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 ## Overview
 
 ## Overview
 

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 [Stockfish](https://stockfishchess.org) is a free, powerful UCI chess engine
 [![Build Status](https://ci.appveyor.com/api/projects/status/github/official-stockfish/Stockfish?branch=master&svg=true)](https://ci.appveyor.com/project/mcostalba/stockfish/branch/master)
 
 [Stockfish](https://stockfishchess.org) is a free, powerful UCI chess engine


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 ## The UCI protocol and available options
 
 
 ## The UCI protocol and available options
 

-The Universal Chess Interface (UCI) is a standard protocol used to communicate with a chess engine,
-and is the recommended way to do so for typical graphical user interfaces (GUI) or chess tools.
+The Universal Chess Interface (UCI) is a standard protocol used to communicate with
+a chess engine, and is the recommended way to do so for typical graphical user interfaces
+(GUI) or chess tools. Stockfish implements the majority of it options as described
+in [the UCI protocol](https://www.shredderchess.com/download/div/uci.zip).

 
 

-Stockfish implements most commands as described in [the UCI protocol](https://www.shredderchess.com/download/div/uci.zip)
-
-For users, the following UCI options, which can typically be set via a GUI, are available in Stockfish:
+Developers can see the default values for UCI options available in Stockfish by typing
+`./stockfish uci` in a terminal, but the majority of users will typically see them and
+change them via a chess GUI. This is a list of available UCI options in Stockfish:

 
   * #### Threads
     The number of CPU threads used for searching a position. For best performance, set
 
   * #### Threads
     The number of CPU threads used for searching a position. For best performance, set


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     Limit Syzygy tablebase probing to positions with at most this many pieces left
     (including kings and pawns).
 
     Limit Syzygy tablebase probing to positions with at most this many pieces left
     (including kings and pawns).
 

-  * #### Contempt
-    A positive value for contempt favors middle game positions and avoids draws,
-    effective for the classical evaluation only.
-
-  * #### Analysis Contempt
-    By default, contempt is set to prefer the side to move. Set this option to "White"
-    or "Black" to analyse with contempt for that side, or "Off" to disable contempt.
-

   * #### Move Overhead
     Assume a time delay of x ms due to network and GUI overheads. This is useful to
     avoid losses on time in those cases.
   * #### Move Overhead
     Assume a time delay of x ms due to network and GUI overheads. This is useful to
     avoid losses on time in those cases.