Lucas Chess Fresh News

 Bugs fixed: STS: it doesn´t works (Husniddin Sharafutdinov) Training mates: all moves are incorrect (João A, zagabra) Adjourn: ask for resign (Bogdan P) Database: to create polyglot books doesn´t works Database: to export to pgn is very slow News: Director: Ctrl Left mouse, to remove any graphic/pieze (Marc) Database: can be configurated to use its own graphics, and can be showed automatically via own-Config (Marc) Turn on the lights: right button show history of each item Log file of engines, can be activated in Configuration/Engines, it creates a file in /UsrData/logEngines (Norbert) Changes: Create your own game: less options in toolbar Create your own game: last file is not open automatically Downloads  :  Portable:   LucasChessPortable1102.exe Installable:   InsLucasChess1102.exe From version 11, Information, Search for updates: doesn't work

New  web: http://lucaschess.pythonanywhere.com/ New engines: Delfi 5.4 by Fabio Cavicchio - http://www.msbsoftware.it/delfi/ Monarch 1.7 by Steve Maughan - http://www.monarchchess.com / Andscacs 0.9032n by Daniel José Queraltó - http://www.andscacs.com/ Arminius 2017-01-01 by Volker Annus - http://www.nnuss.de/Hermann/Arminius2017-01-01.zip WildCat by Igor Korshunov - http://www.igorkorshunov.narod.ru/WildCat Demolito by Lucas Braesch - https://github.com/lucasart/Demolito Hannibal 1.7 by Samuel N. Hamilton and Edsel G. Apostol - http://sites.google.com/site/edapostol/hannibal Spike 1.4 by Volker Böhm and Ralf Schäfer - http://spike.lazypics.de/index_en.html Zappa 1.1 by Anthony Cozzie - http://www.acoz.net/zappa/ Houdini 1.5a by Robert Houdart - http://www.cruxis.com/chess/houdini.htm Paladin 0.1 by Ankan Banerjee - https://github.com/ankan-ban/chess_cpu Read PGN file: Now supports the selection of multiple files (unknown) New game in the beginning...

Max Aloyau has added a new document in PDF with information on the novelties introduced this year 2017 in the development version of Lucas Chess. This document can be downloaded from the program website, section documents . Or directly from:  link 

Changes in kibitzers: 1. Added some options: Priority of the cpu process, normal, low, below low, high,... (vga) Analyzed position, it can be before the move on the board or after the move. Visibility, when you have many kibitzers, some of them can be hidden in the selection menu. 2. Kibitzer options can be changed live. 3. The order in the menu can be changed. 4. To edit: Tools-Engines-Kibitzers When playing, Utilities-Kibitzers-Edit Bug fixed: Multiple analysis of a position, engines are not reused when external. (vga) Update from 11.00.21 to 11.00.21a: Bug fixed, kibitzers don´t work (Giovanni) Update from 11.00.21a to 11.00.21b: Bug fixed, tournaments between engines, "Cancel button" and difference of material doesn't work (Giovanni Di Maria) Bug fixed, database, order is not maintained from a session to other (Max Aloyau) Database, added in Utilities mass analysis option (Marc) New theme, McBrain's Wooden Ch...

Bugs fixed: Moves via keyboard, c is not working (John) Doesn´t show figurines in Variants. PGN reader when positions with solutions, option Utilities-List of FENS, doesn´t create a FNS file with solutions (Remes). Added: Pawn endings Background color in selected rows  can be changed (Options-Colors-General-Tables). (Remes) Web: New official web =  http://lucaschess.pythonanywhere.com/ 11.00.20 -> 11.00.20a: # Long analysis of a position, new cancel button (?) # Depth as an option to tutor (R.Giorgi) # <enter> to select in PGN reader (Remes) # Added ALT-J to an screenshot of board (Remes) # Removed menu.symbols in board to do a screenshot(Remes)

Bugs fixed: Find best move training, doesn't show correct moves when using a language different from english to show pieces. (Max Aloyau) Order in analysis when score is over 10000 centipawns. (Max Aloyau) Transsiberian, automatic save doesn't include Date field (Pedro José) Challenge 101, bad score when time used is less than 5.0 secs. (Max Aloyau) Transiberian, level 2, error in a tactic. (David Parkin) News: Database added two tools to change the order of registers (TheIgnobleSavage) Updated McBrain to version 2.7 Director: Main change: graphic elements are added directly on the main board. After saving a position the added elements are visible from any other board. It is possible to change the file that has the information, which can facilitate sharing with other users. Can be added text in a blackboard. Activated with F1..F10. A simbol appears in the board when the position has info. 11.00.19 -> 11.00.19a: bug fixed in the panel of results ...

Translations New translation to Ukrainian by Volodymyr Soltys (initiated by Maxym Makarchuk) Engines updated: McBrain (default tutor/analysis) updated to version 2.6 ( https://github.com/MichaelB7/Stockfish/releases ) Komodo updated to version 9.02 ( https://komodochess.com/ ) Analysis: Elo perfomance total and in opening, middle game and end game (Eren Külpınar) Transsiberian: Automatic save of games,... , thanks to Jacques D some changes in level 1, thanks to Jacques D Configuration: Position of board configuration icon in Options-Configuration-Boards New competition: Strength in positions with only one good response (singular move).