Command Line Parameters

All parameters must have the form:

/parametername parametervalue or -parametername parametervalue

Parameter names are not case sensitive.

/lp "epdstring" or /loadposition "epdstring"

Loads the position given as a string in EPD format

/lpf filename or /loadpositionfile filename Loads specified EPD or FEN file.

/lpi n or /loadpositionindex n Loads specified position in EPD or FEN file.

/lgf filename or /loadgamefile filename Loads specified PGN file.

/lgi n or /loadgameindex n Loads specified game in the specified PGN file.

/fcp enginename or /firstchessprogram enginename Loads specified chess engine

/scp enginename or /secondchessprogram enginename Loads specified chess engine

/ics Starts with ICS mode, currently disabled

/top Makes Arena an always-on-top window

/flip or /xflip or /flipview Shows black side under the white side

/lsc #rrggbb or /lightsquarecolor #rrggbb Sets the colour of the white squares

/dsc #rrggbb or /darksquarecolor #rrggbb Sets the colour of the black squares

/bgc #rrggbb or /colorBackground #rrggbb Sets the colour of the Arena main window background

/ac #rrggbb or /analyzecolor #rrggbb Sets the colour for the analyse window (all areas)

/mwh pixels or /mainwindowheight pixels Changes the height of the Arena main window

/mww pixels or /mainwindowwidth pixels Changes the width of the Arena main window

/x pixels or /mainwindowx pixels Changes the horizontal position of the Arena main window

/y pixels or /mainwindowy pixels Changes the vertical position of the Arena main window

/maximized Starts Arena in a maximised window

/ibc mm:ss or /initialblackclock mm:ss Sets the initial value of the black clock

/iwc mm:ss or /initialwhiteclock mm:ss Sets the initial value of the white clock

/dgt Start in DGT Chessboard Mode

/match Start in match mode, starting a match with last parameters used

/mg or /matchGames n

Automatically runs an n-game match between two chess engines, with alternating colours. If the loadGameFile option is set, Arena will start each game with the given opening moves or the given position; otherwise, the games will start with the standard initial chess position. If this parameter is given, Arena quits after the match.

/runtournament Tournament file

Starts or continues a tournament. The name of the tournament file (*.at) must be given as a parameter. The tournament must have been configured once by you.

/shutdown

Shuts down the computer after a tournament, if the tournament is started with the above "runtournament" command.

/tc or /timeControl mm:ss

Each player begins with his clock set to the timeControl period. Default: 5 minutes. The additional options movesPerSession and timeIncrement are mutually exclusive.

/mps or /movesPerSession moves

When both players have made movesPerSession moves, a new timeControl period is added to both clocks. Default: 40 moves.

/inc or /timeIncrement seconds

If this option is specified, movesPerSession is ignored. Instead, after each player's move, timeIncrement seconds are added to his clock (Blitz, Fischer Mode). Use -timeIncrement 0 if you want to require the entire game to be played in one timeControl period, with no increment. Default: -1, which specifies movesPerSession mode.

/analyze Start in analysis mode, the engine(s) loaded start analysing right after starting Arena

/nosplash Starts Arena without showing the splash screen

/e Load Arena with English language
/d Load Arena with German language
/f Load Arena with French language
/i Load Arena with Italian language
/p Load Arena with Portuguese language
/es Load Arena with Spanish language
/c Load Arena with Catalan language
/t Load Arena with Turkish language
/h Load Arena with Hungarian language
/pol Load Arena with Polish language

/No. Load with language No. Replace "No." with any valid language number,
e.g.:

1=Arabic 16=Italian 31=Turkish
2=Bulgarian 17=Japanese 32=Urdu
3=Catalan 18=Korean 33=Indonesian
4=Chinese 19=Dutch 34=Ukrainian
5=Czech 20=Norwegian 35=Belarusian
6=Danish 21=Polish 36=Slovenian
7=German 22=Portuguese 37=Estonian
8=Greek 24=Romanian 38=Latvian
9=English 25=Russian 39=Lithuanian
10=Spanish 26=Croatian 41=Farsi
11=Finnish 27=Slovak 42=Vietnamese
12=French 28=Albanian 43=Armenian
13=Hebrew 29=Swedish 44=AzeriLatin
14=Hungarian 30=Thai 45=Basque
15=Icelandic

Examples:

Arena.exe /fcp SOS /scp Crafty /lpf C:\Arena\123test.EPD /lpi 2 /mg 4 /inc 1 /tc 01:00

Starts Arena with first engine SOS, second engine Crafty for a match for 4 games with the second position of the specified EPD file in Fischer-clock-mode 1/1.

Arena.exe /lp "1k1r4/1pp4p/2n5/P6R/2R1p1r1/2P2p2/1PP2B1P/4K3 b - - 0 1 bm ... e3"

Starts Arena with a test position in EPD format.

Arena.exe /26

Starts Arena with Croatian language (if there is such a language file)

Abbreviations:

#rrggbb = red value, green value, blue value in hex

mm:ss = minutes : seconds