user3950: Can you compile Stockfish on Windows (without Unix/GNU), perhaps via Visual Studio?
The official "how to compile Stockfish on Windows" suggests using MinGW (see links below) and I am looking for a Windows-specific project build of Stockfish if it exists.
Links:

Compiling Stockfish on Windows (dead link, verified on 26.12.2020);
Compiling Stockfish yourself from the sources (link added on 26.12.2020);
MinGW - Minimalist GNU for Windows.


user825: The stockfish source code can be easily compiled with gcc, Visual Studio, XCode etc. In Visual Studio, create an empty project, use the mouse to drag all files in Stockfish into the project then press the compile button. Very simple.
The only reason that Visual Studio is not listed in the documentation is that the website maintainer (Daylen Yang) is a Mac and Linux user. He doesn't have Windows installed so he didn't care about it.

3950: <p>Can you compile Stockfish on Windows (without Unix/GNU), perhaps via Visual Studio?</p>
<p>The official &quot;how to compile Stockfish on Windows&quot; suggests using MinGW (see links below) and I am looking for a Windows-specific project build of Stockfish if it exists.</p>
<p>Links:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://support.stockfishchess.org/kb/advanced-topics/compiling-stockfish-on-windows" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Compiling Stockfish on Windows</a> (dead link, verified on 26.12.2020);</li>
<li><a href="https://github.com/official-stockfish/Stockfish#compiling-stockfish-yourself-from-the-sources" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Compiling Stockfish yourself from the sources</a> (link added on 26.12.2020);</li>
<li><a href="https://sourceforge.net/projects/mingw/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">MinGW - Minimalist GNU for Windows</a>.</li>
</ul>
 825: <p>The stockfish source code can be easily compiled with gcc, Visual Studio, XCode etc. In Visual Studio, create an empty project, use the mouse to drag all files in Stockfish into the project then press the compile button. Very simple.</p>

<p>The only reason that Visual Studio is not listed in the documentation is that the website maintainer (Daylen Yang) is a Mac and Linux user. He doesn't have Windows installed so he didn't care about it.</p>
