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What's new




Version 6.3b

  • Changed toolbar, no new options, it is only an aesthetic change.
  • Some bugs fixed thanks to bolokay feedback.

Version 6.3

  • New training block : Resources for zebras, with new trainings:
    • Determine your calculating power.
    • Moves between two positions.
    • Becoming a knight tamer: tests to know/improve your skills with a knight.
  • Option in configuration to disable tutor by default. (Tom Riddle idea)
  • Setting up the start position, new shortcuts : "F":rotate, "P","Q","N","R","K","B" to change piece active, repeat to change color. (Tom Riddle idea)
  • New training : Learning tactics by repetition.
  • Default theme : Cocoa Cream by Felicia.
  • Scid position trainings are replaced by "Mate positions in GM games", and they include full games.
  • F11 key to full screen.
  • Menu option "Utilities" in "Trainings", now is Tools in base bar.

Version 6.2a

  • Some bugs solved (thanks to Francesco feedback).

Version 6.2

  • New tool, when playing in menu Utilities, Tree moves that is a system to document positions.
  • Consult books Polyglot, changed view.
  • Boards
    • New pieces : Montreal, NikNak, Regular, Pirat, Magnetic, Alpha,AlfonsoX,Leipzig,Maya
    • Menu in the top-left of all boards, custom resize, themes, pieces,...
    • New possibilities to configure boards.
    • Colour themes, made by
      • Felicia
      • Mohammed Abadalazez
    • Ctrl-mouse wheel : resize board.
    • Direct option to maximize window.
    • Flip board : with key F (scott idea)
    • Copy board : with key C (felicia idea)
    • Save board to png file : with key S (felicia idea)
    • Arrow keys can be used in all boards (scott idea)
    • Board design, added option to change size of inner border (felicia idea)
  • Mate in two from Eduardo Sadier, reduced from 120000 to 50000, but included information of origin of each position, and all moves are precomputed.
  • New training, Resistance test, other way to fight against engines.
  • New training positions : tactics collected by Uwe Auerswald
  • Engines:
    • Updated Critter - 1.4
    • Updated Stockfish - 2.2.2

Version 6.1

  • New Training: Find the best move (proposed by Ransith Fernando and bolokay)
    • It feeds on the analysis of games or from training-positions directly
  • PGN Viewer
    • Mass Analysis to detect blunders and brilliancies( proposed by Daniel Trebejo and developped thanks to ideas of Roberto Mizzoni)
    • Add option to create a training to "Play like a grandmaster" (proposed by Filomeno Marmalé)
    • If games are with FEN, you can create a book to training these personal positions.
    • It is possible to select more than one file, to remove by example.
  • Analysis of a game
    • You can create files to train as mass analysis(Daniel Trebejo and Roberto Mizzoni)
    • Blunders detected appear in orange, big blunders in red, moves that match engine in blue, and brillant moves in purple (Roberto Mizzoni and Georg Pfefferle).These color can be changed from Config-View-Board themes PGN
    • Option to save all analysis in variants(proposed by Filomeno Marmalé
    • Option to change order of analysis, from end to beginning (proposed by istolacio)
    • You can enter a polyglot book to skip the opening moves
  • Creating your own game
    • You can configure that each time you move the engine responds.(proposed by bolokay)
    • Added Paste PGN.
  • Game against an engine of your choice
    • Direct paste FEN position
  • The game of the day
    • You can choose a file other than the standard training or initial positions PGN file or a file of fens (proposed by Joaquin Alvarez)
    • You can change the board size.
  • General
    • By pressing Control 1 tutor plays instead of the player (proposed by Indy)
    • When there is a game on the screen in the section of the PGN, pressing the Home key, go to the home position (proposed by bolokay)
    • Configuration-Board-Coordinates can be changed from 4 sides -> 2 sides
    • Colors of the board, you can specify the border color (proposed by Mohammed A.)
  • Engine updated, Pawny 0.3.1

Version 6.0

  • Game against one engine of your choice:
    • Personalities :
      • Try to adjust the response of the engine to even the game (an idea proposed by Karbunclo in Foro Master)
      • Based on using the option of multi engine response (MultiPV) and select from the answers given.
      • There are 3 basic models, best move, move similar to player and move worse, with small variations, adding randomness in some cases up to 12 standard models.
      • New custom personalities can be created based on standard models, and adding various parameters (laser idea proposed by immortalchess forum)
      • And upon a serious blunder by the player, causing an immediate mate or the loss of points is considerable, such as forgetting to protect the queen, the engine response is to capture. Associated with these losses, normally in case of a big blunder by the player the engine would blunder back a piece immediately in the next move to level the evaluation, to avoid this, it can be set a number of points means that the engine will slowly try to lose the given amount of points with each move. (idea contributed by Daniel Trebejo)
    • It can be possible change rival /side in the middle of the game. (+ Others-Change rival)
    • It can be selected a polyglot book to make the first moves, choosing the response of rivals to follow a particular line. (idea contributed by baddadza provided by immortalchess forum)
    • Drag and drop in setting the starting position.
    • Kibitzers: Option to choose only a side to look
    • Engines:
    • Creating your own game:
      • Analysis are saved (idea contributed by Nguyen Tuan Long)
      • Adds a save as icon, to differentiate from when you are working with an old game.
    • Game of the day can be showed in the PGN viewer
    • Favorite in training, to simplify the selection of frequently used options. (Options menu)
    • Training openings, can be convert openings to a polyglot book
    • Colors:
      • Named colors themes (idea contributed by Olivia Pfefferle and Mohammed A.)
      • You can change the coordinates color(idea contributed by Mohammed A.)
    • DGT boards support (suggested by Daniel Trebejo and Georg Pfefferle) and it has been possible thanks to the many tests done by Daniel Trebejo
    • Training positions back icon is added(idea proposed by shahinjy immortalchess forum)
    • Analyzing a position, you can now save once all the variants considered by the engine. (idea contributed by Filomeno Marmalé)

