The first official binary version of Lucas Chess on Linux has just been released. It has only been made possible by the great work done by Laudecir Daniel , choosing and compiling the 67 engines, as well as laying the groundwork so that the binaries can be more widely used and others such as shortcut creation, installation scripts, ...... In addition, Graham O'Neill has provided Linux-specific drivers for several digital boards. This version has two limitations : 64-bit Linux OS only. Minimum GNU libc version: 2.26 (ldd --version shows it) Installation has been made as simple as possible: The installer is a .sh file, generated with the makeself tool, and can be downloaded from: SourceForge , GitHub The file must be run from a terminal with user permissions only: sh ./LucasChessR123_LINUX.sh Launches a GUI with very basic options: Install: Installs in LucasChessR folder inside the home user folder. Generates a shortcut in Applications > Games Launch the ap...
Hi Lucas,
ReplyDeleteThank you for the program.
I am an absolute chess beginner, and I stumpled upon your program. It might not be the right one for new-comers. If so, my points might not be valid.
But
1) I believe there's some mistakes in the 'mate in 1' training.
In block 2 problem 8 - Why can't I move the queen to d4?
In block 2 problem 10 - Who is covering e5??? I don't think this problem is solvable
2) It would be very nice if I was told why a given move is wrong insted af just saying it is wrong. E.g. "no cover on b6" or "Your chess can be blocked" etc.
Thanks for your comment.
ReplyDelete1) 8/2 : if you move Q -> d4, then K -> c6 and not is mate in 1.
10/2 : the same knight that you move
2) The only answer that is easy is to show rival moves and not is mate in 1,but I think it's preferable to find out the player himself.
Your options are more valuables, but much more difficult to program.
I believe, and this is one opinion, that this program can be useful to new comers.
Cheers
Lucas