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New Game
Resets XBoard and the chess engine to the beginning of a new chess -game. The r key is a keyboard equivalent. In Internet Chess -Server mode, clears the current state of XBoard, then -resynchronizes with the ICS by sending a refresh command. If you want to -stop playing, observing, or examining an ICS game, use an -appropriate command from the Action menu, not ‘New Game’. -See Action Menu. -
New Shuffle Game
Similar to ‘New Game’, but allows you to specify a particular initial position -(according to a standardized numbering system) -in chess variants which use randomized opening positions (e.g. Chess960). -The selected opening position will persistently be chosen on any following -New Game command until you use this menu to select another. Selecting -position number -1 will produce a newly randomized position on any new game. -Using this menu item in variants that normally do not shuffle their opening position -does cause these variants to become shuffle variants until you use the -‘New Shuffle Game’ menu to explicitly switch the randomization off, -or select a new variant. -
New Variant
Allows you to select a new chess variant in non-ICS mode. -(In ICS play, the ICS is responsible for deciding which variant will be played, -and XBoard adapts autmatically.) If you play with an engine, the engine must -be able to play the selected variant, or the command will be ignored. -XBoard supports all major variants, such as xiangqi, shogi, chess, chess960, -Capablanca Chess, shatranj, crazyhous, bughouse. -
Load Game
Plays a game from a record file. The g key is a keyboard equivalent. -A popup dialog prompts you for the file name. If the file contains more -than one game, a second popup dialog -displays a list of games (with information drawn from their PGN tags, if -any), and you can select the one you want. Alternatively, you can load the -Nth game in the file directly, by typing the number N after the -file name, separated by a space. - -The game file parser will accept PGN (portable game notation), -or in fact almost any file that contains moves in algebraic -notation. -Notation of the form ‘P@f7’ -is accepted for piece-drops in bughouse games; -this is a nonstandard extension to PGN. -If the file includes a PGN position (FEN tag), or an old-style -XBoard position diagram bracketed by ‘[--’ and ‘--]’ -before the first move, the game starts from that position. Text -enclosed in parentheses, square brackets, or curly braces is assumed to -be commentary and is displayed in a pop-up window. Any other -text in the file is ignored. PGN variations (enclosed in -parentheses) are treated as comments; XBoard is not able to walk -variation trees. -The nonstandard PGN tag [Variant "varname"] functions similarly to -the -variant command-line option (see below), allowing games in certain chess -variants to be loaded. There is also a heuristic to -recognize chess variants from the Event tag, by looking for the strings -that the Internet Chess Servers put there when saving variant ("wild") games. -
Load Next Game
Loads the next game from the last game record file you loaded. -The shifted N key is a keyboard equivalent. -
Load Previous Game
Loads the previous game from the last game record file you -loaded. The shifted P key is a keyboard equivalent. -Not available if the last game was loaded from a pipe. -
Reload Same Game
Reloads the last game you loaded. -Not available if the last game was loaded from a pipe. -
Save Game
Appends a record of the current game to a file. -A popup dialog -prompts you for the file name. If the game did not begin with -the standard starting position, the game file includes the -starting position used. Games are saved in the PGN (portable -game notation) format, unless the oldSaveStyle option is true, -in which case they are saved in an older format that is specific -to XBoard. Both formats are human-readable, and both can be -read back by the ‘Load Game’ command. -Notation of the form ‘P@f7’ -is accepted for piece-drops in bughouse games; -this is a nonstandard extension to PGN. -
Copy Game
Copies a record of the current game to an internal clipboard in PGN -format and sets the X selection to the game text. The game can be -pasted to another application (such as a text editor or another copy -of XBoard) using that application's paste command. In many X -applications, such as xterm and emacs, the middle mouse button can be -used for pasting; in XBoard, you must use the Paste Game command. -
Paste Game
Interprets the current X selection as a game record and loads it, as -with Load Game. -
Load Position
Sets up a position from a position file. A popup dialog prompts -you for the file name. If the file contains more than one saved -position, and you want to load the Nth one, type the number N -after the file name, separated by a space. Position files must -be in FEN (Forsythe-Edwards notation), or in the format that the -Save Position command writes when oldSaveStyle is turned on. -
Load Next Position
Loads the next position from the last position file you loaded. -
Load Previous Position
Loads the previous position from the last position file you -loaded. Not available if the last position was loaded from a pipe. -
Reload Same Position
Reloads the last position you loaded. -Not available if the last position was loaded from a pipe. -
Save Position
Appends a diagram of the current position to a file. -A popup dialog -prompts you for the file name. Positions are saved in -FEN (Forsythe-Edwards notation) format unless the oldSaveStyle -option is true, in which case they are saved in an older, -human-readable format that is specific to XBoard. Both formats -can be read back by the ‘Load Position’ command. -
Copy Position
Copies the current position to an internal clipboard in FEN format and -sets the X selection to the position text. The position can be pasted -to another application (such as a text editor or another copy of -XBoard) using that application's paste command. In many X -applications, such as xterm and emacs, the middle mouse button can be -used for pasting; in XBoard, you must use the Paste Position command. -
Paste Position
Interprets the current X selection as a FEN position and loads it, as -with Load Position. -
Mail Move
Reload CMail Message
See CMail. -
Exit
Exits from XBoard. The shifted Q key is a keyboard equivalent. +
