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Using the Stockfish Engine

Stockfish is a UCI engine, which means that it needs to be installed in a UCI-compatible GUI. Or, if you are feeling adventurous, you may run it from the command line.

Windows

Some Windows GUIs include Fritz, Arena, and Tarrasch.

Mac

You can use the deprecated Stockfish 2.0.1 for Mac GUI, available under the Archive section on the Download page. You can run Stockfish from the Terminal by typing ./stockfish-VERSION-ARCH after changing to the right directory.

Linux

You can run Stockfish from the Terminal by typing ./stockfish-VERSION-ARCH after changing to the right directory.

Section:
Getting Started
Last Updated:
05 Mar, 2012 03:08 AM

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