diff --git a/games/Phalanx/Phalanx.SlackBuild b/games/Phalanx/Phalanx.SlackBuild
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..58465b0434
--- /dev/null
+++ b/games/Phalanx/Phalanx.SlackBuild
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+# Slackware build script for Phalanx
+
+# Written by Marco Pessotto <melmothx@gmail.com>
+# public domain
+
+PRGNAM=Phalanx
+VERSION=${VERSION:-XXII}
+ARCH=${ARCH:-i486}
+BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
+TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}
+
+CWD=$(pwd)
+TMP=${TMP:-/tmp/SBo}
+PKG=$TMP/package-$PRGNAM
+OUTPUT=${OUTPUT:-/tmp}
+
+if [ "$ARCH" = "i486" ]; then
+  SLKCFLAGS="-O2 -march=i486 -mtune=i686"
+elif [ "$ARCH" = "i686" ]; then
+  SLKCFLAGS="-O2 -march=i686 -mtune=i686"
+elif [ "$ARCH" = "x86_64" ]; then
+  SLKCFLAGS="-O2 -fPIC"
+fi
+
+set -e 
+
+rm -rf $PKG
+mkdir -p $TMP $PKG $OUTPUT
+cd $TMP
+rm -rf $PRGNAM-$VERSION
+tar -xvf $CWD/$PRGNAM-$VERSION.tar.gz
+cd $PRGNAM-$VERSION 
+chown -R root:root .
+chmod -R u+w,go+r-w,a-s .
+
+# Apply a patch from the scid distribution by Pascal Georges, because this
+# package is primary intended to run with scid.  If you don't want this 
+# patch, just remove it from the patches/ directory
+[ -f $CWD/setboard.patch.gz ] && patch -p1 < $CWD/patches/setboard.patch
+# Set the defines by patching the Makefile. 
+patch -p0 < $CWD/patches/defines.patch
+
+make CFLAGS="$SLKCFLAGS -Wall -fomit-frame-pointer --std=gnu89 -D_GNU_SOURCE" 
+strip --strip-unneeded phalanx
+mkdir -p $PKG/usr/games
+cp phalanx $PKG/usr/games
+mkdir -p $PKG/usr/share/games/phalanx
+cp eco.phalanx pbook.phalanx sbook.phalanx $PKG/usr/share/games/phalanx
+mkdir -p $PKG/var/games/phalanx
+install -m 0666 learn.phalanx  $PKG/var/games/phalanx/
+
+# Don't clobber an existing /var/games/phalanx/learn.phalanx
+mv $PKG/var/games/phalanx/learn.phalanx \
+  $PKG/var/games/phalanx/learn.phalanx.new
+
+# Add manpage from Debian
+mkdir -p $PKG/usr/man/man6
+gzip -9c $CWD/phalanx.6 > $PKG/usr/man/man6/phalanx.6.gz
+
+mkdir -p $PKG/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION
+cp -a COPYING HISTORY README $PKG/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION
+cat $CWD/$PRGNAM.SlackBuild > $PKG/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION/$PRGNAM.SlackBuild
+
+mkdir -p $PKG/install
+cat $CWD/slack-desc > $PKG/install/slack-desc
+cat $CWD/doinst.sh > $PKG/install/doinst.sh
+
+cd $PKG 
+/sbin/makepkg -l y -c n $OUTPUT/$PRGNAM-$VERSION-$ARCH-$BUILD$TAG.tgz
diff --git a/games/Phalanx/Phalanx.info b/games/Phalanx/Phalanx.info
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..bafb0fea91
--- /dev/null
+++ b/games/Phalanx/Phalanx.info
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+PRGNAM="phalanx"
+VERSION="XXII"
+HOMEPAGE="http://phalanx.sourceforge.net/"
+DOWNLOAD="http://downloads.sourceforge.net/phalanx/Phalanx-XXII.tar.gz"
+MD5SUM="24657c063f5fda57e70130483bd45cd0"
+MAINTAINER="Marco Pessotto"
+EMAIL="melmothx@gmail.com" 
+APPROVED="rworkman"
diff --git a/games/Phalanx/README b/games/Phalanx/README
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..22c6c9c44a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/games/Phalanx/README
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+Phalanx is a free chess engine which understands the xboard
+protocol. It's suitable for beginner and intermediate
+players. Phalanx's playing style is quite human-like; when it plays at
+full strength, it may be compared to a intermediate-to-strong club
+player; beginners will be right at home with it, too.
+
+This SlackBuild comes with a patch from Scid <scid.sourceforge.net> by
+Pascal Georges, because this package is primary intended to be used
+with scid. If you don't want the patch, simply remove "setboard.patch"
+from the patches directory. 
