Houdini (or Stockfish or Komodo) is a so-called “UCI-compatible” chess engine that requires a graphical chess environment or chess “GUI” (Graphical User Interface) to run. This GUI will show you the chess board and buttons to be able to play chess games or analyze positions. You canno...
Note that the Chess Engine selection defaults to the Lite version of Stockfish to ensure smooth operation on any computer. You can select the non-Lite version in the Chess Engine dropdown menu for the highest quality of engine analysis possible if your computer’s resources can support this. A...