XBoard

Introduction

XBoard is a graphical chessboard that can serve as a user interface to chess engines (such as GNU Chess), the Internet Chess Servers, electronic mail correspondence chess, or your own collection of saved games.

This manual documents version 4.8.0 of XBoard.

• Major modes: The main things XBoard can do.
• Basic operation: Mouse and keyboard functions.
• Menus: Menus, buttons, and keys.
• Options: Command options supported by XBoard.
• Chess Servers: Using XBoard with an Internet Chess Server (ICS).
• Firewalls: Connecting to a chess server through a firewall.
• Environment: Environment variables.
• Limitations: Known limitations and/or bugs.
• Problems: How and where to report any problems you run into.
• Contributors: People who have helped developing XBoard.
• CMail: Using XBoard for electronic correspondence chess.
• Other programs: Other programs you can use with XBoard.
• Copyright: Copyright notice for this manual.
• Copying: The GNU General Public License.
• Index: Index of concepts and symbol names.