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|Name=Xboard
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|Name=XBoard
 
|Short description=Graphical chessboard
 
|Short description=Graphical chessboard
 
|Full description=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:
 
|Full description=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:
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* 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.
 
* 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.
 
* XBoard runs on Unix and GNU/Linux 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 GNU/Linux systems that use the X Window System. The project also includes a port to 32-bit Windows systems called WinBoard.
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|Homepage URL=https://www.gnu.org/software/xboard/
 
|User level=intermediate
 
|User level=intermediate
|Status=Live
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|VCS checkout command=git clone git://git.savannah.gnu.org/xboard.git
|Component programs=
 
|Homepage URL=http://www.gnu.org/software/xboard/
 
|VCS checkout command=
 
 
|Computer languages=C
 
|Computer languages=C
|Documentation note=http://www.gnu.org/software/xboard/manual/
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|Documentation note=https://www.gnu.org/software/xboard/manual/
|Paid support=
 
|IRC help=
 
|IRC general=
 
|IRC development=
 
 
|Related projects=Baby,Chess,Eboard,Sjeng
 
|Related projects=Baby,Chess,Eboard,Sjeng
 
|Keywords=games,xboard,chess,PGN,crafty
 
|Keywords=games,xboard,chess,PGN,crafty
|Is GNU=y
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|Version identifier=4.7.3
|Last review by=Janet Casey
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|Version date=2014/01/06
|Last review date=2009-10-05
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|Version status=stable
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|Version download=https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/xboard/xboard-4.7.3.tar.gz
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|Last review by=Genium
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|Last review date=2014/02/09
 
|Submitted by=Database conversion
 
|Submitted by=Database conversion
 
|Submitted date=2011-04-01
 
|Submitted date=2011-04-01
|Version identifier=4.4.4
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|Status=
|Version date=2010-08-20
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|Is GNU=Yes
|Version status=stable
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|GNU package identifier=xboard
|Version download=http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/xboard/xboard-4.4.4.tar.gz
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|License=GPLv2orlater
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|License verified by=Kelly Hopkins
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|License verified date=2010-08-23
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|License=GPLv3orlater
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|License verified date=2010-08-23
 
|License verified date=2010-08-23
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{{Person
 
{{Person
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|Real name=Tim Mann
 
|Role=Maintainer
 
|Role=Maintainer
|Real name=Tim Mann
 
 
|Email=xboard@tim-mann.org
 
|Email=xboard@tim-mann.org
 
|Resource URL=
 
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|Real name=Chris Sears
 
|Role=Contributor
 
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|Real name=Chris Sears
 
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|Real name=Dan Sears
 
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|Real name=Arun Persaud
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|Email=apersaud@lbl.gov
 
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|Use=gameplaying
 
|Use=gameplaying
 
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GNU XBoard

https://www.gnu.org/software/xboard/
Graphical chessboard.

XBoard is a graphical chessboard for the X Window System. It can serve as a user interface for chess engines such as Fairy Max, Sjeng, Baby, Hachu or GNU Chess, for the Internet Chess Server, or for electronic mail correspondence chess. It supports all major forms of chess, such as international chess, xiangqi (Chinese chess), shogi (Japanese chess) and Makruk, in addition to many minor variants such as Losers Chess, Crazyhouse, Chess960 and Capablanca Chess.

XBoard presents a fully interactive graphical interface and can load and save games in the Portable Game Notation. It can also be used by itself as viewer for stored chess games.








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