Version 11.13c: finally graphics created directly on the board

Graphics created directly on the board

This is a long-demanded option, the list of people who have requested it from me is too large to include here.
The working mode is similar to that of Lichess, if it is a square selected a circle is shown, if they are several squares an arrow is shown, by default. 
It can be customized from the Director option, each element of the band is associated to a key (None, Alt, Shift, Ctrl) pressed at same time right mouse.

Elements associated can be changed  from Director

The deletion of elements is done by creating an equal element. The keys Ctrl-F1 to delete the last created element and Ctrl-F2 to delete all of them also work.

When Director mode (activated by pressing F1,...F10), Shift+Alt+Right Mouse allows user to choose a piece to add.

As a facility, when working in Opening Lines, with the right button you can create graphic elements that are associated with the position directly.

This behaviour can be disabled from Options-Configuration-Boards:

Also when playing, from Utilities menu can be disabled/enabled.

Other new

• When playing against an engine from Playing against any engine option, all moves from rival are cached, then if Reinit, allways plays same moves to same positions.

Bugs fixed

• Exporting database to PGN, some labels fixed (thanks to Marc)
• Tournaments between engines, memory leaks (thanks to Paul T.).
• Everest training does not work when the use of the tutor engine in the background is deactivated, (thanks to Duntoria).

From 11.13 to 11.13a

• Bug: playing against any engine, without time limit (thanks to Batu 64)

From 11.13a to 11.13b

• Bug: opening lines, to play against engines, it only allows to play against the last one.
• Bug: tournaments, when creating a new group of games does not show any game.

From 11.13b to 11.13c

• Bug: training tactics by repetition, when manual configuration (thanks to Bernd H).

Downloads : 

• Update, from Information menu, Search for updates

• Portable:  LucasChessPortable1113c.exe
• Installable:  InsLucasChess1113c.exe

Version 11.12a: writing down moves of a game

News:

• Writing down moves of a game (new resource for zebras)
• The objective is to write fluently the moves in pgn, which can be useful when you start playing long live games.
• The process is very simple, 
1. You choose a new game and the program selects one automatically. 
2. Then the color is selected, in order to show the board. 
3. Then a move is shown on the board and it is asked at the top to write the same in pgn format, pressing "intro key" continues with the next.
4. There is no distinction between upper and lower case.
5. The result is displayed at the end

Changes and improves:

• Learn a game, show arrow to correct move
• McBrain updated to version 9.9 by Michael Byrne
• Training "opening lines" with engines:
• added the possibility to play against external engines.
• can be configured automatic analysis when failure.
• can be configured different levels and books associated
• Tournaments between engines, pgn to save includes elo information (C. Daniel)

Bugs fixed

• Incorrect link to the web of transsiberian image in About window(Matt L)
• Opponents for young players, don´t allow to replay (Cable Guy)

Downloads : 

• Portable:  LucasChessPortable1112a.exe
• Installable:  InsLucasChess1112a.exe

Version 11.11: maintenance update

News:

• Opening lines, training against a bunch of engines, now number is selected by user.
• Andscacs engine (by Daniel José Queraltó) updated to version 0.9432
• Updated French translation by Max Aloyou

Bugs:

• Director, removing "Move a piece" doesn't appear previous piece (D. Chong)

Downloads : 

• Portable:  LucasChessPortable1111.exe
• Installable:  InsLucasChess1111.exe

Version 11.10a: Opening lines, training with engines

Opening lines
    New training against some engines, user plays games against engines with some conditions:

• Mandatory moves: in the first part, the user and the engine must each make moves defined in the opening lines created.
   
• Moves until the control: for the second part, the motor moves without restrictions and the user must select one of the lines or another movement if not provided for in one of the lines.
• At the end, the controlling engine calculates the score of the first move out of the lines and the score of the last move, and this difference must be less than that set in "Maximum number of centipawns...", to move to the next engine.
• There are 5 levels, each level change increases the time thought by the rival engine. (0.5, 1, 2, 4, 8 secs)
• Bunch of engines: user select a block of 8 engines to play against in each level.

