diff -ur Phalanx-XXII/io.c Phalanx-XXII-scid/io.c
--- Phalanx-XXII/io.c	2005-10-03 00:29:22.000000000 +0200
+++ Phalanx-XXII-scid/io.c	2008-02-03 12:07:09.000000000 +0100
@@ -984,11 +984,11 @@
 	if( Inp[0] == '\0' )
 	if( fgets(Inp,255,stdin) == NULL ) strcpy(Inp,"quit\n");
 
-	if( strncmp(Inp,"exit\n",5) == 0 && Flag.analyze )
+	if( strncmp(Inp,"exit",4) == 0 && Flag.analyze )
 	{ Flag.machine_color = Flag.analyze = 0; Inp[0]='\0'; return 1; }
 
-	if( strncmp(Inp,"quit\n",5) == 0
-	 || strncmp(Inp,"exit\n",5) == 0 )
+	if( strncmp(Inp,"quit",4) == 0
+	 || strncmp(Inp,"exit",4) == 0 )
 	{
 		if( Flag.ponder < 2 ) return 0;
 		else
@@ -1007,7 +1007,7 @@
 	}
 
 /* COMMAND: analyze */
-	if( strncmp( Inp, "analyze\n", 8 ) == 0 )
+	if( strncmp( Inp, "analyze", 7 ) == 0 )
 	{
 		if( Flag.ponder >= 2 ) { Abort = 1; return 0; }
 		puts("analyze mode, type 'exit' to terminate");
@@ -1017,7 +1017,7 @@
 	}
 
 /* COMMAND: force */
-	if( strncmp( Inp, "force\n", 6 ) == 0 )
+	if( strncmp( Inp, "force", 5 ) == 0 )
 	{
 		if( Flag.ponder >= 2 ) { Abort = 1; return 0; }
 		puts("you play both");
@@ -1027,8 +1027,8 @@
 	}
 
 /* COMMANDS: white, black */
-	if(  strncmp( Inp, "white\n", 6 ) == 0
-	  || strncmp( Inp, "black\n", 6 ) == 0 )
+	if(  strncmp( Inp, "white", 5 ) == 0
+	  || strncmp( Inp, "black", 5 ) == 0 )
 	{
 		if( Flag.ponder >= 2 ) { Abort = 1; return 0; }
 		puts("you do not play both");
@@ -1038,7 +1038,7 @@
 	}
 
 /* COMMAND: both */
-	if( strncmp( Inp, "both\n", 5 ) == 0 )
+	if( strncmp( Inp, "both", 4 ) == 0 )
 	{
 		if( Flag.ponder >= 2 ) { Abort = 1; return 0; }
 		puts("machine plays both");
@@ -1047,7 +1047,7 @@
 	}
 
 /* COMMAND: new */
-	if( strncmp( Inp, "new\n", 4 ) == 0 )
+	if( strncmp( Inp, "new", 3 ) == 0 )
 	{
 		if( Flag.ponder >= 2 ) { Abort = 1; return 0; }
 		setfen("rnbqkbnr/pppppppp/////PPPPPPPP/RNBQKBNR/w");
@@ -1062,7 +1062,7 @@
 	}
 
 /* COMMAND: go */
-	if( strncmp( Inp, "go\n", 3 ) == 0 )
+	if( strncmp( Inp, "go", 2 ) == 0 )
 	{
 		if( Flag.ponder >= 2 ) { Abort = 1; return 0; }
 		Flag.machine_color = Color;
@@ -1070,11 +1070,11 @@
 	}
 
 /* COMMAND: bd */
-	if( strncmp( Inp, "bd\n", 3 ) == 0 || strncmp( Inp, "d\n", 2 ) == 0 )
+	if( strncmp( Inp, "bd", 2 ) == 0 || strncmp( Inp, "d\n", 2 ) == 0 )
 	{ printboard(NULL); Inp[0]='\0'; return 1; }
 
 /* COMMAND: bk */
-	if( strncmp( Inp, "bk\n", 3 ) == 0 )
+	if( strncmp( Inp, "bk", 2 ) == 0 )
 	{
 		tmove m[256]; int n;
 		extern void bk(tmove *, int );
@@ -1086,7 +1086,7 @@
 	}
 
 /* COMMAND: post */
-	if( strncmp( Inp, "post\n", 5 ) == 0 )
+	if( strncmp( Inp, "post", 4 ) == 0 )
 	{
 		Flag.post = 1;
 		puts("post on");
@@ -1094,7 +1094,7 @@
 	}
 
