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XBoard is a graphical user interface for the Chess Engine Communication Protocol running under the Unix (Posix) operating system based on the X Window System, originally developed by Tim Mann as GNU Chess interface. In Fall 2013, Joshua Pettus managed to port XBoard to MAC OS X using the native Quarz Graphics layer.

=Screenshot= Xboard 4.2.7 running GNU Chess on KDE 4.2.2 desktop under Fedora 10

=See also=
 * Chess Engine Communication Protocol
 * CPW-Engine_com
 * GNU Chess
 * Pondering
 * Tournament Manager
 * UCI
 * WinBoard
 * XBoard Engines

=Forum Posts=

1990 ...

 * xboard datapoint by Paul Vaughan, gnu.chess, January 29, 1991
 * xboard v1.2 by Chris Sears, gnu.chess, June 14, 1991
 * reading in a position and playing in xboard by Lewis Stiller, gnu.chess, February 20, 1992
 * GNU Xboard introductory letter by Stuart Cracraft, gnu.chess, May 16, 1992

1995 ...

 * XBoard version 3.5 by Tim Mann, rgc, January 03, 1997
 * Re: Using Timeseal with Xboard by Tim Mann, rgc, February 12, 1997
 * XBoard and WinBoard, version 3.6.0 by Tim Mann, rgc, May 09, 1997
 * xboard/WinBoard 4.0.0 available by Tim Mann, rgc, June 21, 1998

2000 ...

 * Using 2 machines for matches (Linux) by Jon Dart, CCC, June 24, 2001 » Linux
 * XBoard and WinBoard, version 4.2.6 by Tim Mann, gnu.chess, February 03, 2002

2005 ...

 * Safe I/O (repeated) by Fabien Letouzey, Winboard Forum, February 11, 2005
 * Re: gnuchess/xboard protocol by Hans Eric Sandström, gnu.org, May 19, 2006
 * Running very fast games in xboard by Mathieu Pagé, CCC, January 20, 2009

2010 ...
2011 2012 2013 2014
 * XBoard and epd tournament by Vlad Stamate, CCC, January 31, 2010 » Chess Engine Communication Protocol, Engine Testing
 * Problem using XBoard + Polyglot + Zippy on FICS by Ben-Hur Carlos Langoni, CCC, November 15, 2010 » PolyGlot, Free Internet Chess Server
 * xboard and engine match using remote machine by Frank Phillips, CCC, September 18, 2011
 * XBoard / WinBoard 4.6.0 released by H.G.Muller, CCC, March 11, 2012
 * xboard time control settings by Frank Phillips, CCC, May 12, 2012
 * XBoard beta tar ball by H.G.Muller, CCC, April 10, 2012
 * XBoard Installation for Dummies - Request by Richard Allbert, CCC, July 18, 2012
 * OSX Xboard/Winboard.app 4.7.2 Release Thread by Joshua Pettus, Winboard Forum, October 15, 2013 » Mac OS
 * OSX Xboard 4.7.2 .app by Joshua Pettus, CCC, October 16, 2013 » Mac OS
 * Shogi in Unix/Linux? by Joshua Pettus, Winboard Forum, October 19, 2013 » Shogi
 * XBoard native Mac App by Harm Geert Muller, Hiarcs Forum, December 18, 2013 » Mac OS
 * New XBoard feature: ICS Console by Harm Geert Muller, CCC, February 03, 2014
 * Ping, Xboard, and Cutechess-cli by Miguel A. Ballicora, CCC, March 04, 2014 » Cutechess-cli
 * for Chess-variant authors by Harm Geert Muller, CCC, September 17, 2014
 * WinBoard/XBoard 4.8.0 released by Harm Geert Muller, CCC, October 18, 2014
 * Xboard issue by Robert Hyatt, CCC, October 30, 2014

2015 ...
2016
 * Large Shogi variants in XBoard by Harm Geert Muller, CCC, August 07, 2015 » Shogi
 * XBoard for Mac: Zippy problems by Steven Edwards, CCC, August 29, 2015 » Mac OS
 * Suggestions for XBoard documentation by Steven Edwards, CCC, August 30, 2015 » CECP
 * Piece graphics by Harm Geert Muller, CCC, October 19, 2015 » 2D Graphics Board
 * xboard: -keepAlive option no longer working at FICS by Steven Edwards, CCC, November 24, 2015
 * xboard issue by Robert Hyatt, CCC, November 25, 2015
 * xboard: Spurious undo after a new game and first move by Steven Edwards, CCC, December 09, 2015
 * xboard and fifty move rule by Fabio Gobbato, CCC, December 11, 2015
 * Pi Zero compiling XBoard by Richard Allbert, CCC, February 06, 2016 » Raspberry Pi
 * XBoard interactive help by Harm Geert Muller, CCC, March 10, 2016
 * Xboard sluggish on OSX by Marcel van Kervinck, CCC, March 12, 2016 » Mac OS
 * Test epd for Linux ? by Jean Arthuin, CCC, March 25, 2016 » EPD, Linux
 * Re: Test epd for Linux ? by Harm Geert Muller, CCC, March 28, 2016


 * Release of XBoard 4.9.0 soon by Harm Geert Muller, CCC, April 07, 2016
 * Sjaak II, Wa Shogi and XBoard 4.9 by Harm Geert Muller, CCC, April 25, 2016 » Shogi, SjaakII
 * Einstein wuerfelt nicht by Harm Geert Muller, CCC, July 03, 2016 » EinStein würfelt nicht!
 * Crashing engines (Linux) by Harm Geert Muller, CCC, September 18, 2016 » Linux, Process

2020 ...

 * XBoard: C11 and more warnings by Mehdi Amini, CCC, February 29, 2020

=External Links=

Free Software Foundation

 * XBoard - GNU Project
 * What is new in WinBoard / XBoard 4.6.0?
 * XBoard tourney-manager function » Tournament Manager
 * What is new in WinBoard / XBoard 4.7.0?
 * What is new in WinBoard / XBoard 4.8.0?
 * What is new in WinBoard / XBoard 4.9.0?

Tim Mann & H.G. Muller

 * Chess Engine Communication Protocol by Tim Mann & H.G. Muller
 * hgm.nubati.net Git - xboard.git/summary
 * XBoard News by H.G. Muller
 * What is new in XBoard/WinBoard 4.9.0? by H.G. Muller
 * Tim Mann's xBoard page

XBoard Misc

 * Winboard/XBoard UML state diagram by Alessandro Scotti
 * XBoard from Wikipedia

Misc

 * X Window System from Wikipedia
 * Brand X - X-Communication (1992), YouTube Video

=References= Up one Level