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USI, (Universal Shogi Interface)
an open communication protocol for Shogi playing engines to communicate with a GUI. USI was designed by Tord Romstad based on the Universal Chess Interface (UCI), and proposed in early 2007 ¹. Quite similar to UCI, it uses a Shogi extension of the Forsyth-Edwards Notation called SFEN, and the standard English shogi board coordinates 1a-9i.

See also

• Chess Engine Communication Protocol
• UCI
• USI2WB
• USI compliant Engines

Forum Posts

2007 ...

• Some thoughts on computer Shogi by Tord Romstad, SHOGI-L, January 15, 2007
• First draft of the Universal Shogi Interface (USI) by Tord Romstad, SHOGI-L, January 24, 2007
• A computer Shogi tournament between USI {Universal Shogi Interface} engines [Dann Corbit|User923005]], SHOGI-L, March 03, 2009

2010 ...

• USI2WB / UCI2WB release by Harm Geert Muller, CCC, October 01, 2010
• UCI protocol for chess variants by Evert Glebbeek, CCC, October 28, 2014
• Japanese Chess (Shogi) Engines USI - Shogidokoro-GUI 3.7.2 by Norbert Raimund Leisner, CCC, September 12, 2016
• WinBoard 4.8.0 for Shogi - Tanuki USI Engine by Norbert Raimund Leisner, CCC, September 16, 2016

External Links

• The Universal Shogi Interface (USI) hosted by Harm Geert Muller
• The Universal Shogi Interface, draft 1 (2007-01-24) by Tord Romstad (Wayback Machine)
• Computer shogi from Wikipedia
• USI （Universal Shogi Interface）
• 将棋所：USIプロトコルとは (Shogisho: What is the USI Protocol?)

References