<p>The project also includes a port to 32-bit Windows systems called WinBoard.</p>
<p>Development for Winboard as well as downloading it, reporting bugs and any other requests can be done at the same places as for XBoard.</p>
-<h3>Downloading XBoard</h3>
+<h3>Downloading XBoard/Winboard</h3>
<h4>stable version</h4>
-<p> The current stable version is 4.2.7</p>
+<p>The current stable version is: <a href="ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/xboard/">4.2.7</a></p>
<p>It can be found on the main GNU ftp server:
-<a href="http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/xboard/">http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/xboard/</a>
-(via http) and
-<a href="ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/xboard/">ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/xboard/</a>
-(via ftp).
-It can also be found on one of the <a href="/prep/ftp.html">mirrors of
+<a href="http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/xboard/">http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/xboard/</a> (via http) and
+<a href="ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/xboard/">ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/xboard/</a> (via ftp).</p>
+<p>The Winboard binaries can also be found at those locations in the winboard directory (<a href="http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/xboard/winboard/">http</a>,<a href="http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/xboard/winboard/">ftp</a>)</p>
+
+<p>It can also be found on one of the <a href="/prep/ftp.html">mirrors of
ftp.gnu.org</a>;
please <a href="http://ftpmirror.gnu.org/xboard">use a mirror</a> if
possible.</p>
+<h4>Popular stable forks (will be merged back in the next release)</h4>
+<ul>
+<li>Winboard_x 4.2.7b by Alessandro Scotti (<a href="http://www.ascotti.org/programming/chess/winboard_x.htm">http://www.ascotti.org/programming/chess/winboard_x.htm</a>)</li>
+<li> XBoard / WinBoard 4.3.15 by H.G.Muler (<a href="http://www.open-aurec.com/wbforum/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=49439">http://www.open-aurec.com/wbforum/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=49439</a>)</li>
+</ul>
+
<h4>development version</h4>
-<p>Current unstable version: 4.4.0.beta1 (2009-07-15)</p>
+<p>Current unstable version: <a href="ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/xboard/">4.4.0.beta2</a> (2009-08-31)</p>
<p>For development sources and other information, please see the <a
href="http://savannah.gnu.org/projects/xboard/">XBoard project page</a> at <a
<p>At the moment we are working hard on version 4.4.0, which should be out soon (that is summer 2009)</p>
<p>A snapshot of the latest source code is available at the <a href="http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/xboard.git">git repository</a> on Savannah.</p>
-<p> We also have test-packages available for debian (link will be available in the next few days, that is mid of 2009-07) and <a href="http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/apersaud/">opensuse</a> (rpm). Furthermore you can get a .tar.gz and a Windows executable from <a href="ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/xboard/">alpha.gnu.org/gnu/xboard</a>. Keep in mind that these are still <strong>beta</strong>.</p>
+<p> We also have test-packages available for debian (link will be available in the next few days, that is mid of 2009-07) and <a href="http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/apersaud/">opensuse</a> (rpm). Furthermore you can get a .tar.gz from <a href="ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/xboard/">alpha.gnu.org/gnu/xboard</a>. Keep in mind that these are still <strong>beta</strong>.</p>
<h3>Documentation</h3>
<li> XBoard/Winboard
<ul>
<li> <a href="http://www.tim-mann.org/chess.html">Tim's original pages</a> are still available.</li>
- <li> Polyglot can be found <a href="http://alpha.uhasselt.be/Research/Algebra/Toga/polyglot-release/">here</a>.</li>
+ <li> XBoard can also run engines that use the UCI protocol, with the aid of the Polyglot protocol adapter.
+ A new Polyglot version, (1.4.30b), especially adapted to support the new features of XBoard 4.4.0, can
+ be found <a href="http://alpha.uhasselt.be/Research/Algebra/Toga/polyglot-release/">here</a>.</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li> Incomplete list of computer engines that work with XBoard
<li><a href="http://home.hccnet.nl/h.g.muller/CVfairy.html">Fairy-Max</a></li>
<li><a href="http://wbec-ridderkerk.nl/html/lastupdates.htm">A list with lots of engines</a></li>
<li><a href="http://home.hccnet.nl/h.g.muller/XQ.html">List of Xiangqi engines</a></li>
+ <li> other popular engines are crafty, phalanx, fruit, toga2, glaurung, ... </li>
</ul>
</li>
<li> Chess server you can connect to using XBoard
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