Answers.Body: <p>Stockfish is a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_Chess_Interface" rel="nofollow">UCI</a> engine so it doesn't understand <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xboard" rel="nofollow">xboard</a> as they are different protocols. As user @WesFreeman mentioned in the comments, polyglot is an adapter that can get UCI working under Xboard/Winboard. Perhaps visiting the Winboard Startup Dialog or reading the help file may assist you in resolving this issue.</p>
  
  <p>Winboard can also execute polyglot internally if you use -fUCI in the command line, i.e.</p>
  
  <p><code>xboard -fUCI -fcp stockfish -sUCI -scp stockfish</code></p>
  
  <p>To download the required programs, you can type:</p>
  
  <p><code>sudo aptitude install xboard polyglot stockfish</code></p>
  
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Body: <p>I have to ask an engine-related question: after I installed the Stockfish 2.0.1 engine on my Winboard 4.5 beta, I can't analyze with it. What I mean is, it's giving nothing in the engine output; it can only analyze with the default engines that come along with it (Houdini 1.5a, Delfi and Phalanx). What may be the reason?</p>
  
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Comments.Text: Stockfish is up to version 2.2.2 now. Do you have a particular reason for using 2.0.1? (Not that I have any reason to believe the version you're using is causing your particular problem.)
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Comments.Text: Winboard doesn't seem particularly good for supporting UCI engines. There actually used to be an adapter to convert UCI to winboard called polyglot.
Comments.UserDisplayName: Eve Freeman
Tags: <engines><software><stockfish>
Title: Why can't I analyze with Stockfish 2.0.1 in Winboard 4.5 beta?
ThreadText: # Why can't I analyze with Stockfish 2.0.1 in Winboard 4.5 beta?
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2012-06-29)
  
  I have to ask an engine-related question: after I installed the Stockfish 2.0.1 engine on my Winboard 4.5 beta, I can't analyze with it. What I mean is, it's giving nothing in the engine output; it can only analyze with the default engines that come along with it (Houdini 1.5a, Delfi and Phalanx). What may be the reason?
  
  **Tags:** engines, software, stockfish
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_1**: Stockfish is up to version 2.2.2 now. Do you have a particular reason for using 2.0.1? (Not that I have any reason to believe the version you're using is causing your particular problem.)  
  > **username_2**: Winboard doesn't seem particularly good for supporting UCI engines. There actually used to be an adapter to convert UCI to winboard called polyglot.  
  
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  ### Answer by username_3 on 2013-06-26. Score: 2
  
  Stockfish is a [UCI](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_Chess_Interface) engine so it doesn't understand [xboard](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xboard) as they are different protocols. As user @WesFreeman mentioned in the comments, polyglot is an adapter that can get UCI working under Xboard/Winboard. Perhaps visiting the Winboard Startup Dialog or reading the help file may assist you in resolving this issue.
  
  Winboard can also execute polyglot internally if you use -fUCI in the command line, i.e.
  
  `xboard -fUCI -fcp stockfish -sUCI -scp stockfish`
  
  To download the required programs, you can type:
  
  `sudo aptitude install xboard polyglot stockfish`
  
  
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