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It was designed and released by Rudolf Huber and Stefan Meyer-Kahlen, the author of Shredder , in Nov 2000, and can be seen as a rival to the older and more established Xboard/ Winboard Communication protocol. Like the latter, 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 Shredder , Fritz, Chess Assistant, Chess Partner, Knights and Arena.


EXTERNAL REFERENCES

  • http://download.shredderchess.com/div/uci.zip - Download the UCI technical specification

  • http://www.uciengines.de/index.html - Listing of UCI engines

  • http://www.aarontay.per.sg/Winboard/uciwinboard.html - Discussion of the technical merits of UCI versus Xboard.

  • http://www.playwitharena.com/ - A popular GUI that supports UCI engines

  • http://jose-chess.sourceforge.net/ - an open source interface for both main protocols