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-<p>XBoard is a graphical user interface for chess. It displays a chessboard on the screen, accepts moves made with the mouse, and loads and saves games in Portable Game Notation (PGN). It serves as a front-end for many different chess services, including:</p>
+<p>XBoard is a graphical user interface for chess in all its major
+forms, including international chess, xiangqi (Chinese chess) and
+shogi (Japanese chess), in addition to many minor variants such as
+Losers Chess, Crazyhouse, Chess960 and Capabanca Chess. It displays a
+chessboard on the screen, accepts moves made with the mouse, and loads
+and saves games in Portable Game Notation (PGN). It serves as a
+front-end for many different chess services, including:</p>
 <ul>
 <li>
-Chess engines that will run on your machine and play a game against you or help you analyze, such as GNU Chess, Crafty, or many others.</li>
-
-<li>Chess servers on the Internet, where you can connect to play chess with people from all over the world, watch other users play, or just hang out and chat.</li>
-
-<li>Correspondence chess played by electronic mail. The CMail program automates the tasks of parsing email from your opponent, playing his moves out on your board, and mailing your reply move after you've chosen it.</li>
+Chess engines that will run on your machine and play a game against
+you or help you analyze, such as GNU Chess, Crafty, or many
+others.</li>
+
+<li>Chess servers on the Internet, where you can connect to play chess
+with people from all over the world, watch other users play, or just
+hang out and chat.</li>
+
+<li>Correspondence chess played by electronic mail. The CMail program
+automates the tasks of parsing email from your opponent, playing his
+moves out on your board, and mailing your reply move after you've
+chosen it.</li>
 </ul>
-<p>XBoard runs on Unix and Unix-like systems that use the X Window System. The project also includes a port to 32-bit Windows systems called WinBoard.</p>
+<p>XBoard runs on Unix and Unix-like systems that use the X Window
+System. </p>
 
-<h3> Other information</h3> 
+<h3>Winboard</h3>
 
-<p> <a href="http://www.tim-mann.org/chess.html">Tim's original pages</a> are still available.</p>
+<p>The project also includes a port to 32-bit Windows systems called
+WinBoard.</p>
 
+<p>You can find the download section for Winboard at
+the <a href="http://www.open-aurec.com/wbforum/viewforum.php?f=19">Winboard
+Forum</a>.</p>
+
+<p>Development for Winboard, reporting bugs and any other requests can
+also be done at the same places as for XBoard (see below).</p>
 
 <h3>Downloading XBoard</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/">4.4.0</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
-ftp.gnu.org</a>;
+<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>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>development version</h4>
 
-<p>For development sources and other information, please see the <a
-href="http://savannah.gnu.org/projects/xboard/">XBoard project page</a> at <a
-href="http://savannah.gnu.org">savannah.gnu.org</a>.</p>
+<p>Current unstable version: is: <a href="ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/xboard/">4.4.1.20091022</a>. </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 href="http://savannah.gnu.org">savannah.gnu.org</a>.</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>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 from alpha.gnu.org (also available in a few days, that is mid 2009-07). Keep in mind that these are still <strong>beta</strong>.</p>
+<h4>archive</h4>
+
+<p>You can also find an archive of old versions on <a href="ftp://ftp.gnu.org/old-gnu/xboard/">the ftp server</a>.</p>
 
 <h3>Documentation</h3>
 
-<p><a href="manual/">Documentation for XBoard</a> is available online, as
-is <a href="/manual/">documentation for most GNU software</a>.  You may
-also find more information about XBoard by running <em>info&nbsp;xboard</em>
-or <em>man&nbsp;xboard</em>, or by looking at <em>/usr/doc/xboard/</em>,
+<p><a href="manual/">Documentation for XBoard</a> is available online,
+as is <a href="/manual/">documentation for most GNU software</a>.  You
+may also find more information about XBoard by
+running <em>info&nbsp;xboard</em> or <em>man&nbsp;xboard</em>, or by
+looking at <em>/usr/doc/xboard/</em>,
 <em>/usr/local/doc/xboard/</em>, or similar directories on your system.</p>
 
+<p>The Chess Engine Communication Protocol can be found <a href="engine-intf.html">here</a>.</p>
 
 <h3>Screenshots</h3>
 
-<p>Will be added soon.</p>
-
+<p>These are screenshots taken from version 4.4.0 (click to enlarge).</p>
+<a href="graphics/xboard-4.4.0.png"><img src="graphics/xboard-4.4.0.png" alt=" [screenshot normal game] " height="200" /></a>
+<a href="graphics/xboard-4.4.0-variant.png"><img src="graphics/xboard-4.4.0-variant.png" alt=" [screenshot bughouse game] " height="200" /></a>
+<a href="graphics/xboard-4.4.0-showgi.png"><img src="graphics/xboard-4.4.0-showgi.png" alt=" [screenshot bughouse game] " height="200" /></a>
+<a href="graphics/xboard-4.4.0-petite.png"><img src="graphics/xboard-4.4.0-petite.png" alt=" [screenshot bughouse game] " height="200" /></a>
+<a href="graphics/xboard-4.4.0-XQ.png"><img src="graphics/xboard-4.4.0-XQ.png" alt=" [screenshot bughouse game] " height="200" /></a>
 
 <h3>Links</h3>
 
-<p>We will add links soon for special topics, such as: computer chess, bughouse and other topics.</p>
+<ul>
+  <li> XBoard/Winboard 
+    <ul>
+      <li> <a href="http://www.tim-mann.org/chess.html">Tim's original pages</a> are still available.</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
+    <ul>
+      <li><a href="http://www.gnu.org/software/chess/">GNU chess</a></li>
+      <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
+    <ul>
+      <li> <a href="http://www.freechess.org"> Free Internet Chess Server (FICS) </a></li>
+      <li> <a href="http://www.chessclub.com/"> The Internet Chess Club </a> </li>
+    </ul>
+  </li>
+  <li> Other interfaces
+    <ul>
+      <li> <a href="http://www.bergo.eng.br/eboard/">eboard</a> </li>
+    </ul>
+  </li>
+</ul>
 
 <h3>Frequently Asked Question(FAQ)</h3>
 
@@ -114,7 +179,7 @@ interface</a>.</p>
 
 <p>A very active forum is the <a href="http://www.open-aurec.com/wbforum/">WinBoard Forum</a> (where our current main developer HGM can be found).</p>
 
-<h3>Reporting Bug</h3>
+<h3>Reporting Bugs</h3>
 
 <p> If you think you found a bug, please check the <a href="http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?group=xboard">bugtracker</a> for open and already closed bugs. If you found a new bug, please, file a bug-report either via our bug-related email list or in the <a href="http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?group=xboard">bugtracker</a>.
 
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-
-<h3>Maintainer</h3>
-
-<p>XBoard is currently being maintained by Tim Mann, Arun Persaud and H.G. Muller.  Please
-use the mailing lists above for contact.</p>
-
 <p>Please remember that development of XBoard, and GNU in general, is a
 volunteer effort, and you also can contribute. For information, please
 read <a href="/help/">How to help GNU</a>.</p>