XBoard/WinBoard remain updated, and the Chess Engine Communication Protocol has been extended to meet the needs of modern engines (which have features such as hash tables, multi-processing and end-game tables, which could not be controlled through the old protocol).
XBoard/WinBoard also fully support engines that play chess variants, such as Fairy-Max. This means the GUI is able to display a wide range of variants such as xiangqi (Chinese chess), shogi (Japanese chess), makruk (Thai chess), Crazyhouse, Capablanca Chess and many other Western variants on boards of various sizes. It offers a Westernized representation for these games, but the almost limitless configurability of XBoard/WinBoard also allows a high-quality representation of non-Western style games.[6]
Another computer chess protocol is the Universal Chess Interface (UCI). XBoard/WinBoard supports this protocol (and its dialects USI and UCCI, which are in common use for shogi and Chinese chess) through adapter programs such as Polyglot and UCI2WB.
Since 2014 there exists a special version of XBoard that better integrates with Apple's OS X. It is distributed from WinBoard forum as an OS X App, including several engines (for chess and many chess variants), and adapters for running engines in non-natively supported protocols. It also contains supporting software for connecting with the popular Internet Chess Servers FICS and ICC for on-line play. XBoard OS X Apps that specifically configure XBoard for oriental-style shogi or xiangqi are also available.
WinBoard is a version of XBoard adapted to MS Windows, and is available in a similar package.[7]
^"4.9.1 released". 1 August 2016. Retrieved 2 October 2019.
^Hagen, William von (13 May 2010). Ubuntu Linux Bible: Featuring Ubuntu 10.04 LTS. John Wiley and Sons. pp. 15–16. ISBN978-0-470-88180-4. Retrieved 11 November 2011.
FAQ for the use of Xboard and Winboard chess engines
Listing of Xboard and Winboard chess engines
January 01, 1970
xboard, graphical, user, interface, chessboard, chess, engines, under, window, system, developed, maintained, free, software, project, winboard, port, natively, microsoft, windows, chess, 7developer, projectstable, release4, august, 2016repositorygit, savannah. XBoard is a graphical user interface chessboard for chess engines under the X Window System It is developed and maintained as free software by the GNU project WinBoard is a port of XBoard to run natively on Microsoft Windows XBoardGNU Chess 5 0 7 on XBoard 4 2 7Developer s GNU projectStable release4 9 1 1 1 August 2016Repositorygit wbr savannah wbr gnu wbr org wbr r wbr xboard wbr gitOperating systemLinux FreeBSD NetBSD OpenBSD Microsoft Windows macOSTypeComputer chessLicenseGPLWebsiteXBoard Contents 1 Overview 2 See also 3 References 4 External linksOverview editOriginally developed by Tim Mann as a front end for the GNU Chess engine XBoard eventually came to be described as a graphical user interface for XBoard engines 2 It also acts as a client for Internet Chess Servers 3 and e mail chess 4 and can allow the user to play through saved games 5 XBoard WinBoard remain updated and the Chess Engine Communication Protocol has been extended to meet the needs of modern engines which have features such as hash tables multi processing and end game tables which could not be controlled through the old protocol XBoard WinBoard also fully support engines that play chess variants such as Fairy Max This means the GUI is able to display a wide range of variants such as xiangqi Chinese chess shogi Japanese chess makruk Thai chess Crazyhouse Capablanca Chess and many other Western variants on boards of various sizes It offers a Westernized representation for these games but the almost limitless configurability of XBoard WinBoard also allows a high quality representation of non Western style games 6 nbsp Screenshot of XBoard showing a game of shogi Another computer chess protocol is the Universal Chess Interface UCI XBoard WinBoard supports this protocol and its dialects USI and UCCI which are in common use for shogi and Chinese chess through adapter programs such as Polyglot and UCI2WB Since 2014 there exists a special version of XBoard that better integrates with Apple s OS X It is distributed from WinBoard forum as an OS X App including several engines for chess and many chess variants and adapters for running engines in non natively supported protocols It also contains supporting software for connecting with the popular Internet Chess Servers FICS and ICC for on line play XBoard OS X Apps that specifically configure XBoard for oriental style shogi or xiangqi are also available WinBoard is a version of XBoard adapted to MS Windows and is available in a similar package 7 See also edit nbsp Free and open source software portal GNOME Chess Chess engine Computer chessReferences edit 4 9 1 released 1 August 2016 Retrieved 2 October 2019 Hagen William von 13 May 2010 Ubuntu Linux Bible Featuring Ubuntu 10 04 LTS John Wiley and Sons pp 15 16 ISBN 978 0 470 88180 4 Retrieved 11 November 2011 Negus Chris 2003 Red Hat Linux 9 bible Wiley Pub p 242 ISBN 978 0 7645 3938 1 Mui Linda Quercia Valerie 1994 X user tools O Reilly amp Associates p 186 ISBN 978 1 56592 019 4 Retrieved 11 November 2011 Johnson Chris F A 2005 Shell scripting recipes a problem solution approach Apress p 294 ISBN 978 1 59059 471 1 XBoard gnu org Retrieved 11 November 2011 Fairy Max an AI for playing user defined Chess variants home hccnet External links editOfficial website XBoard on GNU Savannah FAQ for the use of Xboard and Winboard chess engines Listing of Xboard and Winboard chess engines Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title XBoard amp oldid 1223523882, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
