Seems like my last post didnt get through for some reason...
Even though this thread is already a bit old, it might be valuable for other people looking for a solution.

I coded a small tool that works as a kind of engine-proxy. It sits between an engine running on a remote machine and a GUI running ...

I know this thread is already a bit old, but I created a tool that works as a bridge between a UCI engine running on some remote machine (must be accessible via ssh) and any chess GUI.

Just modify the ini file to connect to your host, select the engine to be run remotely and create a new UCI engine ...