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Winboard 4.2.7

Submitted by chessbot on Sun, 05/13/2007 at 12:07pm.
6 votes:++++-
  • Category: PGN Utilities
  • Publisher: Tim Mann
  • OS: 95, 98, Win NT, 2000, 2003, ME, and XP
  • License: Free
  • Filename: winboard-4_2_7a.exe
  • File Size: 5.368MB
  • Downloads: 10264
Description:

XBoard and WinBoard are graphical user interfaces for chess. They display a chessboard on the screen, accept moves made with the mouse, and load and save games in Portable Game Notation (PGN). They serve as front-ends for many different chess services, including:

Chess engines that will run on your machine and play a game against you or help you analyze, such as GNU Chess, Crafty, or many others. A list of compatible engines is available.

Chess servers on the Internet, where you can connect to play chess with people from all over the world, watch other users play, or just hang out and chat. A list of compatible servers is available.

Correspondence chess played by electronic mail. The CMail program (which works with XBoard only) automates the tasks of parsing email from your opponent, playing his moves out on your board, and mailing your reply move after you've chosen it.

PGN viewer. You can use XBoard or WinBoard as a viewer and creator for game files recorded in PGN (standard chess notation).

XBoard runs on Unix systems, while WinBoard runs on 32-bit Windows systems, including Windows 95, 98, NT, 2000, 2003, ME, and XP. Tim Mann is the primary author of both, though there have been many other contributors.

Reviews:

by borhan21 - 4 years ago
Selangor Malaysia
Member Since: Nov 2007
Member Points: 64

Rating:++++-

simple but yet quite good training tool
by Unbeliever - 3 years ago
United States
Member Since: Nov 2007
Member Points: 1119

Rating:++++-

Very good product.  It can be used with multiple Chess Engines such as Crafty and or Rybka, and is simple and easy to use.  The only downside is that the interface is slightly confusing in regards to opening and storing PGN files.
by BladeRunner - 3 years ago
United States
Member Since: Aug 2007
Member Points: 78
This is what I use when playing on FICS, playing back my games for review and making self-analysis videos of my games. It is a very simple program, yet highly configurable and flexible.  A wonderful program that I would not be without.
by kokino - 2 years ago
Spain
Member Since: Feb 2009
Member Points: 16298

Rating:+----

I can't install it.

by fadhoula2030 - 6 months ago
Tunis Tunisia
Member Since: Sep 2010
Member Points: 32

Is so good for me !!!


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