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[Chessx-users] Score on Polyglot book

[jota11235 <jot...@pr...>]

Hi,

I made a Polyglot book from a pgn game database, but when I open it in the Opening Tree tab, the score for all moves is 50%. I wanted something similar to what is presented when I chose the Lichess master database book, that shows the number of games and score for each move. Did I create the book incorrectly? I did not select the "uniform probabilities" option.

Thanks!

Re: [Chessx-users] Force Variation

[jens-chessx <jen...@gm...>]

The PGN specification does not allow adding a variation to the end of a game.
But you can achieve the same effect on two ways:
Either 1) You enter the last move of the game again while pressing ALT-Key. You can see in the status line that it says „Force adding a variation“. 
Or 2) You add a null-move to the end of the game and enter your variation as a variation of the null-move.
Both ways are compatible with PGN.

Jens
 

> Am 08.07.2021 um 17:33 schrieb ANDREW C COOPER via Chessx-users <che...@li...>:
> 
> Hello,
> 
> I really love your ChessX application. I use it a lot and I appreciate yalls hard work.
> 
> I was curious if there was a way to "Force Variation?" Basically I want to list a bunch of moves at the end of the pgn file, but I don't want those moves to be the Main line. So that when viewing a pgn, one has the option to see the continuation of moves but those are featured as a variation rather than the main line.
> 
> Thanks guys love your application.
> 
> Andrew
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[Chessx-users] Force Variation

[ANDREW C C. <co...@ic...>]

Hello,


I really love your ChessX application. I use it a lot and I appreciate yalls hard work.


I was curious if there was a way to "Force Variation?" Basically I want to list a bunch of moves at the end of the pgn file, but I don't want those moves to be the Main line. So that when viewing a pgn, one has the option to see the continuation of moves but those are featured as a variation rather than the main line.


Thanks guys love your application.


Andrew

[Chessx-users] Repeated crashes in ChessX due to array bounds exceeded

[James C. <ja...@co...>]

I noticed ChessX crashes every time when searching large databases with 240000 or so games.  This is due to

typedef short MoveId;

In gamex.h

When I changed the definition of MoveId to 

typedef int MoveId;

The crashes go away.

James Coons

[Chessx-users] ChessX 1.5.6 released

[jens-chessx <jen...@gm...>]

Dear Chessx-Users,

it has been a while since we posted a release. Alas, here it comes: 
https://sourceforge.net/projects/chessx/files/chessx/1.5.6/ <https://sourceforge.net/projects/chessx/files/chessx/1.5.6/>

Eugene Rysaj contributed huge amounts of code and refactoring, making it possible to import SCID-Databases into ChessX
and Luigi Baldoni patiently helped me with the Linux archives.
Many thanks!!!

You can find the sources in a new location:
https://github.com/Isarhamster/chessx <https://github.com/Isarhamster/chessx>

Have fun with ChessX

Jens

Re: [Chessx-users] (no subject)

[jens-chessx <jen...@gm...>]

There are two things you can do:
1) You can grab the handle that separates the board and the annotation / list of variations and pull it completely down to the edge of the application. It will snap and stay hidden.
2) You can go into training mode (hide both sides) - the button with A++ on it - then all hints are hidden.
BUT: There was a bug in version before 1.5.6 - I forgot to hide the variations in the box below the board view. This is already fixed in the repository and will be fixed in the upcoming 1.5.6.

Kind regards

Jens

> Am 07.02.2021 um 21:59 schrieb carlo ferretti <car...@ho...>:
> 
> Hi all,
> is there a way to show or hide the box with the variants ? ( in this example bxc4 Txd8 )?
> It would be very usefull while discussing a game whit students and not show the future possibilities saved in the notation.
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> Thanks a lot
> Carlo
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[Chessx-users] (no subject)

[carlo f. <car...@ho...>]

Hi all,
is there a way to show or hide the box with the variants ? ( in this example bxc4 Txd8 )?
It would be very usefull while discussing a game whit students and not show the future possibilities saved in the notation.