diff --git a/games/Phalanx/doinst.sh b/games/Phalanx/doinst.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..fc8709b515
--- /dev/null
+++ b/games/Phalanx/doinst.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+# Don't clobber an existing /var/games/phalanx/learn.phalanx
+if [ ! -r var/games/phalanx/learn.phalanx ]; then
+  mv var/games/phalanx/learn.phalanx.new var/games/phalanx/learn.phalanx
+else
+  rm -f var/games/phalanx/learn.phalanx.new
+fi
+
diff --git a/games/Phalanx/patches/defines.patch b/games/Phalanx/patches/defines.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ab43807b5d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/games/Phalanx/patches/defines.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+--- makefile.orig	2005-10-03 00:46:56.000000000 +0200
++++ makefile	2009-01-10 20:57:03.000000000 +0100
+@@ -19,7 +19,16 @@
+ ### -DLEARN_DIR=\"/var/local/lib\"
+ ### -DQCAPSONLY
+ 
+-DEFINES = -DGNUFUN 
++DEFINES = -DGNUFUN \
++-DPBOOK_FILE=\"pbook.phalanx\" \
++-DSBOOK_FILE=\"sbook.phalanx\"  \
++-DPBOOK_DIR=\"/usr/share/games/phalanx\" \
++-DSBOOK_DIR=\"/usr/share/games/phalanx\" \
++-DLEARN_DIR=\"/var/games/phalanx\" \
++-DLEARN_FILE=\"learn.phalanx\" \
++-DECO_FILE=\"eco.phalanx\" \
++-DECO_DIR=\"/usr/share/games/phalanx\" 
++
+ LDFLAGS =
+ 
+ OBJ = .o/phalanx.o .o/bcreate.o .o/search.o .o/io.o .o/data.o \
diff --git a/games/Phalanx/patches/setboard.patch b/games/Phalanx/patches/setboard.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..10b3bd2592
--- /dev/null
+++ b/games/Phalanx/patches/setboard.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,219 @@
+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
diff --git a/games/Phalanx/phalanx.6 b/games/Phalanx/phalanx.6
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f1eb9f7d9b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/games/Phalanx/phalanx.6
@@ -0,0 +1,98 @@
+.TH PHALANX "6" "January 2008" "Phalanx XXII"
+.SH NAME
+Phalanx \- Chess playing program
+.SH SYNOPSIS
+.B phalanx
+[\fIoptions\fR] [\fI<moves> <minutes> \fR[\fI<increment in seconds>\fR]]
+.br
+.B phalanx
+[\fIoptions\fR] [\fI<seconds per move>\fR]
+.br
+.B phalanx
+\fIbench\fR
+.br
+.B phalanx
+\fIbcreate \fR[\fIoptions\fR]
+.SH DESCRIPTION
+This manual page documents briefly the
+.BR phalanx
+program.
+This manual page was written for the Debian GNU/Linux distribution
+(but may be used by others), because the original program does not
+have a manual page.
+.PP
+.B phalanx
+is a chess playing program.  It is partially xboard compatible. Under
+xboard, it can play games, force & undo moves, and show thinking. In
+this version, you cannot set positions with xboard.
+.PP
+It is also possible to run phalanx without xboard. Do
+.B phalanx -?
+to get a list of command line options.  One important command of
+phalanx's ASCII interface is
+.B help.
+.PP
+.B phalanx
+uses (traditional) 10x12 board implementation. There are three often
+used board implementations: "8x8" (GNU Chess), "bitboard" (Crafty), and
+"10x12" (Nimzo, Phalanx). In short, "10x12" is easy to implement and the
+code is small (==fast on PC).  Opening book is small, simple,
+hand-written.
+.PP
+.SH OPTIONS
+\fB\-t\fR <transposition table size in kilobytes>
+.HP
+\fB\-f\fR <fixed search time in seconds>
+.TP
+\fB\-x\fR <+/->
+xboard mode on/off        default: on
+.TP
+\fB\-p\fR <+/->
+permanent brain on/off    default: off
+.TP
+\fB\-s\fR <+/->
+show thinking on/off      default: off
+.TP
+\fB\-c\fR <+/->
+cpu time                  default: off
+.TP
+\fB\-o\fR <+/->
+polling input             default: on
+.TP
+\fB\-b\fR <+/->
+opening book              default: on
+.TP
+\fB\-r\fR <resign value in centipawns>
+default: 0 (no resigning)
+.TP
+\fB\-e\fR <easy level 0...100>
+default: 0 (best play)
+.TP
+\fB\-l\fR <+/->
+learning on/off           default: on
+.TP
+\fB\-v\fR
+print version and exit
+.HP
+\fB\-P\fR <primary book directory>
+.HP
+\fB\-S\fR <secondary book directory>
+.HP
+\fB\-L\fR <learning file directory>
+.HP
+\fB\-g\fR <log file name>
+.PP
+.SH EXAMPLES 
+phalanx \fB\-c\fR+ \fB\-s\fR+ \fB\-o\fR - \fB\-x\-\fR \fB\-f\fR 60 \fB\-t4000\fR
+
+xboard \fB\-fcp\fR "phalanx \fB\-l\fR+ \fB\-r800\fR"
+.SH "SEE ALSO"
+/usr/doc/Phalanx-*, 
+.IR xboard(6)
+.SH AUTHOR
+Phalanx was written by Dusan  Dobes  <dobes@math.muni.cz>.  This manual
+page was written by Stephen Stafford <bagpuss@debian.org> for the Debian
+GNU/Linux project, but may be used by others.  It was written with the
+assistance of 
+.IR help2man(1) 
+and then edited slightly to clean it up. Modified by Marco Pessotto.
diff --git a/games/Phalanx/slack-desc b/games/Phalanx/slack-desc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9da1de6ae9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/games/Phalanx/slack-desc
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+# HOW TO EDIT THIS FILE:
+# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description. Line
+# up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and the '|' 
+# on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in. You must
+# make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also customary
+# to leave one space after the ':'.
+
+       |----hardy-ruler-------------------------------------------------------|
+Phalanx: Phalanx (GPL'd chess engine)
+Phalanx:
+Phalanx: Phalanx is a chess engine which understands the xboard protocol. It's
+Phalanx: suitable for beginner and intermediate players. Phalanx's playing
+Phalanx: style is quite human-like; when it plays at full strength, it may
+Phalanx: be compared to a intermediate-to-strong club player; beginners will
+Phalanx: be right at home with it, too.
+Phalanx:
+Phalanx: (http://phalanx.sourceforge.net/)
+Phalanx:
+Phalanx: