diff --git a/.github/workflows/tournament-tools.yml b/.github/workflows/tournament-tools.yml
index b385d09..c66488d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tournament-tools.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tournament-tools.yml
@@ -119,3 +119,25 @@ jobs:
           $output | Write-Host
           if ($output -notcontains 'uciok') { throw 'Missing uciok from Windows build.' }
           if ($output -notcontains 'readyok') { throw 'Missing readyok from Windows build.' }
+      - name: Run FastChess UCI compliance
+        shell: pwsh
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
+        run: |
+          $headers = @{
+            'User-Agent' = 'Pickle-Elo-Harness-CI'
+            'Authorization' = "Bearer $env:GITHUB_TOKEN"
+          }
+          $release = Invoke-RestMethod -Uri 'https://api.github.com/repos/Disservin/fastchess/releases/latest' -Headers $headers
+          $asset = @($release.assets) | Where-Object {
+            $_.name -match '(?i)windows' -and
+            $_.name -match '(?i)(x86[-_]?64|x64)' -and
+            $_.name -match '\.zip$'
+          } | Select-Object -First 1
+          if (-not $asset) { throw "No Windows x86-64 FastChess ZIP found in $($release.tag_name)." }
+          Invoke-WebRequest -Uri $asset.browser_download_url -OutFile fastchess.zip
+          Expand-Archive -Path fastchess.zip -DestinationPath fastchess-ci -Force
+          $fast = Get-ChildItem fastchess-ci -Recurse -File | Where-Object { $_.Name -match '(?i)^fastchess.*\.exe$' } | Select-Object -First 1
+          if (-not $fast) { throw 'FastChess executable not found after extraction.' }
+          & $fast.FullName --compliance .\build-windows\Release\pickle.exe
+          if ($LASTEXITCODE -ne 0) { throw "FastChess compliance failed with exit code $LASTEXITCODE." }
diff --git a/uci.cpp b/uci.cpp
index 5bcd47b..5e48a9b 100644
--- a/uci.cpp
+++ b/uci.cpp
@@ -146,6 +146,15 @@ void uci_loop(Board& board) {
             }
 
             set_time_limits(time_left, inc, movetime, depth);
+
+            // FastChess expects the most recent parseable info line before
+            // bestmove to contain a score. A book hit may return immediately,
+            // so publish PickleBook's neutral stored score up front. Normal
+            // searches immediately replace this with their iterative score.
+            if (opening_book_enabled()) {
+                std::cout << "info depth 0 nodes 0 time 0 nps 0 score cp 0\n" << std::flush;
+            }
+
             search_position(board, depth);
         }
         else if (command == "stop") {