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Thanks a lot
Carlo




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Re: [Chessx-users] database list

[jens-chessx <jen...@gm...>]

If you refer to the initial dialog offering to load a database from the internet: 
This download is broken as sourceforge changed the address of the files and I didn’t implement folling a referral in ChessX.
This will be changed in the upcoming release.

Jens

> Am 06.12.2020 um 17:44 schrieb manny gonzales <sum...@at...>:
> 
> How do i got about getting access to the Chess.source database?
> 
> manny g
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[Chessx-users] database list

[manny g. <sum...@at...>]

How do i got about getting access to the Chess.source database?

manny g

Re: [Chessx-users] Question about ChessX

[jens-chessx <jen...@gm...>]

There is a slider on the bottom right of the GUI - push it to the far right for longer timeouts / search depth or to the far left for infinite analysis.

Jens

> Am 21.11.2020 um 21:21 schrieb Hassan Saadi <saa...@gm...>:
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> Thanks for this great GUI. It’s pretty good in my opinion. But I have one problem with it. I would really appreciate your help in how I can fix it. When I run stockfish on it, stockfish only runs for like 3 seconds or for a depth of 20 and then stops. I would like it to continue analyzing until I hit the “stop” button. How can I do that? I would really appreciate your feedback. And thanks again for the great software. 
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[Chessx-users] Question about ChessX

[Hassan S. <saa...@gm...>]

Hi all,

Thanks for this great GUI. It’s pretty good in my opinion. But I have one problem with it. I would really appreciate your help in how I can fix it. When I run stockfish on it, stockfish only runs for like 3 seconds or for a depth of 20 and then stops. I would like it to continue analyzing until I hit the “stop” button. How can I do that? I would really appreciate your feedback. And thanks again for the great software. 

[Chessx-users] Translation

[Danilo J. P. C. <djp...@gm...>]

*Hello, I would like to propose my help with the translation of ChessX into
Spanish.My native language is Spanish, but I have enough knowledge to
understand what ChessX refers to in English, and its respective equivalent
in Spanish.*

I think it's a great app, and that is why I would like to be able to use it
in Spanish and thus be able to share it with fellow Spanish-speaking chess
players.

If there is a discontinued translation of the app in Spanish, then I would
like to give it continuity.

*I have never done a translation, but I have knowledge in programming and
interface design. And I think I can commit to do this.*

Thank you. The app is great <3

[Chessx-users] chessX improvement suggestion

[Cezary K. <cez...@o2...>]

There is arror "show threat" option , but much more welcomed would be 
just like in lichess.org arrors showing in real time best moves 
according to engine currently analising position (1 bigger + 2 thinner)
so user can look more at board then on small lines on right (distractive 
ping-pong  left -right of interface now)

or even better in chess.com system -showing results of engine work 
attached to pieces on board

  some mix of both systems would be best/ideal

Re: [Chessx-users] information remote engine

[jens-chessx <jen...@gm...>]

Hello Jerome,

a principle solution is described well at
https://jerrygreenblog.wordpress.com/2016/08/26/linux-stockfish-chess-engine-as-remote-service/ <https://jerrygreenblog.wordpress.com/2016/08/26/linux-stockfish-chess-engine-as-remote-service/>
And where it says Arena on the Client, just replace Arena with ChessX Chessbase or SCID, it doesn’t matter. Not that you need to install Plink from putty, this important sentence comes at the very end.

The difference to your setup: The server hosting the engine is a Linux server, not Windows.
Thus you would need a xinetd which for example can be found in Cygwin. See for example
https://superuser.com/questions/89920/execute-program-on-port-connect-to-windows <https://superuser.com/questions/89920/execute-program-on-port-connect-to-windows>

Haven’t tested this but it all sounds reasonable.

