command-line option |
description |
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ENGINE-ENGINE ADJUDICATION OPTIONS
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| -adjudicateLossThreshold 0 (*x) |
adjudicates engine-engine game based on score |
Options -> Engine... (x) |
| -checkMates false (*x) |
detect and end game on checkmates and stalemates |
Options -> Engine... (x) |
| -testClaims false (*x) |
WinBoard corrects false RESULT claims |
Options -> Engine.. (x) |
| -materialDraws false (*x) |
adjudicate draw when no mating material present |
Options -> Engine.. (x) |
| -trivialDraws false (*x) |
adjudicate draw in endgames like KRKR and KNNK |
Options -> Engine.. (x) |
| -adjudicateDrawMoves 0 (*) |
adjudicate draw when game lasts too long |
Options -> Engine.. (x) |
| -ruleMoves 51 (*x) |
number of reversible moves after which to adjudicate draw |
Options -> Engine.. (x) |
| -repeatsToDraw 6 (*x) |
adjudicate draw when a position occurs this many times |
Options -> Engine.. (x) |
-firstScoreAbs false (x)
-secondScoreAbs false (x) |
Engine indicates score for white, even when playing black |
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
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) |
reduce the thinking time of the mentioned engine by the given factor
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Options -> Engine Settings.. (xboard only) |
| -timeOddsMode 1 (*x) |
determines what happens when both engine have time odds |
Options -> Engine Settings.. (xboard only) |
-firstNPS -1 (x)
-secondNPS -1 (x) |
engine must use node count for its time control, as if running at
specified rate |
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| -matchPause 10000 (*x) |
number of msec to wait between games in match mode |
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-delayBeforeQuit 0 (*)
-delayAfterQuit 0 (*) |
timing parameter specifying how to terminate the engine processes |
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adjust the clocks by 1 minute (up or down) |
left- or right-cick on clock in edit-game mode |
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DISPLAY-LOOK OPTIONS |
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-liteBackTextureFile "" (*)
-darkBackTextureFile "" (*)
-liteBackTextureMode 1 (*)
-darkBackTextureMode 1 (*) |
Allows you to use any bitmap picture for displaying the board square
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| -renderPiecesWithFont "" (*) |
specifies a true-type Chess font to be used for piece symbols |
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| -fontPieceToCharTable "" (*) |
specifies which font character to use for the various piece types |
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| -overrideLineGap 1 (*) |
controls the width of the black grid lines between squares |
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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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| -fontPieceSize 80 (*) |
tunes the size of pieces in font-based rendering (% of square size)
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| -highlightMoveWithArrow false (*) |
draws a big arrow to indicate the move last played |
Options -> General... |
| -highlightArrowColor #FFFF80 (*) |
controls the color of the highlight arrow |
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Swap white and black clock |
Options -> Swap Clocks |
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UCI ENGINE OPTIONS |
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| -polyglotDir "" (*) |
tells WinBoard where you installed Polyglot, for automatic invocation
with UCI engines |
Options -> UCI... (x) |
| -polyglotBook "" (*) |
tells WinBoard which opening book it should use, or should make
Polyglot use. |
Options -> UCI... (x) |
| -usePolyglotBook false (*) |
turns the use of the Polygot book on or off |
Options -> UCI... (x) |
| -defaultPathEGTB "c:\egtb" (*) |
folder where to find end-game tables |
Options -> UCI... (x) |
| -defaultCacheSizeEGTB 4 (*) |
specifies the cache size for UCI engines |
Options -> UCI... (x) |
| -defaultHashSize 64 (*) |
Specifies the size of the main hash table for UCI engines |
Options -> UCI... (x) |
-firstIsUCI false
-secondIsUCI false
-fUCI
-sUCI |
tells WinBoard the corresponding engine should be run through Polyglot
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-firstHasOwnBookUCI true
-secondHasOwnBookUCI true
-fNoOwnBookUCI true
-sNoOwnBookUCI true |
tells Polyglot if the engine should use its own opening book |
Options -> Engine Settings... (xboard only) |
| -smpCores 1 (*x) |
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 -> Engine Settings... (xboard only) |
| -egtFormats "" (*x) |
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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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... |
| -variant normal (x) |
supports many new variants: xiangqi, shogi, fischerandom, capabanca,
gothic, caparandom, janus, shatranj, courier, knightmate, berolina,
falcon, cylinder, fairy, super |
File -> New Variant... (x) |
| -defaultFrcOpening -1 (x) |
allows you to play from a specific opening shuffle, or make a new
shuffle each game |
File -> New Shuffle Game... (x) |
| -pieceToCharTable "" (x) |
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) |
displays opponent pieces uppside down (for Shogi) |
Options -> Board... |
| -allWhite false (*x) |
use white bitmaps (with black outline) also for display of black
pieces (for Shogi) |
Options -> Board... |
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PGN FILE OPTIONS |
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| -pgnExtendedInfo false (*x) |
save engine output (depth, score time) in PGN |
Options->General... |
-pgnEventHeader
"Computer Chess Game" (*x) |
specify the event for the PGN event tag |
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| -saveOutOfBookInfo true (*) |
include an 'annotator' tag in the PGN file |
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| -hideThinkingFromHuman false (*x) |
suppresses the engine thinking output in the display, without the need
to switch it off (so it can still appear in the PGN file) |
Options -> General... (x) |
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USER-INTERFACE OPTIONS AND WINDOW
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-moveHistoryUP true (*)
-moveHistoryX 0 (*)
-moveHistoryY 0
(*)
-moveHistoryW 0 (*)
-moveHistoryH 0 (*) |
controls opening, placement and size of a window containing the moves
of the current game |
Mode -> Show Move History (x) |
-evalGraphUp true (*)
-evalGraphX 0 (*)
-evalGraphY 0 (*)
-evalGraphW 0 (*)
-evalGraphH 0 (*) |
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 |
Mode -> Show Evaluation Graph |
-engineOutputUp true (*)
-engineOutputX 0 (*)
-engineOutputY 0
(*)
-engineOutputW 0 (*)
-engineOutputH 0 (*) |
controls opening, placement and size of a window containing the
thinking output of the engine(s) |
Mode -> Show Engine Output (x) |
| -stickyWindows true (*) |
make the various windows snap onto each other, and stick together |
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| -showEvalInMoveHistory true (*) |
depth/score info of the engine is included as comments in the move
history window |
Options -> General... |
-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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| -autoDisplayComment true (*) |
causes a window for displaying PGN comments to pop up automatically
when such a comment is encountered |
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| -autoDisplayTags true (*) |
causes a window with PGN tags to be displayed as soon as a PGN file is
loaded |
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| -gameListTags "eprd" (*) |
specifies the PGN tags that should be displayed in the game list |
Options -> Game List... |
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MISCELLANEOUS |
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-debugFile "winboard.debug"
-nameOfDebugFile "winboard.debug" |
allows you to specify an alternative name for saving the debug
information |
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save chess-board display as diagram in bitmap file (only works for the
smaller board formats!) |
File -> Save Diagram... |
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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 |
| -rewindIndex 0 (x) |
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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