For years and years my favorite GUI had always been WinBoard.

The last few weeks I realized that must no longer be true. I found myself using SCID vs. PC time after time again.

I had nothing to do this weekend... so I began a tribute page to this interface. I expect it to evolve over time.

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Komodo 5 settles in and stays with 1...b6 after about eleven minutes. 5 hours later, the dragon still likes it:

1 [-0.22] 1. ... d4 (0.02)
2 [-0.10] 1. ... Nd4 2. Nxd4 cxd4 (0.02)
3 [-0.11] 1. ... Nd4 2. Be3 Qd6 3. Ba4 (0.03)
4 [-0.07] 1. ... Nd4 2. Be3 Qd6 3. e5 (0.03)
5 [-0.21] 1. ... Nd4 2 ...

Strelka 5.5 realizes the move is best in 6.64 seconds, on my machine:

22 [+14.03] 1.Rb1 h4 2.Kc6 h3 3.Kb7 c4 4.Ka8 c3 5.bxc3 Qb8+ 6.Rxb8 Bf2 7.Rh8 g1=N 8.Nxg1 Kxg1 9.Rxh3 Kg2 10.Rh6 Kg3 11.Rg6+ Kh4 12.c4 Kh5 13.Rg8 Kh6 14.Kb7 Bc5 15.Rc8 Bd4 16.c5 Kg6 17.c6 Be5 18.c7 Bxc7 19.Kxc7 Kf5 20.Re8 Kf6 21 ...

Interestingly, Spike 1.4 also finds Rb1, almost instantly. It takes about three seconds on my machine, however, before this engine confirms the move is best and gives a large score for White.

1 [-2.41] 1.Nxh2 Kxh2 (0.00)

3 [-2.14] 1.Nxh2 h4 2.Rxg1+ Kxg1 3.Nf3+ Kf2 (0.00)

4 [-2.47] 1.Nxh2 h4 2 ...