-- Machine White
- Tells the chess engine to play White.
-
- Machine Black
- Tells the chess engine to play Black.
-
- Two Machines
- Plays a game between two chess engines.
-
- Analysis Mode
- XBoard tells the chess engine to start analyzing the current game/position
-and shows you the analysis as you move pieces around.
-Note: Some chess engines do not support Analysis mode.
-
-To set up a position to analyze, you do the following:
-
-1. Select Edit Position from the Mode Menu
-
-2. Set up the position. Use the middle and right buttons to
-bring up the white and black piece menus.
-
-3. When you are finished, click on either the Black or White
-clock to tell XBoard which side moves first.
-
-4. Select Analysis Mode from the Mode Menu to start the analysis.
-
-The analysis function can also be used when observing games on an ICS
-with an engine loaded (zippy mode); the engine then will analyse
-the positions as they occur in the observed game.
-
- Analyze File
- This option lets you load a game from a file (PGN, XBoard format, etc.)
-and analyze it. When you select this menu item, a popup window appears
-and asks for a filename to load.
-If the file contains multiple games, another popup appears that lets
-you select which game you wish to analyze.
-After a game is loaded, use the XBoard arrow buttons to step
-forwards/backwards through the game and watch the analysis.
-Note: Some chess engines do not support Analysis mode.
-
- ICS Client
- This is the normal mode when XBoard
-is connected to a chess server. If you have moved into
-Edit Game or Edit Position mode, you can select this option to get out.
-
-To use xboard in ICS mode, run it in the foreground with the -ics
-option, and use the terminal you started it from to type commands and
-receive text responses from the chess server. See
-Chess Servers below for more information.
-
-XBoard activates some special position/game editing features when you
-use the examine or bsetup commands on ICS and you have
-‘ICS Client’ selected on the Mode menu. First, you can issue the
-ICS position-editing commands with the mouse. Move pieces by dragging
-with mouse button 1. To drop a new piece on a square, press mouse
-button 2 or 3 over the square. This brings up a menu of white pieces
-(button 2) or black pieces (button 3). Additional menu choices let
-you empty the square or clear the board. Click on the White or Black
-clock to set the side to play. You cannot set the side to play or
-drag pieces to arbitrary squares while examining on ICC, but you can
-do so in bsetup mode on FICS. In addition, the menu commands
-‘Forward’, ‘Backward’, ‘Pause’, and ‘Stop Examining’
-have special functions in this mode; see below.
-
- Edit Game
- Allows you to make moves for both Black and White, and to change
-moves after backing up with the ‘Backward’ command. The clocks do
-not run.
-
-In chess engine mode, the chess engine continues to check moves for legality
-but does not participate in the game. You can bring the chess engine
-into the game by selecting ‘Machine White’, ‘Machine Black’,
-or ‘Two Machines’.
-
-In ICS mode, the moves are not sent to the ICS: ‘Edit Game’ takes
-XBoard out of ICS Client mode and lets you edit games locally.
-If you want to edit games on ICS in a way that other ICS users
-can see, use the ICS examine command or start an ICS match
-against yourself.
-
- Edit Position
- Lets you set up an arbitrary board position.
-Use mouse button 1 to drag pieces to new squares, or to delete a piece
-by dragging it off the board or dragging an empty square on top of it.
-To drop a new piece on a square, press mouse button 2 or 3 over the
-square. This brings up a menu of white pieces (button 2) or
-black pieces (button 3). Additional menu choices let you empty the
-square or clear the board. You can set the side to play next by
-clicking on the word White or Black at the top of the screen.
-Selecting ‘Edit Position’ causes XBoard to discard
-all remembered moves in the current game.
-
-In ICS mode, changes made to the position by ‘Edit Position’ are
-not sent to the ICS: ‘Edit Position’ takes XBoard out of
-‘ICS Client’ mode and lets you edit positions locally. If you want to
-edit positions on ICS in a way that other ICS users can see, use
-the ICS examine command, or start an ICS match against yourself.
-(See also the ICS Client topic above.)
-
- Training
- Training mode lets you interactively guess the moves of a game for one
-of the players. You guess the next move of the game by playing the
-move on the board. If the move played matches the next move of the
-game, the move is accepted and the opponent's response is autoplayed.
-If the move played is incorrect, an error message is displayed. You
-can select this mode only while loading a game (that is, after
-selecting ‘Load Game’ from the File menu). While XBoard is in
-‘Training’ mode, the navigation buttons are disabled.
-
- Show Game List
- Shows or hides the list of games generated by the last ‘Load Game’
-command.
-
- Show Move History
- Shows or hides a list of moves of the current game.
-This list allows you to move the display to any earlier position in the game
-by clicking on the corresponding move.
-
- Show Engine Output
- Shows or hides a window in which the thinking output of any loaded engines
-is displayed.
-
- Edit Tags
- Lets you edit the PGN (portable game notation)
-tags for the current game. After editing, the tags must still conform to
-the PGN tag syntax:
-
-
<tag-section> ::= <tag-pair> <tag-section>
- <empty>
- <tag-pair> ::= [ <tag-name> <tag-value> ]
- <tag-name> ::= <identifier>
- <tag-value> ::= <string>
+
- Machine White
- Tells the chess engine to play White.
+
- Machine Black
- Tells the chess engine to play Black.
+
- Two Machines
- Plays a game between two chess engines.
+
- Analysis Mode
- XBoard tells the chess engine to start analyzing the current game/position
+and shows you the analysis as you move pieces around.
+Note: Some chess engines do not support Analysis mode.
+
+
To set up a position to analyze, you do the following:
+
+
1. Select Edit Position from the Mode Menu
+
+
2. Set up the position. Use the middle and right buttons to
+bring up the white and black piece menus.
+
+
3. When you are finished, click on either the Black or White
+clock to tell XBoard which side moves first.
+
+
4. Select Analysis Mode from the Mode Menu to start the analysis.
+
+
The analysis function can also be used when observing games on an ICS
+with an engine loaded (zippy mode); the engine then will analyse
+the positions as they occur in the observed game.
+
- Analyze File
- This option lets you load a game from a file (PGN, XBoard format, etc.)
+and analyze it. When you select this menu item, a popup window appears
+and asks for a filename to load.
+If the file contains multiple games, another popup appears that lets
+you select which game you wish to analyze.
+After a game is loaded, use the XBoard arrow buttons to step
+forwards/backwards through the game and watch the analysis.
+Note: Some chess engines do not support Analysis mode.
+
- ICS Client
- This is the normal mode when XBoard
+is connected to a chess server. If you have moved into
+Edit Game or Edit Position mode, you can select this option to get out.
+
+
To use xboard in ICS mode, run it in the foreground with the -ics
+option, and use the terminal you started it from to type commands and
+receive text responses from the chess server. See
+Chess Servers below for more information.
+
+
XBoard activates some special position/game editing features when you
+use the examine or bsetup commands on ICS and you have
+‘ICS Client’ selected on the Mode menu. First, you can issue the
+ICS position-editing commands with the mouse. Move pieces by dragging
+with mouse button 1. To drop a new piece on a square, press mouse
+button 2 or 3 over the square. This brings up a menu of white pieces
+(button 2) or black pieces (button 3). Additional menu choices let
+you empty the square or clear the board. Click on the White or Black
+clock to set the side to play. You cannot set the side to play or
+drag pieces to arbitrary squares while examining on ICC, but you can
+do so in bsetup mode on FICS. In addition, the menu commands
+‘Forward’, ‘Backward’, ‘Pause’, and ‘Stop Examining’
+have special functions in this mode; see below.
+
- Edit Game
- Allows you to make moves for both Black and White, and to change
+moves after backing up with the ‘Backward’ command. The clocks do
+not run.
+
+
In chess engine mode, the chess engine continues to check moves for legality
+but does not participate in the game. You can bring the chess engine
+into the game by selecting ‘Machine White’, ‘Machine Black’,
+or ‘Two Machines’.
+
+
In ICS mode, the moves are not sent to the ICS: ‘Edit Game’ takes
+XBoard out of ICS Client mode and lets you edit games locally.
+If you want to edit games on ICS in a way that other ICS users
+can see, use the ICS examine command or start an ICS match
+against yourself.
+
- Edit Position
- Lets you set up an arbitrary board position.
+Use mouse button 1 to drag pieces to new squares, or to delete a piece
+by dragging it off the board or dragging an empty square on top of it.
+To drop a new piece on a square, press mouse button 2 or 3 over the
+square. This brings up a menu of white pieces (button 2) or
+black pieces (button 3). Additional menu choices let you empty the
+square or clear the board. You can set the side to play next by
+clicking on the word White or Black at the top of the screen.
+Selecting ‘Edit Position’ causes XBoard to discard
+all remembered moves in the current game.
+
+
In ICS mode, changes made to the position by ‘Edit Position’ are
+not sent to the ICS: ‘Edit Position’ takes XBoard out of
+‘ICS Client’ mode and lets you edit positions locally. If you want to
+edit positions on ICS in a way that other ICS users can see, use
+the ICS examine command, or start an ICS match against yourself.
+(See also the ICS Client topic above.)
+
- Training
- Training mode lets you interactively guess the moves of a game for one
+of the players. You guess the next move of the game by playing the
+move on the board. If the move played matches the next move of the
+game, the move is accepted and the opponent's response is autoplayed.
+If the move played is incorrect, an error message is displayed. You
+can select this mode only while loading a game (that is, after
+selecting ‘Load Game’ from the File menu). While XBoard is in
+‘Training’ mode, the navigation buttons are disabled.
+
- Show Game List
- Shows or hides the list of games generated by the last ‘Load Game’
+command.