New Game
Resets XBoard and the chess engine to the beginning of a new chess +game. The r key is a keyboard equivalent. In Internet Chess +Server mode, clears the current state of XBoard, then +resynchronizes with the ICS by sending a refresh command. If you want to +stop playing, observing, or examining an ICS game, use an +appropriate command from the Action menu, not ‘New Game’. +See Action Menu. +
New Shuffle Game
Similar to ‘New Game’, but allows you to specify a particular initial position +(according to a standardized numbering system) +in chess variants which use randomized opening positions (e.g. Chess960). +The selected opening position will persistently be chosen on any following +New Game command until you use this menu to select another. Selecting +position number -1 will produce a newly randomized position on any new game. +Using this menu item in variants that normally do not shuffle their opening position +does cause these variants to become shuffle variants until you use the +‘New Shuffle Game’ menu to explicitly switch the randomization off, +or select a new variant. +
New Variant
Allows you to select a new chess variant in non-ICS mode. +(In ICS play, the ICS is responsible for deciding which variant will be played, +and XBoard adapts autmatically.) If you play with an engine, the engine must +be able to play the selected variant, or the command will be ignored. +XBoard supports all major variants, such as xiangqi, shogi, chess, chess960, +Capablanca Chess, shatranj, crazyhous, bughouse. +
Load Game
Plays a game from a record file. The g key is a keyboard equivalent. +A popup dialog prompts you for the file name. If the file contains more +than one game, a second popup dialog +displays a list of games (with information drawn from their PGN tags, if +any), and you can select the one you want. Alternatively, you can load the +Nth game in the file directly, by typing the number N after the +file name, separated by a space. + +

The game file parser will accept PGN (portable game notation), +or in fact almost any file that contains moves in algebraic +notation. +Notation of the form ‘P@f7’ +is accepted for piece-drops in bughouse games; +this is a nonstandard extension to PGN. +If the file includes a PGN position (FEN tag), or an old-style +XBoard position diagram bracketed by ‘[--’ and ‘--]’ +before the first move, the game starts from that position. Text +enclosed in parentheses, square brackets, or curly braces is assumed to +be commentary and is displayed in a pop-up window. Any other +text in the file is ignored. PGN variations (enclosed in +parentheses) are treated as comments; XBoard is not able to walk +variation trees. +The nonstandard PGN tag [Variant "varname"] functions similarly to +the -variant command-line option (see below), allowing games in certain chess +variants to be loaded. There is also a heuristic to +recognize chess variants from the Event tag, by looking for the strings +that the Internet Chess Servers put there when saving variant ("wild") games. +

Load Next Game
Loads the next game from the last game record file you loaded. +The shifted N key is a keyboard equivalent. +
Load Previous Game
Loads the previous game from the last game record file you +loaded. The shifted P key is a keyboard equivalent. +Not available if the last game was loaded from a pipe. +
Reload Same Game
Reloads the last game you loaded. +Not available if the last game was loaded from a pipe. +
Save Game
Appends a record of the current game to a file. +A popup dialog +prompts you for the file name. If the game did not begin with +the standard starting position, the game file includes the +starting position used. Games are saved in the PGN (portable +game notation) format, unless the oldSaveStyle option is true, +in which case they are saved in an older format that is specific +to XBoard. Both formats are human-readable, and both can be +read back by the ‘Load Game’ command. +Notation of the form ‘P@f7’ +is accepted for piece-drops in bughouse games; +this is a nonstandard extension to PGN. +
Copy Game
Copies a record of the current game to an internal clipboard in PGN +format and sets the X selection to the game text. The game can be +pasted to another application (such as a text editor or another copy +of XBoard) using that application's paste command. In many X +applications, such as xterm and emacs, the middle mouse button can be +used for pasting; in XBoard, you must use the Paste Game command. +
Paste Game
Interprets the current X selection as a game record and loads it, as +with Load Game. +
Load Position
Sets up a position from a position file. A popup dialog prompts +you for the file name. If the file contains more than one saved +position, and you want to load the Nth one, type the number N +after the file name, separated by a space. Position files must +be in FEN (Forsythe-Edwards notation), or in the format that the +Save Position command writes when oldSaveStyle is turned on. +
Load Next Position
Loads the next position from the last position file you loaded. +
Load Previous Position
Loads the previous position from the last position file you +loaded. Not available if the last position was loaded from a pipe. +
Reload Same Position
Reloads the last position you loaded. +Not available if the last position was loaded from a pipe. +
Save Position
Appends a diagram of the current position to a file. +A popup dialog +prompts you for the file name. Positions are saved in +FEN (Forsythe-Edwards notation) format unless the oldSaveStyle +option is true, in which case they are saved in an older, +human-readable format that is specific to XBoard. Both formats +can be read back by the ‘Load Position’ command. +
Copy Position
Copies the current position to an internal clipboard in FEN format and +sets the X selection to the position text. The position can be pasted +to another application (such as a text editor or another copy of +XBoard) using that application's paste command. In many X +applications, such as xterm and emacs, the middle mouse button can be +used for pasting; in XBoard, you must use the Paste Position command. +
Paste Position
Interprets the current X selection as a FEN position and loads it, as +with Load Position. +
Mail Move
Reload CMail Message
See CMail. +
Exit
Exits from XBoard. The shifted Q key is a keyboard equivalent.
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