[kristopolous]

note that it's just a chess "engine" and doesn't come with a human-usable front-end.

But it's not hard to get the thing to use xboard in linux.

This is what i use to invoke it: xboard -fUCI -fcp stockfish -sUCI -scp stockfish&

it's very challenging - and in my experience, will unfortunately peg a core unless you explicitly pause the front end (the "P" button in between the two arrows in the upper right)

[y4mi]

what do you mean? just click play a game

http://en.lichess.org/

[kristopolous]

Yes that way also works!

But the xboard way allows me to modify the engine, get debug output, try various different weights for pieces, put two engines against each other to see how specific features affect game play...

It helps me demystify such sophisticated software.

[y4mi]

heh, did you ever upload a match between two engines to the site and let the online engine analyze it?

[toxik]

Very interesting idea!