CCRL GUI is a lightweight tournament manager for chess engines, built with Tauri (Rust) and React (TypeScript). It allows you to run matches and tournaments between UCI-compatible chess engines with a modern, dark-mode UI.
- Tournament Modes:
- Match: 1v1 match between two engines.
- Round Robin: All engines play against each other.
- Gauntlet: One engine plays against a pool of challengers.
- Engine Management:
- Add/Remove UCI engines.
- Rename Engines: Click on the engine name in the settings to rename it (e.g., "Stockfish 16").
- Configure engine options (via code/config).
- Time Controls: Configurable Base time and Increment (H:M:S).
- Concurrency: Run multiple games in parallel (up to 16 threads).
- Openings: Support for FEN strings or opening files (.epd, .pgn).
- Real-time Monitoring:
- Live Board: Watch games in real-time.
- Multi-Game View: Click on any "Active" game in the Schedule tab to switch the main board view to that game.
- Evaluation Graph: Live score tracking.
- Engine Stats: Depth, NPS, Nodes, PV.
- PGN Export:
- Games are auto-saved to
tournament.pgn. - Copy Live PGN: Click the "COPY PGN" button above the move list to copy the current game's PGN to clipboard.
- Games are auto-saved to
- Go to the SETTINGS tab.
- Click
+ ADDto add a new engine. - Click
...to select the engine executable. - Click the engine name (e.g., "Engine 1") to rename it to something recognizable.
- Select Tournament Mode (Match, Round Robin, etc.).
- Set Time Control (e.g., 0:1:0 for 1 minute + 0s increment).
- Choose Opening (optional): Paste a FEN or select a file.
- Set Concurrency: Number of games to run simultaneously.
- Click START TOURNAMENT.
- The app will automatically switch to the SCHEDULE tab.
- Click on any game in the list to view it on the main board.
- Click PAUSE to temporarily suspend execution.
- Click STOP to end the tournament.
- Rust (latest stable)
- Node.js & npm
npm install
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