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gnu.chess is a rather low-traffic newsgroup, so we don't have a FAQ.

GNU Chess runs under Unix on many platforms.  (It has also been ported
to MSDOS, but that port is not supported by the development team.)
The chief developer uses a Sun, so it's safe to say it runs on a Sun.

XBoard, which is the X Window System front-end to GNU Chess, is also a
front end to the Internet Chess Server.  If you have Internet telnet
access, you can use XBoard with the ICS to play games between two
humans across the network.  (You can also use the ICS without XBoard,
but XBoard gives you a nice graphical chessboard with clock display
and game save and load features.)

XBoard does not provide any way for two humans to play across the
network without using the ICS.

GNU Chess and XBoard are separate programs.  They work together, but
each one can also be used by itself.

	--Tim Mann
          XBoard developer