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Update 1.36 Stats
Stats: Tutorials and Find the Move now have a dedicated stats screen where you can see your progress. I will probably improve this later and show stats for each individual game as well. Find the Move: Updated Bobby Fisc…
Announcement5 changesGameplay - Chess Tools
Update 1.35 Exhibition Improvements
Here are some quality of life improvements to Chess Tools I've updated some aspects of the exhibition mode: Added an undo move button Added a review game button permanently there Added arrows under the game log Added a…
Event14 changesFixWorkshop - Chess Tools
Update 1.34: Alekhine
-Added 20 new games from Alexander Alekhine -Reviewed and updated Mikhail Tal's games -Added new classical 3d piece set: -New controls: Hold alt and right click to draw squares without dragging WASD - moves the camera i…
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Update 1.32 Analysis Board Rework
As many use this feature, I decided to postpone working on Alekhine's games and instead spend a week upgrading the Analysis Board. The old code bad to say the least, so I basically redesigned everything from scratch. I…
Announcement11 changesUI/audioGameplay - Chess Tools
Update 1.31a: Hikaru Game Review
Reviewed and added more moves, comments and variations to Hikaru Nakamura's games: Before total moves to find: 144 Now total moves to find: 375
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Update 1.31: 3D
Chess Tools is now optionally 3D! Simply press 2d and 3d buttons to switch between them. I thought I would maybe add this feature when I had nothing left to add but I did some experimenting and it wasn't too difficult t…
Announcement6 changesWorkshopGameplay - Chess Tools
Update 1.3a - Carlsen game review
Reviewed and expanded upon the games of Magnus Carlsen in Find The Move: -Added more move explanations, moves to find and variations to all games Moves to find change breakdown: Game 1 before 12, after 14 Game 2 before…
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Update 1.3 Masters of the Past
Find the Move additions: -20 Famous Games from Paul Morphy -20 Famous Games from Jose Raul Capablanca -Added notification for when you have to find a move Coming soon: -20 Famous Games from Alexander Alekhine -20 Famous…
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Update 1.29b Minor Puzzle Update
-Added 40 new checkmate puzzles -Fixed puzzle bug where the pool of puzzles was limited by the amount of puzzles selected and not the total puzzles. Puzzles will shuffle completely randomly now. Coming soon: 20 Games of…
Announcement1 changeFix - Chess Tools
Update 1.29a - Morphy
-Added 20 games from Paul Morphy -Improved the engine slightly and made default game review threaded
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Plans for Update 1.3
I've started working on update 1.3 - Masters of the past. I plan to include games from: Paul Morphy Jose Raul Capablanca Alexander Alekhine Emmanuel Lasker As this is 80 games and a lot of work, I will break this up int…
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Update 1.2b Find The Move Game Review
Find the move: Went through the games of Garry Kasparov and Anatoly Karpov and expanded the amount of moves you need to find. Comparison: Kasparov - Before: 90 total moves to find - Now: 206 total moves to find Karpov -…
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Version 1.2a Opening and Puzzle Update
Opening Tutorials: Openings are now separated into 4 separate menus: -General -Beginner -Intermediate/advanced -Gambits Added 8 Gambit tutorials: -The King's Gambit -The Stafford Gambit -The Smith Morra Gambit -The Dani…
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Plans for Update 1.2
Coming soon: Version 1.2: Opening Update Opening gambits: Guides to many popular gambits such as: The Danish Gambit, The Stafford Gambit, The King's Gambit, The Vienna Gambit and more. More openings: Guides to the Catal…
Announcement3 changesGameplay - Chess Tools
Version 1.1: Modern GM Update - Patch Notes
Find The Move: Add 80 more games: 20 games from Magnus Carlsen 20 games from Vishy Anand 20 games from Hikaru Nakamura 20 games from Fabiano Caruana -Replaced the old button layout with a new preview for every game -Men…
Announcement7 changesFixGameplay - Chess Tools
Engine and game review hotfix
Default Engine: Increased the speed it selects moves in play mode Game review: -Increased the speed and accuracy of the default when reviewing games -Increased the speed of custom engine when reviewing games
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