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hungpt-a8e edited this page Jul 15, 2023 · 3 revisions

Use Pikafish with XBoard

Install Pikafish and XBoard

Install uci2wb

For Ubuntu distributions: sudo apt install uci2wb For other distros, clone and build uci2wb:

git clone 'http://hgm.nubati.net/git/uci2wb.git'
cd uci2wb
make uci2wb
make prefix=/usr install

Configure Pikafish as Xboard engine

Engine > Load New 1st Engine...

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IMPORTANT

  • Engine Command is uci2wb pikafish
  • Make sure the first three boxes are unchecked

Engine > Engine #1 Settings...

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IMPORTANT Make sure EvalFile field is configured and pointed to the correct Pikafish NNUE file. If you don't configure this field or the path to the file is wrong then the engine will die.

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