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.TH CHESS "1" "July 2021" "Chess 6.2.9" "User Commands"
.SH NAME
Chess \- GNU Chess
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B gnuchess
[\fI\,OPTION\/\fR]...
.SH DESCRIPTION
GNU Chess 6.2.9
Copyright \(co 2021 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
.PP
Play the game of chess.
.SH OPTIONS
.TP
\fB\-h\fR, \fB\-\-help\fR
display this help and exit
.TP
\fB\-v\fR, \fB\-\-version\fR
display version information and exit
.TP
\fB\-q\fR, \fB\-\-quiet\fR
make the program silent on startup
.TP
\fB\-\-silent\fR
same as \fB\-q\fR
.TP
\fB\-x\fR, \fB\-\-xboard\fR
start in engine mode
.TP
\fB\-p\fR, \fB\-\-post\fR
start up showing thinking
.TP
\fB\-e\fR, \fB\-\-easy\fR
disable thinking in opponents time
.TP
\fB\-m\fR, \fB\-\-manual\fR
enable manual mode
.TP
\fB\-u\fR, \fB\-\-uci\fR
enable UCI protocol (externally behave as UCI engine)
.TP
\fB\-M\fR size, \fB\-\-memory\fR=\fI\,size\/\fR
specify memory usage in MB for hashtable
.TP
\fB\-a\fR filename, \fB\-\-addbook\fR=\fI\,filename\/\fR
compile book.bin from pgn book 'filename'
.TP
\fB\-g\fR, \fB\-\-graphic\fR
enable graphic mode
.IP
Options xboard and post are accepted without leading dashes
for backward compatibility.
.IP
Moves are accepted either in standard algebraic notation (SAN) or
in coordinate algebraic notation.
.IP
The file 'gnuchess.ini' allows setting config options if \fB\-\-uci\fR is not
used. See 'info gnuchess' for details. The file is looked for in three
locations according to this precedence: current directory, the
directory pointed to by environment variable GNUCHESS_PKGDATADIR,
or the package data directory stated at configure time.
.SH "REPORTING BUGS"
Report bugs to <bug\-gnu\-chess@gnu.org>.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
The full documentation for
.B Chess
is maintained as a Texinfo manual.  If the
.B info
and
.B Chess
programs are properly installed at your site, the command
.IP
.B info gnuchess
.PP
should give you access to the complete manual.