Jens

> Am 14.06.2020 um 15:06 schrieb Jerome Laurent <jer...@gm...>:
> 
> Hello,
> 
> I am a coach and player passionate about chess and computer science.
> I would like to have your help to solve a small problem that I could not solve, even after hours spent on the internet, on forums etc .....
> I would like to check my personal analyzes using a "multi-core super-calculator". That is to say from a portable machine with double heart (of low configuration), I wish to control remotely an engine of the type uci installed on another Windows machine more beefy with 4 hearts for example, AND also be able TO USE IN SAME TIME THE OTHER HEARTS of the other machines available on my personal network type 192.168.x.xx, making sure to use a single uci motor installed on one of the machines.
> I will thus remote control a machine with a chess engine with eight or twelve hearts for example, which is thus very interesting compared to my basic portable machine with two hearts !!
> I will thus have better precise and important results for strategic plans.
> I hope you understand what I want to be able to achieve.
> 
> I thank you in advance for your kindness and your help.
> Best regards,
> jerome
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[Chessx-users] information remote engine

[Jerome L. <jer...@gm...>]

Hello,

I am a coach and player passionate about chess and computer science.
I would like to have your help to solve a small problem that I could not
solve, even after hours spent on the internet, on forums etc .....
I would like to check my personal analyzes using a "multi-core
super-calculator". That is to say from a portable machine with double heart
(of low configuration), I wish to control remotely an engine of the type
uci installed on another Windows machine more beefy with 4 hearts for
example, AND also be able TO USE IN SAME TIME THE OTHER HEARTS of the other
machines available on my personal network type 192.168.x.xx, making sure to
use a single uci motor installed on one of the machines.
I will thus remote control a machine with a chess engine with eight or
twelve hearts for example, which is thus very interesting compared to my
basic portable machine with two hearts !!
I will thus have better precise and important results for strategic plans.
I hope you understand what I want to be able to achieve.

I thank you in advance for your kindness and your help.
Best regards,
jerome

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[Chessx-users] ChessX 1.5.4

[jens-chessx <jen...@gm...>]

Dear users of ChessX,

I have just updated ChessX to version 1.5.4 which you can download from
https://chessx.sourceforge.io <https://chessx.sourceforge.io/>
(Note: New location so that we have https!)

I already got some feedback regarding the use of new API functions from Qt for Unix users, therefore the tar.gz is slightly modified
(avoiding QList::swapElementsAt and Qt::endl).

Also I did not correctly remove stale translations from the binaries. 

At the same time I am writing this, a very annoying bug inside Qt has been reported as fixed- this will be part of Qt 5.15 and 5.16.
Once either of them is available, I will post an update.
In the meantime, dragging links from ChessX to other applications it not working.

I hope, you like the new features. Enjoy chess and ChessX while staying at home

Jens 

P.S. Regarding stale translations: Perhaps someone wants to update his or her language file?
Follow the instructions on https://sourceforge.net/p/chessx/wiki/HOWTO%20Translate/

[Chessx-users] Use CHESSX with a DGT usb chessboard online on FICS

[Jerome L. <jer...@gm...>]

Hello,
I would like you to add an additional function in future versions of chessX.
I would like to be able to go to FICS and play with my DGT usb chessboard
(wooden chessboard board) connected at the same time, play in real time.
I am aware of the work to be done, but playing on a dgt chessboard is the
future, and is approaching real tournament conditions.

Can you please keep me informed regarding the progress of the project and
your intentions ?

Currently, it is possible to play on the internet and the dgt usb via a
smartphone or a Linux, MAC OS or windaube computer.
I'm on linux mint. I like linux, which is fast, reliable, bug-free, etc.

Thanks in advance.
Regards,

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Jérôme LAURENT
  07 86 08 19 25

Re: [Chessx-users] Any chance?

[jens-chessx <jen...@gm...>]

There already is a dark mode:
Look into Settings / Appearance / Dark Theme.

You can make the dark theme look better by changing the Settings/Game/Colors/MainLine to White.

