The UCI Protocol for Chess Engines

Let’s dive into the world of chess engines and how they communicate with sites like Lichess and Chess.com. We’ll take an existing engine and implement a handler for a popular protocol called UCI. Finally, we’ll briefly look at how to connect it to Lichess. Disclaimer: This article is more technical than my other articles. Chess is a very popular board game. It has been around for centuries. These days, you can use sites like Lichess or Chess.com. Such sites provide an interface for users t...

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