Eschecs, a simple GUI written in Pascal

[Roland Chastain]

Hello! Eschecs 5.0.1 is available.

Czech language. Thanks to Martin Sedlak.
New pictures (90x90, 100x100).
Fixed bug of application crashing when a piece was dropped out of the window.

[Kohflote]

Dear Sir,

Do you have a 64-bit version for windows 10?

Thank you & regards,
Koh, Kah Huat

[Roland Chastain]

Dear Sir,

Do you have a 64-bit version for windows 10?

Dear Sir,

Thank you for your message. There are little bugs in the GUI when compiled for Win64 (bugs coming from one of the libraries used by the application). That's why I didn't make a release for Win64.

If I may ask, why is it important for you? I tested myself the application under Windows 10, on a 64 bit computer, and I didn't noticed any problem.

Best regards.

Roland

[Kohflote]

Dear Sir,

Thank you for your prompt reply. As all my apps are running on windows 10, 64-bits, I just wonder whether yours has a 64-bit, that's all

Best regards,
Koh, Kah Huat

[mar]

Hello! Eschecs 5.0.1 is available.

Thanks, I missed the release it seems.
Playing against Moustique is ideal for me, it lets me build up an advantage and then I blunder the win away to ultimately blunder the draw and lose.
I'm a very lousy player
(Alouette seems a bit weak for me)

100px pieces are also perfect for me now, Eschecs is really ideal for casual play against engines, no clutter.

One final request if I may: would it be possible to add a small opening book for the engines?
I assume Moustique doesn't have its own book.

[Roland Chastain]

Playing against Moustique is ideal for me, it lets me build up an advantage and then I blunder the win away to ultimately blunder the draw and lose.
I'm a very lousy player

Same experience for me.

(Alouette seems a bit weak for me)

Alouette is a program that I wrote to understand bitboards. It works but it is indeed very weak.

100px pieces are also perfect for me now, Eschecs is really ideal for casual play against engines, no clutter.

One final request if I may: would it be possible to add a small opening book for the engines?
I assume Moustique doesn't have its own book.

Glad that you like the application. All your requests are welcome. An opening book is a good idea. I will see what I can do. I will see if I can find a book and write the code to read it. Something not too complicated...

I have some code to use ProDeo book as dynamic library, but I have only binary for Windows. I never tried to compile the C code of the library by myself.

[mar]

Fixed bug of application crashing when a piece was dropped out of the window.

Hmm, I got another access violation when I mistakenly dropped a piece at the border of the chessboard while capturing (in a completely winning position against Moustique

steps to reproduce: grab a piece and drop it at the edge of the board (D letter). then move anywhere inside the board and click.
Access violation appears and Eschecs then freezes

[Roland Chastain]

Hmm, I got another access violation when I mistakenly dropped a piece at the border of the chessboard while capturing (in a completely winning position against Moustique

steps to reproduce: grab a piece and drop it at the edge of the board (D letter). then move anywhere inside the board and click.
Access violation appears and Eschecs then freezes

Thank you for reporting that issue. I will try to understand what happens and to fix it.

By the way, I am currently trying to write Pascal code to use ProDeo book.

[supersharp77]

Dear Sir,

Do you have a 64-bit version for windows 10?

Dear Sir,

Thank you for your message. There are little bugs in the GUI when compiled for Win64 (bugs coming from one of the libraries used by the application). That's why I didn't make a release for Win64.

If I may ask, why is it important for you? I tested myself the application under Windows 10, on a 64 bit computer, and I didn't noticed any problem.

Best regards.

Roland

Any plans for engine matches/tourneys....various boards and pieces and opening books? my version is in a grey/dark grey color...Thx AR

[Roland Chastain]

Any plans for engine matches/tourneys....various boards and pieces and opening books?

Thank you for your message. I am currently trying to include a book. For various boards and pieces, please see the application named Options. There are also screenshots here.