Commercial Release of Ethereal 14.25

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Re: Commercial Release of Ethereal 14.25

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cc2150dx wrote: Tue Dec 23, 2025 3:59 pm When's 14.50 coming out? It's been 2 years. Some users have paid for a subscription.
No immediate plans at present. No one has ever paid for a "subscription".
The website simply mentions that if/when never versions exist, they will be provided.

I do always hope to return to Ethereal. But between Torch, and maintaining and extending OpenBench, and now possibly trying to provide a new rating list powered by chesscom hardware, I just don't have the time. The work that would appear in Ethereal, is more broadly seen in the influence that Torch and myself exert over other engines. And frankly, anything I would do with Ethereal, would not be novel. All of my good and original ideas are in Torch, and they very slowly appear in the outside world. I would violate my obligations to chesscom were I to start developing Ethereal in novel ways.

We'll see. The "pathway" to turbo charge Ethereal's elo is quite clear. Ethereal was ahead of the curve when I stopped -- and is not too far behind now, despite missing ideas and code that is considered fundamental in the current era.
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Re: Commercial Release of Ethereal 14.25

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Well, maybe you should drop the price. There's quite a few other engines that are better (and free).