Lucas Chess

An easy way to play and train chess on your PC


2025.05.06 a)2025.05.09 b)2025.05.10

Version R 2.20b

This release is mostly just fixing bugs. Extensive beta testing by Eric. Perfomance rating in databases promoted by Stefan Akall.


Downloads
  • Windows:
    • Version installable: InsLucasChessR02_20b.exe
      • 257,655,337b - 91CFA4A3F67087DAD6B1629769212560E7E9223492DFF058C33EFB96C3C3D880
    • Version portable: LucasChessR02_20b.exe
      • 251,851,340b - E0EFF8596D2A66D215F5B93F84E360299FD5AE357BB4965E259E9AE4C5EF8777
  • Linux 64bits:
  • Shortcut:
    • From version 2.16 or later, Information/Check for updates
  • Source/Downloads: GitHub

Added
  • Databases/Performance rating of a selection of games or all games. This is the calculated level of the players in a match/tournament.
  • Leagues, Games tab, right button launch a menu that allows to remove the game/result.
  • Databases, using CTRL-A to select records, warns that the process is too long in the case of more than 20000 records, giving the option to cancel.
  • Language Japanese by Harvey Randall.
Changed
  • Unique internal IDs changed, extended number of characters used. No visual effect.
  • Variations panel, when using the + with engine, always request the engine to be used.
Fixed
  • Tournaments, engines with fixed nodes don't work.
  • Opening lines, Export to PGN doesn't works.
  • Engines, changing UCI options of integer type.
  • Analyzing, the cursor in the game does not follow correctly the analysed movement.
  • Playing against any engine, deactivating time control to user when playing black.
  • Takeback option, only works in the last position.
  • 2.20a Databases, information panel double click locks mouse in this panel.
  • 2.20a Playing a position with ALT X, blocked when a book is used.
  • 2.20b Swiss tournaments, some games played are not displayed.
Updated
  • Elo Fide/Fics/LiChess, playing, in configuration, option to change seconds and the MultiPV used by the adjudicator, and if all evaluations are displayed.
  • 2.20a Databases, information panel double click launch current position analysis.
  • 2.20a Hungarian by József Oláh.
  • 2.20a Chinese Simplified by Zoushen.
Engines
  • Updated Fox, Version 1.4, Lucas Monge,
Updated translations
  • Language Portuguese_BR by Adhoniran Gomes.
  • Language Portuguese_BR/Openings by Adhoniran Gomes.
  • Language Spanish by Lucas Monge.
  • Language Finnish by Heikki J..
  • Language French by Eric.
  • Language Greek by Nick Delta.
  • Language Hungarian by József Oláh.
  • Language Chinese Simplified by Zoushen.
Previous releases

Contact: lukasmonk at gmail