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[_Arnulfstrasse_Muenchen-2.jpg) Isa Genzken - X [1] 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 code was abandoned. Users on Unix and Unix-like systems should use the X Window System to run the program[7].

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 Dan 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 …#

• 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

2011

• xboard and engine match using remote machine by Frank Phillips, CCC, September 18, 2011

2012

• 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

2013

• 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

2014

• 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 …#

• 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

2016

• 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#

1. ↑ Isa Genzken - X (1994), Arnulfstraße, Munich, Photo by Rufus46, December 19, 2013, Wikimedia Commons
2. ↑ xboard v1.2 by Dan Sears, gnu.chess, June 14, 1991
3. ↑ Chess Engine Communication Protocol - 4. How it got this way
4. ↑ XBoard Project History
5. ↑ OSX Xboard 4.7.2 .app by Joshua Pettus, CCC, October 16, 2013
6. ↑ XBoard native Mac App by Harm Geert Muller, Hiarcs Forum, December 18, 2013
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