Author: Dann Corbit
Date: 09:30:24 07/15/99
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On July 15, 1999 at 11:49:15, John R. Menke, Sr. wrote:
>Greetings!
>What is "WINBOARD"?
Along with X-board, Winboard is the finest chess interface ever produced,
freeware or commercial, new or old. It's even better than the real thing.
>I see it mentioned frequently, but have never run
>across an explanation. Is it software?
Yes.
>Is it hardware?
No
>What does it do?
It enables the inputs and outputs of chess engines like Crafty, Phalanx and
others to be viewed visually. It allows you to play person verses person,
person verses computer, or computer verses computer... even clear across the
planet.
>Where can you buy it, or download it? Please clue me in...
You can get it free from here:
http://www.research.digital.com/SRC/personal/Tim_Mann/chess.html
Get Winboard for Win32 systems like Windows 95/98/NT.
Get Xboard for Unix systems like Linux.
A tribute to Winboard:
http://www.inficad.com/~ecollins/winboard.htm
My tribute from an old Usenet post:
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A Tiny (or is that tinny?) Ode to Hyatt, Klausler, Mann, and Nalimov
By Dann Corbit
Winboard, Crafty, CDB
Strength and glory unto thee!
With your interface so fine,
A database that's like fine wine...
A chess engine dynamo,
With five-man tablebase to go!
The love, the passion, science, art...
Put ecstasy within my heart.
Knowledge in its finest form.
If only these should be the norm.
;-)
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