Stumbling upon a chess bot packaged as a .7z file – like horvig.7z – can be confusing if you’re used to standard installers. In this post, I’ll show you how to safely unpack and set up a chess bot (UCI or WinBoard compatible) from a 7z archive, using “Horvig” as our example.

Note: Lichess local engine works only on desktop Chrome/Edge with the "Lichess Local Engine" browser extension.

Future updates to Chess Bot Horvig may include: