Trouble with gnu chess and xboard

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From: Brian L'Ecuyer
Date: Tue, 08 Apr 1997 00:00

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Hello,

I installed gnuchess 4.0.pl77
and
xboard-3.5.0

when I run xboard it loads gnuchessx ok 
but when I attemp any move I get:

Illegal move "d4"
(rejected by first chess program)

what gives?

Brian

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