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|Name=GNU XBoard | |Name=GNU XBoard | ||
| − | |Short description=Graphical chessboard | + | |Short description=Graphical chessboard. |
| − | |Full description='''XBoard''' is a graphical chessboard for the X Window System. It can serve as a user interface for chess engines such as [[Sjeng]], [[Baby]], [[Hachu]] or [[GNU Chess]], for the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_chess_server 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. | + | |Full description='''XBoard''' is a graphical chessboard for the X Window System. It can serve as a user interface for chess engines such as [[fairymax | Fairy Max]], [[Sjeng]], [[Baby]], [[Hachu]] or [[GNU Chess]], for the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_chess_server 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. | 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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https://www.gnu.org/software/xboard/whats_new/rules/ | https://www.gnu.org/software/xboard/whats_new/rules/ | ||
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| + | '''Selection from the [https://shop.fsf.org/ FSF shop]''' | ||
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| + | [https://shop.fsf.org/books/free-freedom-20-richard-stallman Free as in Freedom 2.0, by Richard Stallman] | ||
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| + | [https://shop.fsf.org/books-docs/introduction-command-line Introduction to the Command Line] | ||
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| + | '''[https://www.gnu.org/help/help.html Helping the GNU Project and the Free Software Movement]''' | ||
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| + | If you have corrections to this entry or questions about it, please contact: mailto:maintainers@gnu.org | ||
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|Decommissioned or Obsolete=No | |Decommissioned or Obsolete=No | ||
|Donate=https://my.fsf.org/donate/ | |Donate=https://my.fsf.org/donate/ | ||
| − | |Related projects=Baby,Chess,Eboard,Sjeng | + | |Related projects=gnustandards,Baby,Chess,Eboard,Sjeng |
|Keywords=games,xboard,chess,PGN | |Keywords=games,xboard,chess,PGN | ||
|Version identifier=4.9.1 | |Version identifier=4.9.1 | ||
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|Version download=https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/xboard/xboard-4.9.1.tar.gz | |Version download=https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/xboard/xboard-4.9.1.tar.gz | ||
|Last review by=Bendikker | |Last review by=Bendikker | ||
| − | |Last review date= | + | |Last review date=2019/01/19 |
|Submitted by=Database conversion | |Submitted by=Database conversion | ||
|Submitted date=2011/04/01 | |Submitted date=2011/04/01 | ||
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|Paid support=https://www.fsf.org/resources/service/ | |Paid support=https://www.fsf.org/resources/service/ | ||
|Accepts cryptocurrency donations=Yes | |Accepts cryptocurrency donations=Yes | ||
| + | |OpenPGP signature=https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/xboard/xboard-4.9.1.tar.gz.sig | ||
|Test entry=No | |Test entry=No | ||
|Is GNU=Yes | |Is GNU=Yes | ||
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|Resource kind=VCS Repository Webview | |Resource kind=VCS Repository Webview | ||
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|Resource kind=Mailing List | |Resource kind=Mailing List | ||
|Resource URL=https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-system-discuss/ | |Resource URL=https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-system-discuss/ | ||
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| + | |Resource URL=https://ftp.gnu.org/old-gnu/xboard/ | ||
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Latest revision as of 08:33, 19 January 2019
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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| Contact(s) | Role |
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| Arun Persaud | Maintainer |
| Joshua Pettus | Maintainer |
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