Page 1 of 2

LucasChess 11.04a

Posted: Tue Jan 09, 2018 3:57 pm
by reflectionofpower
http://lucaschess.pythonanywhere.com/

A lot of work went into this with all kinds of interesting features. It has 40 engines preinstalled from 0-3300 ELO and you can tweak strength settings for each engine. It also has many training options. For free you can't beat it.

Re: LucasChess 11.04a

Posted: Tue Jan 09, 2018 4:07 pm
by CMCanavessi
With Chrome, when I click on Play nothing happens.

Re: LucasChess 11.04a

Posted: Tue Jan 09, 2018 4:20 pm
by reflectionofpower
CMCanavessi wrote:With Chrome, when I click on Play nothing happens.
You have to download the program and install it. Not a self installation either as You are decompressing the files into a directory of your chess and running it from there.

Program is under the Downloads pulldown menu for downloading.

Re: LucasChess 11.04a

Posted: Tue Jan 09, 2018 4:42 pm
by CMCanavessi
Oh I thought you could play online. My bad.

Re: LucasChess 11.04a

Posted: Wed Jan 10, 2018 6:08 pm
by tsmiller1
Lucas Chess is so awesome! It even works with the DGT Chessboard, which makes playing and analyzing so much sweeter.

Re: LucasChess 11.04a

Posted: Mon Jan 15, 2018 12:54 am
by lukasmonk
I have published today, new update 11.05.
In relation to engines, this new update includes as novelty McBrain 4.0 (Michael Byrne), and Cdrill 1800 (Ferdinand Mosca).

Re: LucasChess 11.04a

Posted: Mon Jan 15, 2018 2:39 am
by leavenfish
Been meaning to give this a go...

But "Play like a Woman Grandmaster"?????

Re: LucasChess 11.04a

Posted: Mon Jan 15, 2018 8:41 am
by lukasmonk
leavenfish wrote:Been meaning to give this a go...

But "Play like a Woman Grandmaster"?????
I had doubts about including this training as an apart, but according to the criteria I have used so far (Fide top players), the number of women is an anecdote in the list of great masters provided by the program, and I thought I'd give them a higher visibility.
When any person uses the program, let it be very clear to her/him that not everything is Capablanca, Fisher and Carlsen, that there are also great women players, such as Judith Polgar, Anna Muzychuk, Yifan Hou.....

My main doubts were whether women that uses the program did not like this differentiation.

Re: LucasChess 11.04a

Posted: Mon Jan 15, 2018 9:50 am
by BrendanJNorman
lukasmonk wrote:My main doubts were whether women that uses the program did not like this differentiation.
If they don't like it, they also shouldn't like the fact that there are Women's titles.

Can't have both.

Re: LucasChess 11.04a

Posted: Mon Jan 15, 2018 11:16 am
by AdminX
lukasmonk wrote:
leavenfish wrote:Been meaning to give this a go...

But "Play like a Woman Grandmaster"?????
I had doubts about including this training as an apart, but according to the criteria I have used so far (Fide top players), the number of women is an anecdote in the list of great masters provided by the program, and I thought I'd give them a higher visibility.
When any person uses the program, let it be very clear to her/him that not everything is Capablanca, Fisher and Carlsen, that there are also great women players, such as Judith Polgar, Anna Muzychuk, Yifan Hou.....

My main doubts were whether women that uses the program did not like this differentiation.
I think you made the correct decision, even if some might find it 'Politically Incorrect'. On a side note, I wonder how FIDE will deal with the transgender issue of men playing in female events because they state that they identify as women.