Version 5.4

  • New configuration file: lk54.pik
  • New game, levels are now level gained (so far indicated the next level to play).
  • Tarrasch bug solution : did not work the system of levels (depth) and the maximum used was 4, so it is deleted more than 9 levels in beginner mode and second category one less, and so on, up to 4 in Grand Master. From now plays according to level.
  • New non-competitive mode, where you can indicate lucas-elo from which to play and there are no limitations as to the engines and categories to play against. The publication of results, only works in competitive mode.
  • Analysis of movements in a game, adding new conditions to refine the movements to be analyzed.(Proposed by ajax)
  • Check opening from polyglot books. (Proposed by ajax)
  • Some bugs fixed.
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Version 5.3c/5.3d

  • Some bugs fixed.
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Version 5.3b

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Version 5.3a

  • Some bugs fixed.
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Version 5.3

  • Captured material : (Proposed by Steph and Rui)
    • Position : left of board.
    • To show/hide : +Options-View-Captured material.
    • To show/hide : Ctrl-Right button on PGN.
    • To hide : Right button on captures zone.
    • To enable by default : Options-Configuration-Board....
  • Possibility of log of all moves analyzed by tutor in CSV format(to work in a spreadsheet), enabled in Options-Configuration-Automatic save (Proposed by Ransith).
  • Training with option Game again an engine of your choice, posibility to change rival while playing. (Proposed by Steph)
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Version 5.2b

  • Mouse shortcuts to speed moves. (Proposed by Steph)
    • Activated from Options-Settings-Boards.
    • Click on an empty square or with an opponent's piece, launch the move if only one possibility.
    • Click on a square with a piece of player, move if only one possibility, else it is expected a second click on destination square.
  • Captured material window has been reduced. (Proposed by Steph and Rui). Now is selected from +Options
  • Fixed some bugs reported (by Rui, Lolo, Ransith, Baddadza).
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Version 5.2a

  • New training : Learn openings by repetition.   More info  
  • New option : Custom openings (Options-Other options).
  • Some bugs fixed.
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Version 5.1a

  • Bug fixed : Check your memory not working.
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Version 5.1

  • Kibitzers, new tool to analyze games (proposed and determined by Daniel Trebejo).  More info  
  • Some bugs fixed.

Version 5.0

  • Training, Joaquín Alvarez has developed a new section, with interesting positions.
  • Bolokay has written the program's FAQ , available from Information.
  • Training : updated Eduardo Sadier' Mate in Two Moves with more than 120.000 problems.  More info  
  • Blindfold chess, it can be played in any game.  More info  
  • Now it is possible to edit arrow indicating pieces moves.  More info  
  • Added support for reading/using/creating/training books Polyglot. It includes a book made from games of Grandmasters, played from 1970 to 2010.  More info   +   More info  
  • Training mate positions from mate in 1 move to mate in 4 moves.  More info  
  • Others :
    • Work messages in screen corner, when possible.
    • Moves of the opponent's pieces (timed).
    • Options-Other options : Translation of labels : primarily for translators.
    • Options-Other options : Sounds edition : to record voices (also external wavs) that can be heard while playing.
    • Options-Other options : Users : enables a small user management.(George P. idea)
    • Windows position are now saved.
    • Tutor window can now be set vertically. Via Options-Configuration-Boards.
    • While playing : Hand cursor to pick up the pieces. (DRANIX idea)
    • While playing : +Options Tutor change : engine and/or its thinking time.
    • While playing : Sounds : that can be on/off, previously they can be set
    • Visual effects : initial presentation and opponent pieces moves can be disabled in Options-Configuration-Boards. (scottmiao advice)
    • Option to show Captured material, now, add a new panel with information of current move, and permit direct edition. (Based on a Rui Grafino suggestion)
    • When playing with tutor enabled, and player don´t select tutor's suggestion, this suggestion is saved in Variants. To disable this option, Options-Configuration-Automatic save-Save as variant.... (Robert M. idea)
    • Creating new games, option to import a PGN file (Training-Utilities-Create your own game,+Options,Read PGN). (Gianfranco Cutipa idea)
    • Fixed some errors in the coding of PGN.
    • The list of users file moved to UsrData
    • In portable version install folder has changed from AjedrezLucas to LucasChess.
  • Engines:
    • Updated Critter - 1.01
    • Updated Stockfish - 2.1.1
Acknowledgements : Most new ideas are external inputs, I have included the names of those who remember, but my memory is very bad and I know for sure missing names. Special thanks to forums : FORO MASTER! and Immortal chess forum.