+
- Show Move History
- Shows or hides a list of moves of the current game.
+This list allows you to move the display to any earlier position in the game
+by clicking on the corresponding move.
+
- Show Engine Output
- Shows or hides a window in which the thinking output of any loaded engines
+is displayed.
+
- Edit Tags
- Lets you edit the PGN (portable game notation)
+tags for the current game. After editing, the tags must still conform to
+the PGN tag syntax:
+
+
<tag-section> ::= <tag-pair> <tag-section>
+ <empty>
+ <tag-pair> ::= [ <tag-name> <tag-value> ]
+ <tag-name> ::= <identifier>
+ <tag-value> ::= <string>
- See the PGN Standard for full details. Here is an example:
-
-
[Event "Portoroz Interzonal"]
- [Site "Portoroz, Yugoslavia"]
- [Date "1958.08.16"]
- [Round "8"]
- [White "Robert J. Fischer"]
- [Black "Bent Larsen"]
- [Result "1-0"]
+ See the PGN Standard for full details. Here is an example:
+
+
[Event "Portoroz Interzonal"]
+ [Site "Portoroz, Yugoslavia"]
+ [Date "1958.08.16"]
+ [Round "8"]
+ [White "Robert J. Fischer"]
+ [Black "Bent Larsen"]
+ [Result "1-0"]
- Any characters that do not match this syntax are silently ignored. Note that
-the PGN standard requires all games to have at least the seven tags shown
-above. Any that you omit will be filled in by XBoard
-with ‘?’ (unknown value), or ‘-’ (inapplicable value).
-
- Edit Comment
- Adds or modifies a comment on the current position. Comments are
-saved by ‘Save Game’ and are displayed by ‘Load Game’,
-‘Forward’, and ‘Backward’.
-
- ICS Input Box
- If this option is set in ICS mode,
-XBoard
-creates an extra window that you can use for typing in ICS commands.
-The input box is especially useful if you want to type in something long or do
-some editing on your input, because output from ICS doesn't get mixed
-in with your typing as it would in the main terminal window.
-
- Pause
- Pauses updates to the board, and if you are playing against a chess engine,
-also pauses your clock. To continue, select ‘Pause’ again, and the
-display will automatically update to the latest position.
-The ‘P’ button and keyboard p key are equivalents.
-
-If you select Pause when you are playing against a chess engine and
-it is not your move, the chess engine's clock
-will continue to run and it will eventually make a move, at which point
-both clocks will stop. Since board updates are paused, however,
-you will not see the move until you exit from Pause mode (or select Forward).
-This behavior is meant to simulate adjournment with a sealed move.
-
-If you select Pause while you are observing or examining a game on a
-chess server, you can step backward and forward in the current history
-of the examined game without affecting the other observers and
-examiners, and without having your display jump forward to the latest
-position each time a move is made. Select Pause again to reconnect
-yourself to the current state of the game on ICS.
-
-If you select ‘Pause’ while you are loading a game, the game stops
-loading. You can load more moves manually by selecting ‘Forward’, or
-resume automatic loading by selecting ‘Pause’ again.
+
Any characters that do not match this syntax are silently ignored. Note that
+the PGN standard requires all games to have at least the seven tags shown
+above. Any that you omit will be filled in by XBoard
+with ‘?’ (unknown value), or ‘-’ (inapplicable value).
+
- Edit Comment
- Adds or modifies a comment on the current position. Comments are
+saved by ‘Save Game’ and are displayed by ‘Load Game’,
+‘Forward’, and ‘Backward’.
+
- ICS Input Box
- If this option is set in ICS mode,
+XBoard
+creates an extra window that you can use for typing in ICS commands.
+The input box is especially useful if you want to type in something long or do
+some editing on your input, because output from ICS doesn't get mixed
+in with your typing as it would in the main terminal window.
+
- Pause
- Pauses updates to the board, and if you are playing against a chess engine,
+also pauses your clock. To continue, select ‘Pause’ again, and the
+display will automatically update to the latest position.
+The ‘P’ button and keyboard p key are equivalents.
+
+
If you select Pause when you are playing against a chess engine and
+it is not your move, the chess engine's clock
+will continue to run and it will eventually make a move, at which point
+both clocks will stop. Since board updates are paused, however,
+you will not see the move until you exit from Pause mode (or select Forward).
+This behavior is meant to simulate adjournment with a sealed move.
+
+
If you select Pause while you are observing or examining a game on a
+chess server, you can step backward and forward in the current history
+of the examined game without affecting the other observers and
+examiners, and without having your display jump forward to the latest
+position each time a move is made. Select Pause again to reconnect
+yourself to the current state of the game on ICS.
+
+
If you select ‘Pause’ while you are loading a game, the game stops
+loading. You can load more moves manually by selecting ‘Forward’, or
+resume automatic loading by selecting ‘Pause’ again.
-