xboard 4.9.1

Graphical user interface for chess programs

GNU XBoard is a graphical board for all varieties of chess, including international chess, xiangqi (Chinese chess), shogi (Japanese chess) and Makruk. Several lesser-known variants are also supported. It presents a fully interactive graphical interface and it can load and save games in the Portable Game Notation.

Website: https://www.gnu.org/software/xboard/
Licenses: GPL 3+
Package source: gnu/packages/games.scm
Builds: See build status
Issues: See known issues

Installation

Install xboard 4.9.1 as follows:

guix install xboard@4.9.1

Or install the latest version:

guix install xboard

You can also install packages in augmented, pure or containerized environments for development or simply to try them out without polluting your user profile. See the guix shell documentation for more information.