Features
On basic, current computer chess architecture, GNU Chess plays at senior master/weak international master strength (2500+ Elo on simple hardware - Intel Core 2 Duo), without parallel processing, according to the IQ6 test suite.
It is often used in conjunction with a GUI program such as XBoard or glChess, where it is included as the default engine. Initial versions of XBoard's Chess Engine Communication Protocol were based on GNU Chess's command line interface. Version 6 also supports the Universal Chess Interface (UCI).
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