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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:
+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:
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.
+XBoard runs on Unix and Unix-like systems that use the X Window +System.
-Tim's original pages are still available.
+The project also includes a port to 32-bit Windows systems called +WinBoard.
+You can find the download section for Winboard at +the Winboard +Forum.
+ +Development for Winboard, reporting bugs and any other requests can +also be done at the same places as for XBoard (see below).
The current stable version +is: 4.4.2
-XBoard can be found on the main GNU ftp server: -http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/xboard/ -(via http) and -ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/xboard/ -(via ftp). -It can also be found on one of the mirrors of -ftp.gnu.org; +
It can be found on the main GNU ftp server: +http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/xboard/ (via http) and +ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/xboard/ (via ftp).
+ +It can also be found on one of the mirrors +of ftp.gnu.org; please use a mirror if possible.
-Precompiled versions are available +for openSUSE +and debian-squeeze +(if you know of other distribution that package it, please let us +know).
+ +It would be great if people would like to help in the developing process. We can use all kinds of help, from people who just use the software and have a feature request (send them to developer mailing list), to people who can update/check the documentation and especially people who test development versions (send problems to the developer mailing list).
+ +At the moment we have three developer versions:
+ +After cloning the git-repository, do ./autogen.sh, ./configure and then a make.
+ +Unpack the tar ball and do ./configure followed by make.
+ + +For development sources and other information, please see +the XBoard project +page at savannah.gnu.org.
-For development sources and other information, please see the XBoard project page at savannah.gnu.org.
+A snapshot of the latest source code for all branches is available at +the git +repository on Savannah.
-A snapshot of the latest source code will be made available soon.
+You can also find an archive of old versions on the ftp server.
Documentation for XBoard is available online, as -is documentation for most GNU software. You may -also find more information about XBoard by running info xboard -or man xboard, or by looking at /usr/doc/xboard/, +
Documentation for XBoard is available online, +as is documentation for most GNU software. You +may also find more information about XBoard by +running info xboard or man xboard, or by +looking at /usr/doc/xboard/, /usr/local/doc/xboard/, or similar directories on your system.
+The Chess Engine Communication Protocol can be found here.
+ +These are screenshots taken from version 4.4.0 (click to enlarge).
+-If you have any questions, please check out our FAQ. -
-If you have any questions, please check out our FAQ.
+ + +XBoard has two mailing lists: <bug-xboard@gnu.org> and @@ -80,8 +189,9 @@ If you have any questions, please check out our FAQ.
The main discussion list is <xboard-devel@gnu.org>, -and is used to discuss most aspects of XBoard, including development and -enhancement requests. Please send bug reports to <bug-xboard@gnu.org>.
+and is used to discuss most aspects of XBoard, including development +and enhancement requests. Please send bug reports +to <bug-xboard@gnu.org>.Announcements about XBoard and most other GNU software are made on <info-gnu@gnu.org>.
@@ -95,6 +205,13 @@ Or you can use the mailing list web interface. +A very active forum is the WinBoard Forum (where our current main developer HGM can be found).
+ +If you think you found a bug, please check the bugtracker 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 bugtracker. -
XBoard is currently being maintained by Tim Mann and Arun Persaud. Please -use the mailing lists above for contact.
-Please remember that development of XBoard, and GNU in general, is a volunteer effort, and you also can contribute. For information, please read How to help GNU.