When using this option, make sure that there are no programs besides chess engines in the folders because Aquarium needs to run every executable file it finds. Aquarium can automatically determine if the engine is a Winboard or a UCI engine. All other features of Aquarium are hidden from view.įolder Add installs all engines stored in the specified folder (and its sub-folders). Note that the Ribbon only displays buttons that are needed for managing chess engines.

The Ribbon contains buttons and menus that are relevant for managing chess engines. I will describe each of these windows in greater detail below. The menu displays a list of all available windows in Engine mode and I have highlighted the window missing from the display above: “Engine statistics.” If one of the windows is hidden, you can restore it by selecting it from this menu. You can arrange these three windows as you like and there is also a fourth window, as you can see if you open the Layout Menu by clicking the small black triangle at the bottom of the sidebar. The Advanced Engine Options window allows you to save the engine analysis to a specific tree /position database and it also has options affecting the engine interaction with IDeA projects.Its left column shows the name of the option and the right column contains its value. The Engine Personality window lists all available engine options, except for those which are displayed in the Engine List window.Here you can modify the engine name, its hash size, whether or not it uses tablebases, etc.

The Engine List window is organized like a spreadsheet, where each line contains one chess engine and some of its parameters in the columns.

The following screen-shot shows the working area of Engine mode with the three most commonly used windows. You switch to Engine mode by clicking the Engines button in the sidebar. It is designed in such a way that related features are grouped together and you will never have to search through all its buttons and menus to find what you are looking for. Aquarium really shines when it comes to managing chess playing engines.

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