Version 4.03

  • Engines:
    • Updated Komodo 1.2 -> 1.3
    • Updated Stockfish 1.9.1 -> 2.0.1
  • New:
    • Boxrooms PGN, under Other Options-Save, which can record in user-defined pgn files.
  • Bugs:
    • Change of v35 to v40, sends the user data files to the data folder instead of UsrData.
    • Tables are checked by controlling all the moves, to calculate whether there are Three Repeats.
    • Beginners, first-time engine is not working.
    • Lucas-Elo, does not operate the engine 46: Tarrasch.
    • Installing external engines, new, read uci parameters, now maximum 12 seconds, before 2 and sometimes gave problems because they do not have time to read.

Version 4.02

  • News :
    • Create your own game.
    • Training a position, Next training unit, two options Next and Random.
    • Lines showing possible moves on board.(numbers 1 and 8, 2 and 7 + Left and Right buttons).
    • Calc your Lucas-Elo.
    • Reorganization of menus with beginners' area.
    • New beginners game : find all moves.
    • Play like a Grand Master, option to choose also rival's moves.
    • PGN edition, it is possible asign coments, variants and rating to each move (with right button).
    • Engines :
      • Updated Version (Critter 0.80 -> 0.90)

  • Bugs :
    • Differentiation between Quit and Resign a game.
    • Saving PGN in Russian.

  • With the invaluable help of Rui, Daniel, Lolo, Georg and Slavick.

Version 4.00

  • Engines:
    • Updated Version (Komodo 1.0 -> 1.2, Critter 0.60 -> 0.80, Stockfish 1.7.1 -> 1.9.1)
  • Training:
    • Play against any opponent:
      • New option: time limit
      • Opening:
        • Ordered
        • Rethinking basic openings on the basis of Wikimedia
        • Show all
        • PGN Is shown when choosing
        • As a tooltip for long openings
    • Connection between computers
    • Updated: 41758 mate in two of Eduardo Sadier
    • In playing such a grand master, adds the ability to evaluate the move by a GM engine and ours and calculate differences. Now with option of downloading 257 GMs
    • New for very beginners, children and bad losers, rivals with which it is very difficult to lose.
    • New game: test your memory on a board.
  • Overall:
    • Added the possibility to go back a move.
    • Icon Clock boards tutor, to automatically repeat the movements expected.
    • If automatic saving of games abandoned, leaving questions.
    • Option Analysis / score plays.
    • All references to time have gone from tenths of a second to seconds (with the possibility of a decimal to the tenths).
    • The tutor window have been added the list of other movements analyzed by the motor.
    • Translation into Russian (Slavik Pavlov) and utf-8 support for non latin-1 languages.
    • The movie game in Other Options.

Version 3.70

  • Training:
    • New option: Play like a Grand Master, initially with Capablanca, Fisher and Tal, and with the option of downloading another 149 GMs from the web.
    • Playing against any opponent:
      • You can choose the opening line from over 1800 variations.
      • You can choose and configure an external UCI engine.
    • New endgame training block prepared by Rui Grafino.
    • New PGN viewer.
  • New additional options during the game:
    • Button to restart the game.
    • Use the mouse wheel to scroll through the moves.
    • In the opening phase the tutor now offers book moves as a third option.
  • Updated some of the engines to newer versions (Stockfish 1.7.1 and Critter 0.60). Stockfish now also works as a tutor engine.
  • You can configure external UCI engines, which you can play against or use them as a tutor.
  • Portuguese translation by Rui Grafino.
  • Various bug fixes.

Version 3.51

  • Update the Software via the Internet.
  • Hide the last move indicator by double clicking on it.
  • Rotate the board by double clicking on the next move indicator.
  • Various bug fixes.

Version 3.50

  • Updated the list of chess engines.
  • New French and German translation, improved the English translation (by Lolo S. and Georg Pfefferle).
  • A game against an engine of your choice now adds points to your personal point score.
  • Additional board size options (very large and full screen).
  • Scrolling through the notation with the arrow keys (game replay).
  • Click through variations suggested by the tutor.
  • Edit a starting position with a new position setup dialog.
  • Added new training positions from Georges Pascal (author of SCID).
  • Added a new board configuration menu to easily choose your favourite colours or chose one of the predefined board schemes.
  • Can now automatically save games to a configurable PGN file.
  • Various bug fixes.

Version 3.01

  • New button to show captured material.
  • In the setup menu for a new game the possible point score is now shown.
  • Various bug fixes.

Version 3.00

  • Scoring points for won games.
  • 14 chess engines divided into groups.
  • Choice of different tutor engines.
  • Adjourning Games.
  • Two additional piece sets.
  • Configurable board colours.
  • Variation analysis with the tutor.
  • Training mode allows free choice of engine (regardless of personal point score).
  • Panic key = space.
  • Added 36,015 chess problems (mate in two) from Eduardo Sadier.

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