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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 [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X_Window_System X Window System], originally developed by [[Dan Sears]] and [[Chris Sears]] as a chess [[GUI]] for [[GNU Chess]] only. In 1991 [[Tim Mann]] took over, became the main developer and he continued developing it parallelly with [[WinBoard]] <ref>[http://home.hccnet.nl/h.g.muller/engine-intf.html#4 Chess Engine Communication Protocol - 4. How it got this way]</ref> <ref>[http://tim-mann.org/history.html XBoard Project History]</ref>. In Fall 2013, [[Joshua Pettus]] managed to port XBoard to [[Mac OS|MAC OS X]] using the native [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quartz_%28graphics_layer%29 Quarz Graphics layer] <ref>[http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=49729 OSX Xboard 4.7.2 .app] by [[Joshua Pettus]], [[CCC]], October 16, 2013</ref> <ref>[http://hiarcs.net/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6492 XBoard native Mac App] by [[Harm Geert Muller]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Hiarcs Forum]], December 18, 2013</ref>. When [[Harm Geert Muller]] took over the project, he focused on [[WinBoard]] only and XBoard was abandoned since <ref>That statement seems wrong to me, see [http://hgm.nubati.net/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=xboard.git;a=summary hgm.nubati.net Git - xboard.git/summary]</ref>.
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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 [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X_Window_System X Window System], originally developed by [[Dan Sears]] and [[Chris Sears]] as a chess [[GUI]] for [[GNU Chess]] only <ref>[http://groups.google.com/group/gnu.chess/browse_frm/thread/28d5826a078d091d xboard v1.2] by [[Dan Sears]], [[GNU Chess#NewsGroup|gnu.chess]], June 14, 1991</ref>. In 1991 [[Tim Mann]] took over, became the main developer and he continued developing it parallelly with [[WinBoard]] <ref>[http://home.hccnet.nl/h.g.muller/engine-intf.html#4 Chess Engine Communication Protocol - 4. How it got this way]</ref> <ref>[http://tim-mann.org/history.html XBoard Project History]</ref>. In Fall 2013, [[Joshua Pettus]] managed to port XBoard to [[Mac OS|MAC OS X]] using the native [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quartz_%28graphics_layer%29 Quarz Graphics layer] <ref>[http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=49729 OSX Xboard 4.7.2 .app] by [[Joshua Pettus]], [[CCC]], October 16, 2013</ref> <ref>[http://hiarcs.net/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6492 XBoard native Mac App] by [[Harm Geert Muller]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Hiarcs Forum]], December 18, 2013</ref>. When [[Harm Geert Muller]] took over the project, he focused on [[WinBoard]] only and XBoard was abandoned since <ref>That statement seems wrong to me, see [http://hgm.nubati.net/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=xboard.git;a=summary hgm.nubati.net Git - xboard.git/summary]</ref>.
  
 
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* [http://groups.google.com/group/gnu.chess/browse_frm/thread/40206c9937414b0d xboard datapoint] by Paul Vaughan, [[GNU Chess#NewsGroup|gnu.chess]], January 29, 1991
 
* [http://groups.google.com/group/gnu.chess/browse_frm/thread/40206c9937414b0d xboard datapoint] by Paul Vaughan, [[GNU Chess#NewsGroup|gnu.chess]], January 29, 1991
* [http://groups.google.com/group/gnu.chess/browse_frm/thread/28d5826a078d091d xboard v1.2] by Chris Sears, [[GNU Chess#NewsGroup|gnu.chess]], June 14, 1991
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* [http://groups.google.com/group/gnu.chess/browse_frm/thread/28d5826a078d091d xboard v1.2] by [[Dan Sears]], [[GNU Chess#NewsGroup|gnu.chess]], June 14, 1991
 
* [http://groups.google.com/group/gnu.chess/browse_frm/thread/4dc93bfa82e41a08 reading in a position and playing in xboard] by [[Lewis Stiller]], [[GNU Chess#NewsGroup|gnu.chess]], February 20, 1992
 
* [http://groups.google.com/group/gnu.chess/browse_frm/thread/4dc93bfa82e41a08 reading in a position and playing in xboard] by [[Lewis Stiller]], [[GNU Chess#NewsGroup|gnu.chess]], February 20, 1992
 
* [http://groups.google.com/group/gnu.chess/browse_frm/thread/c07cc9102c2a203a GNU Xboard introductory letter] by [[Stuart Cracraft]], [[GNU Chess#NewsGroup|gnu.chess]], May 16, 1992
 
* [http://groups.google.com/group/gnu.chess/browse_frm/thread/c07cc9102c2a203a GNU Xboard introductory letter] by [[Stuart Cracraft]], [[GNU Chess#NewsGroup|gnu.chess]], May 16, 1992

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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 Dan Sears and Chris Sears as a chess GUI for GNU Chess only [2]. In 1991 Tim Mann took over, became the main developer and he continued developing it parallelly with WinBoard [3] [4]. In Fall 2013, Joshua Pettus managed to port XBoard to MAC OS X using the native Quarz Graphics layer [5] [6]. When Harm Geert Muller took over the project, he focused on WinBoard only and XBoard was abandoned since [7].

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Xboard 4.2.7 on KDE 4.2.2 and Fedora 10.png

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

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Re: Test epd for Linux ? by Harm Geert Muller, CCC, March 28, 2016

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