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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, L...

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:   In...

Changes: To activate/deactivate Graphics-Director, CTRL+right button, also to activate F1 to F10 Engines: Updated McBrain to version 9 Updated Stockfish to version 9 Linux, new installation and some fixes in code by Costor Bugs fixed: Tournaments, some fixes (Bernard) Playing like a GM, time of engine is not saved from one time to another. (Eren Kulpimar) Analysing a game, the graphics window always opens with white at the bottom (emeikei) News: Opening Lines that allows you to create a repertoire of openings, and with tools to help to study, graphics-Director save the graphics in the same file, then it is all-in-one, providing the possibility of sharing easily. It also includes three simple ways of training: First, sequential mode, the user must select all moves of a line and one side, must repeat until there are no errors. Then based on the number of times with no errors, it will be repeated. Second, static, all the lines to study appear in a window, and the ...

Added: New themes like diagrams of old books, adaptation of pieces included by Ben Citak. Lichess-Elo New engine,  Cdrill 1800  by Ferdinand Mosca Play like a Woman Grandmaster Always autopromote to queen as an option, if ALT key is pressed, then allows to select other piece. Playing against any engine: new option to show arrows with the best moves (parszab) Tournaments between engines, added maxdepth of book. (Gabriel P) Tools-PGN reader-Miniature of the day Opening lines, only to test. It is an alternative way of creating a repertoire of openings, is a work not finished. There are a lot of work planned, by example, in the future will include trainings (one static and other continuous).  Changes: Director, to activate and deactivate, right button over the board. To add pieces if needed ALT-right button McBrain new version 4.0 Transsiberian, endings, now all are guided (Craig H.) Analisis, ending phase to calculate elo is co...

News: Turn on the lights ,  added calculation mode where the time used begins when a piece is moved, then the user can think for as long as needed, but must be accurate and fast when moving in relation to memory mode (the only way so far).  also it was added an initial theme from Uwe Auerswald list of positions, where only difficulty 1 and 2 are selected. Performance , in Options-Configuration, parameters have been added that determine the consideration of good or bad moves, as well as the degree of effect of bad moves on the total elo of a game, from 0 with no effect to 5. Bugs: Saving a game to a database Database, changing the file Saving a game to PGN when with nags, $ symbol is repeated (Konrad Franz Hüttner) Director, to remove with Ctrl-MouseRight it is necessary to press two times. Downloads  :  Portable:   LucasChessPortable1104a.exe Installable:   InsLucasChess1104a.exe From version 11.03: ...

Bugs fixed: Analisys, reduced the number of nags produced by analysis (Giovanni di María) Database, save to PGN when select codec = same as file. Playing against a game when mate. Database: to create polyglot books doesn´t works Training positions, bad message when tutor disabled and the training is guided (variator) News: Scanner of positions, added Alt left, Alt key-left, Alt key-up, Alt key-right, Alt key-down to scan non-square cells Turn on the lights, added more info  Downloads  :  Portable:   LucasChessPortable1103.exe Installable:   InsLucasChess1103.exe From version 11.02:

 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