chess(6) [bsd man page]

CHESS(6)							   Games Manual 							  CHESS(6)

NAME

       chess - the game of chess

SYNOPSIS

       /usr/games/chess

DESCRIPTION

       Chess  is  a computer program that plays class D chess.	Moves may be given either in standard (descriptive) notation or in algebraic nota-
       tion.  The symbol `+' is used to specify check; `o-o' and `o-o-o' specify castling.  To play black, type `first'; to print the board,  type
       an empty line.

       Each move is echoed in the appropriate notation followed by the program's reply.

FILES

       /usr/games/lib/book opening `book'

DIAGNOSTICS

       The most cryptic diagnostic is `eh?' which means that the input was syntactically incorrect.

WARNING

       Over-use of this program will cause it to go away.

BUGS

       Pawns may be promoted only to queens.

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eleeye_engine(6)														  eleeye_engine(6)

NAME

       eleeye_engine - a chess program engine to communicate with its user interface

SYNOPSIS

       eleeye_engine is a command-line client for UCCI (based on UCI) protocol. It
       provides full support of basic UCI command, such as position, go, banmoves or
       bestmove and much more.

DESCRIPTION

       The  Universal  Chess  Interface  (UCI)	is an open communication protocol that enables a chess program engine to communicate with its user
       interface.

       It was designed and released by Rudolf Huber and Stefan Meyer-Kahlen, the author of Shredder, in November 2000, and can be seen as a  rival
       to the older XBoard/WinBoard Communication protocol. Like the latter, it is free to use without license fees.

       Customarily,  UCI  assigns  some  tasks	to the user interface that have traditionally been handled by the engine itself. Most notably, the
       opening book is usually expected to be handled by the interface, by simply selecting moves to play until it is out of book, and	only  then
       starting  up the engine for calculation in the resulting position. (UCI does not specify any on-disk format for the opening book; different
       UIs -- user interfaces -- usually have their own, proprietary formats.) Also, the user interface  may  handle  endgame  tablebases  if  the
       engine  does  not  support it itself, although this is often better handled in the engine, as having tablebase information can be useful to
       consider a possible future position.

AUTHOR

       Written by www.elephantbase.net

RESOURCES

       Universal Chess Interface Protocol: <http://wbec-ridderkerk.nl/html/UCIProtocol.html>

       Universal Chinese Chess Interface Protocol: <http://www.elephantbase.net/protocol/cchess_ucci.htm>

COPYING

       Free use of this software is granted under the terms of the GNU General Public License (GPL).

								   16 july 2009 						  eleeye_engine(6)