important  :Now don t forget to put wb2uci.exe from Oddar Malin in the same folder

--->  open your Fritz/Chessbase GUI

1. Go to engine

2. Create new uci engine

3. select browse                                                    
4. Now select the folder where you put scorpio engine ,scorpio.init and wb2uci for scorpio

5. Now click on wb2uci.exe to create you engine (don't click on scorpio.exe)

6. The final Step, just click OK and you have a new uci engine :D lol

• Congratulation ... if you want to play with others winboard engine just follow the same steps .

• first time it is not easy, but more you will install winboard engine, more it will be easy for you

• Special Thanks to Oddar Malin for wb2uci.exe and Claude Dubois for his 300 wb2uci folders ready to use !!!

--->  open your wb2uci.eng with a notepad or another software

1- You are a novice like me and you like the easy way

common to almost all wb2uci.eng set up

 [ENGINE]
Name=
Author=
Filename=Wb2Uci.exe

[OPTIONS]
Program=EngineName.exe

just follow these sample and It should work

ex : with Jonny 2.83

[ENGINE]
Name=Jonny 2.83 W2U
Author=Johannes Zwanger, Allemagne
Filename=Wb2Uci.exe

[OPTIONS]
Program=Jonny283.exe

ex : Beo Wulf  2.4

[ENGINE]
Name=BeoWulf 2.4 W2U
Author=Colin Frayn, England and Dann Corbit, USA
Filename=Wb2Uci.exe

[OPTIONS]
Program=Beowulf.exe

Very easy to do and should work with almost all winboard  engine :D

2-Now you are a chess engine expert and you want to add some option :

You know the engine and his option :

ex : Crafty 20.14  (set up by Claude dubois ??)

[ENGINE]
Name=Crafty 20.14 BH W2U
Author=Robert Hyatt, USA
Filename=Wb2Uci.exe

[OPTIONS]
Program=crafty.exe
InitString=resign 0
HashCommand=hash %iM
WhiteScore=true
OwnBook=true
InitTime=5
Visible=Ponder,Hash,Extras,Logfile,Computer

[EXTRAS]
NalimovPath=tbpath|string|c:\tbs   put the path where the nalimov TB are ...
NalimovCache=cache %iM|spin|4|1|32

ex: Thor's Hammer 2.28

[ENGINE]
Name=Thor's Hammer 2.28 W2U
Author=Toma Roncevic, Croatia
Filename=Wb2Uci.exe

[OPTIONS]
Program=thorsHammer22.exe
OwnBook=true
Ponder=false
LevelExtend=Strict
ShowThinkingMove=true
WhiteScore=true
Visible=Ponder,Hash,ShowThinkingMove,Logfile,Extras

[EXTRAS]

More difficult to do, but if you add some option the chess engine could play better :D

- It looks difficult for the first time, but you will used to ...  It almost always the same steps

- Always try to make everything more easy/simple for yourself.

- There are over 170 free winboard engines out there, this is your reward if you could make them play under this GUI against your uci engine .