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Would it be possible to also support castling (say in orthodox mode) by moving the king to the target position? Done. I was afraid but in fact it was not so complicated. :) if (FUserMove = 'e1g1') and FGame.IsLegal('e1h1') and FGame.IsCastling('e1h1') then FUserMove := 'e1h1'; if (FUserMove = 'e1c1...

mar wrote: ↑

Mon Nov 11, 2019 12:11 pm

Very nice, thanks.
Would it be possible to also support castling (say in orthodox mode) by moving the king to the target position? KxR is fine, sure, but...

Thank you. OK, I will see what I can do.

Some screenshots of the new version. https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rchastain/eschecs/master/screenshots/eschecs500a.png https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rchastain/eschecs/master/screenshots/eschecs500b.png https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rchastain/eschecs/master/screenshots/eschecs500c.png ht...

Hello! There is a release candidate for Eschecs 5.0.0.

https://github.com/rchastain/eschecs/releases

Testers are welcome. Currently there are binaries for Linux and for Windows.

Regards.

Roland

It looks like gtkmm is missing. Gtkmm is the C++ interface for gtk. You will also need the development packages. I don't know how they are called on Mageia, but I suppose it's something like lib64gtkmm3.0-devel-* Thank you for your help. I could download the packages and compile the application. 8-)

Hello! I would have liked to try Galjoen GUI but I don't know how to compile it. Could you provide a binary or explain how to compile it? My OS is Linux 64. [roland@localhost interface]$ make g++ `pkg-config --cflags gtkmm-3.0` -DNDEBUG -Wall -O3 -std=c++17 -c -o main_gui.o main_gui.cpp Package gtkm...

Files updated. Now the archive includes an application that allows to select options like pieces sets, board size, computer move time. https://drive.google.com/open?id=1nXwdPCCN9yUo_qfc0xYZWx76qpTXnXtJ https://drive.google.com/open?id=18k4ZPMWJIuhl3wIy6D8YXLr4ZdKX8KfK There are new pieces set. Here ...

Hello! A new version of Eschecs is coming. The main difference with the previous version is the transition from traditional chess to chess 960. For now the application works only with engines having the UCI_Chess960 option. Later I will restore compatibility with standard engines. Another new featur...

George Tsavdaris wrote: ↑

Wed Oct 16, 2019 1:52 pm

I see durandal32.exe and durandom32.exe there.
What is the difference?

Durandom is a random mover.

Yes, both engines work with WinBoard.

A first working version of Durandal is ready. Certainly the weakest engine available.