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NAME
       Chess - GNU Chess

SYNOPSIS
       gnuchess [OPTION]...

DESCRIPTION
       GNU  Chess  6.2.7  Copyright © 2020 Free Software Foundation, Inc.  Li-
       cense  GPLv3+:  GNU  GPL  version  3   or   later   <http://gnu.org/li-
       censes/gpl.html>  This is free software: you are free to change and re-
       distribute it.  There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

       Play the game of chess.

OPTIONS
       -h, --help
              display this help and exit

       -v, --version
              display version information and exit

       -q, --quiet
              make the program silent on startup

       --silent
              same as -q

       -x, --xboard
              start in engine mode

       -p, --post
              start up showing thinking

       -e, --easy
              disable thinking in opponents time

       -m, --manual
              enable manual mode

       -u, --uci
              enable UCI protocol (externally behave as UCI engine)

       -M size, --memory=size
              specify memory usage in MB for hashtable

       -a filename, --addbook=filename
              compile book.bin from pgn book 'filename'

       -g, --graphic
              enable graphic mode

              Options xboard and post are accepted without leading dashes  for
              backward compatibility.

              Moves  are  accepted either in standard algebraic notation (SAN)
              or in coordinate algebraic notation.

              The file 'gnuchess.ini' allows setting config options. See 'info
              gnuchess' for details. The file will be looked up in the current
              directory or, if not found there, in the directory pointed to by
              environment variable GNUCHESS_PKGDATADIR.

REPORTING BUGS
       Report bugs to <bug-gnu-chess@gnu.org>.

SEE ALSO
       The full documentation for Chess is maintained as a Texinfo manual.  If
       the info and Chess programs are properly installed at  your  site,  the
       command

              info gnuchess

       should give you access to the complete manual.

Chess 6.2.7                        May 2020                           CHESS(1)

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