 /* COMMAND: nopost */
-	if( strncmp( Inp, "nopost\n", 7 ) == 0 )
+	if( strncmp( Inp, "nopost", 6 ) == 0 )
 	{
 		Flag.post = 0;
 		puts("post off");
@@ -1139,7 +1139,7 @@
 
 
 /* COMMAND: hard */
-	if( strncmp( Inp, "hard\n", 5 ) == 0 )
+	if( strncmp( Inp, "hard", 4 ) == 0 )
 	{
 		if( Flag.ponder==0 && Flag.easy==0 )
 		Flag.ponder = 1;
@@ -1148,7 +1148,7 @@
 	}
 
 /* COMMAND: easy */
-	if( strncmp( Inp, "easy\n", 5 ) == 0 )
+	if( strncmp( Inp, "easy", 4 ) == 0 )
 	{
 		if( Flag.ponder != 0 )
 		{
@@ -1189,7 +1189,7 @@
 	}
 
 /* COMMAND: book */
-	if( strncmp( Inp, "book\n", 5 ) == 0 )
+	if( strncmp( Inp, "book", 4 ) == 0 )
 	{
 		Flag.book = ! Flag.book;
 		if( Flag.book ) puts("book on");
@@ -1198,15 +1198,15 @@
 	}
 
 /* COMMAND: about */
-	if( strncmp( Inp, "about\n", 6 ) == 0 )
+	if( strncmp( Inp, "about", 5 ) == 0 )
 	{ about(); Inp[0]='\0'; return 1; }
 
 /* COMMAND: fen */
-	if( strncmp( Inp, "fen\n", 3 ) == 0 )
+	if( strncmp( Inp, "fen", 3 ) == 0 )
 	{ printpositionfen(); Inp[0]='\0'; return 1; }
 
 /* COMMAND: help */
-	if( strncmp( Inp, "help\n", 5 ) == 0 )
+	if( strncmp( Inp, "help", 4 ) == 0 )
 	{
 puts("COMMAND SUMMARY: about (shows settings), bd (displays position - same");
 puts("as 'd'), bk (shows book info), book (enables/disables book), both");
@@ -1240,7 +1240,7 @@
 	}
 
 /* COMMAND: xboard */
-	if( strncmp( Inp, "xboard\n", 7 ) == 0 )
+	if( strncmp( Inp, "xboard", 6 ) == 0 )
 	{
 		Flag.xboard = 2;
 		puts("xboard mode on");
@@ -1267,7 +1267,7 @@
 	}
 
 /* COMMAND: undo (xboard) */
-	if( strncmp( Inp, "undo\n", 5 ) == 0 || strncmp( Inp, "u\n", 2 ) == 0 )
+	if( strncmp( Inp, "undo", 4 ) == 0 || strncmp( Inp, "u\n", 2 ) == 0 )
 	{
 		if( Flag.ponder >= 2 ) { Abort = 1; return 0; }
 		if( Counter != 0 )
@@ -1283,7 +1283,7 @@
 	}
 
 /* COMMAND: remove (xboard) */
-	if( strncmp( Inp, "remove\n", 7 ) == 0 )
+	if( strncmp( Inp, "remove", 6 ) == 0 )
 	{
 		if( Flag.ponder >= 2 ) { Abort = 1; return 0; }
 		if( Counter > 1 )
@@ -1309,6 +1309,15 @@
 		return 1;
 	}
 
+/* COMMAND: setboard <FEN> */
+/* added by Pascal Georges */
+	if( strncmp( Inp, "setboard ", 9 ) == 0 )
+	{
+		setfen(Inp+9);
+		Inp[0] = '\0';
+		return 1;
+	}
+
 /* COMMAND: test a position */
 	if( sevenslashes(Inp) ) /* test */
 	{

diff -ur Phalanx-XXII/phalanx.h Phalanx-XXII-scid/phalanx.h
--- Phalanx-XXII/phalanx.h	2005-10-03 00:41:14.000000000 +0200
+++ Phalanx-XXII-scid/phalanx.h	2008-07-14 10:45:41.000000000 +0200
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #ifndef PHALANX_INCLUDED
 #define PHALANX_INCLUDED
 
-#define VERSION "XXII"
+#define VERSION "XXII-pg"
 
 #ifdef GNUFUN
 # include <getopt.h>

diff -ur Phalanx-XXII/README Phalanx-XXII-scid/README
--- Phalanx-XXII/README	2005-09-21 02:38:39.000000000 +0200
+++ Phalanx-XXII-scid/README	2008-02-03 12:07:09.000000000 +0100
@@ -1,2 +1,6 @@
+*********************************************************
+[December 2006 : added setboard option - Pascal Georges ]
+*********************************************************
+
 Phalanx is a chess playing program
 Copyright (c) 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000 Dusan Dobes