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MacChess 2.0 EN 1995
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First of all I want to thank all the people that wrote me.
Their advises where very welcome.
NEW in MacChess 2.0
PLAYING STRENGTH
By the implementation of the null-move, move ordering and extensions, the
tactical plying strength is improved. Positional play and end games are
still weak.
INTERFACE
File menu:
Save Game: the used time is saved now.
Save Board/ Print Board: it's now possible to give the board an ascii output.
Level menu:
Set Level: this window is totaly reorganised.
Options menu:
Game Pause has a keyboard shortcut [command] H (halt).
Take back Move: has now a keyboard shortcut [command] B.
Preferences menu:
Openings Book/ Permanent Brain: this shows now a mark.
Sound: the sound can be set on and off.
Colour: black&white- or coloured pieces can be chosen.
Pieces: there are four new chess-sets. Thanks to Heinrich E. Roescheisen, he
gave permission to use his sets.
The new sets are: Classical small, Cheq, Modern (2) and Zuerich.
Info window:
score: This shows now M4 instead of 29992.
move: The moves witch MacChess is busy to search are not being showed if the
search process is ready. The move number now goes up.
eval.: In place of positions, evaluations where showed.
PV window: This is made a bit larger and can show a variation of maximum 16
moves (32 ply).
Board: If MacChess played it's move, the piece that moved is blinking.
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TO DO
- Translation to the PowerPC.
- Improve position play.
- Improve the end game.
- Import and export of PGN format.
- Choice between short and long notation.
- Move list with a scrollable window.
- Change the arrow buttons of the game monitor to go left-right instead
of up-down.
- Preferences in a separate window.
- Separate windows menu.
- Wood-coloured pieces.
- A choice between sliding pieces and click ones.
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Wim van Beusekom.
email: beusekom@knoware.nl