    Import of Personal Opening Guides and Export to PGN (proposed by Jonathan Cremers)


Kibitzers
   New type of kibitzer, now is a polyglot book, an easy way to consult a book when analyzing a game.

More changes

• Messages out of board, some messages appear now out of board. (Cottonchess)
• Support to lost on time and rival has not enough material, then draw. (London)

Version 11.10 -> 11.10a:

• Training positions don´t work (thanks to Antonio P. Peter B.)

Downloads : 

• Portable:  LucasChessPortable1110a.exe
• Installable:  InsLucasChess1110a.exe
• To update (from v11.05/../11.10), Information-Search from updates 

Version 11.09: maintenance update

News:

• Tournaments, additions:
• possibility to work with minutes in decimal. (Jan Bernard)
• possibility to manually force the end of a game. (Giovanni di Maria, Jan Bernard)
• New color theme: wooden by Ale
• Opening lines: 
• has been added the option to organize the openings in folders
• new tab: tree of moves.
• Colors, label changed: from "By default" to "Reset to default" (CottonEaster)

Bugs:

• Playing like a GrandMaster/Woman GrandMaster 
• when pawn promotion crashs (Eren Külpınar)
• doesn`t work in Linux (fixed by kupad/github)

Downloads : 

• Portable:  LucasChessPortable1109.exe
• Installable:  InsLucasChess1109.exe
• To update (from v11.05/../11.08a), Information-Search from updates 

Version 11.08a: Turn on lights in one line and statistics by player in databases

Turn on lights in one line:

• useful for daily training.
• it can be configured a number of trainings from 6 to 54.
• it allows to select any training file.
• can be configured to automatically select another sample each day.

Configuration

Databases, statistics by player (proposed by Lee Simbeye)

Tournaments between engines, added reason of endding (suggested by Gabriel Paunica)

Engines updates:

• Acqua, version 2.0 (author Giovanni di Maria)
• Godel, version 4.0.7 (author Juan Manuel Vázquez)
• McBrain, version 9.1 (author Michael Byrne, based in stockfish, this engine is the standard tutor of lucaschess)

Fixed bugs:

• Training positions, doesn't save the position (communicated by Eren Külpinar)
• Kibitzers added to write "quit" to the engine at end to terminate, problem with some engines like ProDeo that remains in memory (communicated by lucabunns)
• Database, export to pgn not save result (communicated by Marc).
• Several bugs in training elos, LiChess-elo doesn´t works (communicated by Reinhard)

11.08->11.08a:

• Fixed some bugs
• Updated translations (French-Polish-Russian)

Downloads : 

• Portable:  LucasChessPortable1108a.exe
• Installable:  InsLucasChess1108a.exe
• To update (from v11.05/../11.08), Information-Search from updates 

Version 11.07a: Shortcuts

Shortcuts:

• They are activated pressing right mouse button on main toolbar.
• The options that can have ashortcut is extended to menus Play, Train, Compete, Tools.
• ALT <number> keys can be used.
• Label showed can be edited (double click over field).

Transsiberian:

• Endings are again not guided if they have 4 pieces or less (uses syzygy tablebases-pychess library).
• Now when changing level save current level state.

New trainings positions: 

• Singular moves to equalize.
• Singular moves to win.

Bugs: 

• Kibitzers, when add a new kibitzer, all others reset their results (Jan Bernard)
• Database order by plies (Antonio G)

11.07 -> 11.07a:

• Bug, creating new external engine (S Weber)
• Opening lines, sequential/static training added information about which lines are training on (Lee Simbeye).
• Tournament between engines, Pause option (Max Aloyau)

Downloads : 

• Portable:  LucasChessPortable1107a.exe
• Installable:  InsLucasChess1107a.exe