📝Greg Strong wrote on Sat, Mar 18, 2017 09:08 PM UTC:
ChessV 2.0 Release Candidate 2
After many years, ChessV is back with a new version, completely rewritten from scratch!
Version 2 has many improvements over previous versions, including:
A vastly improved user interface with better graphics and more features
In addition to providing an AI you can play against, ChessV 2 can also be used as a GUI to control other engines that support the XBoard protocol
The program is now a .NET Framework application, allowing better cross-platform support. It can run on non-Windows operating systems, such as Linux, using Mono
ChessV 2 is far more universal, allowing support for many more types of games. Here are some of the features with examples of games that are now supported:
Games with unusual symmetry (example: Viking Chess)
A scripting language, providing limited support for defining custom variants without needing to recompile ChessV itself. This feature is in early development and subject to change.
For examples, look in the Include directory. The following games included with ChessV are implemented through the scripting language:
Almost Chess, Butterfly Chess,
Enep,Janus Kamil Chess, and
Latrunculi duo milia et septum
The trade-off for all these improvements is that the internal engine is not as fast as original ChessV and the playing strength is somewhat weaker.
For really deep analysis, use of the old version, for games that it supports, may still be preferable.
Please visit the ChessV website for the latest downloads
ChessV 2.0 Release Candidate 2
After many years, ChessV is back with a new version, completely rewritten from scratch!
Version 2 has many improvements over previous versions, including:
The trade-off for all these improvements is that the internal engine is not as fast as original ChessV and the playing strength is somewhat weaker. For really deep analysis, use of the old version, for games that it supports, may still be preferable.
Please visit the ChessV website for the latest downloads