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Universal Chess Interface

The Universal Chess Interface [UCI] is a open free, Chess communication protocol used to enable the engine portion of a chess program to communicate with a graphical user interface.

It was designed and released by Rudolf Huber and Stefan Meyer-Kahlen in Nov 2000 , and can be seen as a rival to the older and more established Xboard/Winboard Communication protocol. Like the later, it is free to use without license fees.

Only a few interfaces and engines supported this protocol, until Chessbase - the powerhouse chess software company which markets Fritz, began to support UCI in 2002. As of 2003 , there are about 50 engines which support UCI and interfaces like Fritz , Chess Assistant, Chess Partner, Knights and Arena.



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