A ChessPartner piece set consist of a '.sinf' file and one or more bitmap ( .bmp ) files. The '.sinf' files is a simple textfile which descibes the piece set. The content of this file can be edited wiht notepad or any other ascii... read more

A ChessPartner clock consist of a '.cinf' file and one or more bitmap ( .bmp ) files. The '.cinf' files is a simple textfile which descibes the clock. The content of this file can be edited wiht notepad or any other ascii editor. The file... read more

This documentation is based on winboard adapter version 5.0.0.30 The engine plug-in module allows the use of winboard compatible chess engines with ChessPartner. From the dropdown box you can select which engine to use. Use the Edit profile button... read more

This documents gives an overview of the scripting object model of ChessPartner 4.3. The VB Script engine from Microsoft is used, for a detailed description of VB Script goto http://msdn.microsoft.com and search for... read more

The attached specification describes the extensions we have made to the winboard protocol in order to support Rebel 12 whitin the ChessPartner GUI. The extensions are primarily to provide extra information in the GUI for the user and to make it... read more

There is some confusion about book learning and the best settings for the opening book. In this article we try to clarify things a bit. First of all book learning is only supported since update 1 of ChessPartner 5.0. To verify the version... read more

Standard: Portable Game Notation Specification and Implementation Guide Revised: 1994.03.12 Authors: Interested readers of the Internet newsgroup rec.games.chess Coordinator: Steven J. Edwards (send comments to sje@world.std.com) 0:... read more

UCI (=universal chess interface) This is the description of a new interface between a chess engine and a graphical user interface called UCI. It was designed by Rudolf Huber and Stefan Meyer-Kahlen and is used in the chess engines SOS 11/2000 ... read more

The winboard protocol specification is maintained by Tim Mann.

Follow the link below for the full specification.

http://www.tim-mann.org/engines.html

This article is mainly based on the ChessPartner book optimizer documentation. See our downloads page. The ChessPartner opening books are stored in files with a .BK extension. The format of the .BK files is based on storing positions, together with... read more