Jens

> Am 04.04.2020 um 16:44 schrieb Israel Ortiz via Chessx-users <che...@li...>:
> 
> Hy! I wonder if there is a chance to get Dark mode for the UI in ChessX.
> Thanks in advance
> Israel Ortiz
> 
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[Chessx-users] Any chance?

[Israel O. <is...@ya...>]

Hy! I wonder if there is a chance to get Dark mode for the UI in ChessX.Thanks in advance
Israel Ortiz


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[Chessx-users] Adaptation for Dark Chess Variant?

[Crystal B. <cd...@gm...>]

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  <body text="#000000" bgcolor="#FFFFFF">
    <font size="+1"><font face="Liberation Serif">Hi there, I recently
        discovered your program and like many of its features and clean
        interface. :) Several features aren't found in other programs
        I've tried, and one in particular has caught my attention. The
        "Show covered squares" toggle buttons create a board display
        that, I think, could be modified so that game pgn's of the Dark
        Chess variant could be viewed. I like the variant, but I can
        only view my games on the site I play at. And once the game is
        completed, I don't have any options for viewing the filtered
        board I saw while playing, only the exposed board like in
        regular chess. I haven't found any program that understands the
        altered rules concerning check or the board filtering algorithms
        (you can visit <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://itsyourturn.com/t_helptopic2020.html">http://itsyourturn.com/t_helptopic2020.html</a> for
        more info on that). I wanted to see if this would be something
        you/your team could develop and incorporate into the program. I
        am not a developer, but I would happily help test it, of course.
        I know that there would be time and cost involved in creating
        this; what would the estimated cost be? I may be able to provide
        some financial support.<br>
        <br>
        Thank you,<br>
        Crystal Burson<br>
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Re: [Chessx-users] No analysis from lc0 in 1.5

[jens-chessx <jen...@gm...>]

Hello Derek,

the first time you start lc0, it takes a while. Move the slider for the time the engine uses to the far right and start the engine in the initial position.
Then - wait.
Depending on your computer, after a minute or two, lc0 has created an initial file (leelaz_opencl_tuning) with its configuration. From then on, lc0 uses this file at each startup and should work as a charm.

Have fun with lc0!

Sidenote: If you are using Mac OS, make sure that lc0 has write access to its own folder. That’s where this setup file is stored. If lc0 cannot write to that folder, you can create a symbolic link to a writable location. lc0 handles links correctly.

Jens

> Am 08.02.2020 um 00:05 schrieb Louis Zulli <zu...@la... <mailto:zu...@la...>>:
> 
> Works as expected for me using ChessX 1.5.0.0 and Lc0-0.23.2. Simply added Lc0 as a UCI engine like any other. 
> 
> On Fri, Feb 7, 2020 at 5:21 PM Derek Henry <der...@gm... <mailto:der...@gm...>> wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I haven't been able to get analysis to display from lc0 in version 1.5
> using the same UCI settings that work great in Chessbase. I prefer
> ChessX for analysis and find Chessbase buggy especially when running
> infinite analysis for over an hour, so I would very much like to get
> it working in ChessX, but no setting changes I've tried have worked to
> get anything to show up.
> 
> Anyone else figure out how to get this working? Is this a bug? Is
> asking for compatibility more of a feature request?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Derek Henry
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Re: [Chessx-users] No analysis from lc0 in 1.5

[Louis Z. <zu...@la...>]

Works as expected for me using ChessX 1.5.0.0 and Lc0-0.23.2. Simply added
Lc0 as a UCI engine like any other.

On Fri, Feb 7, 2020 at 5:21 PM Derek Henry <der...@gm...> wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I haven't been able to get analysis to display from lc0 in version 1.5
> using the same UCI settings that work great in Chessbase. I prefer
> ChessX for analysis and find Chessbase buggy especially when running
> infinite analysis for over an hour, so I would very much like to get
> it working in ChessX, but no setting changes I've tried have worked to
> get anything to show up.
>
> Anyone else figure out how to get this working? Is this a bug? Is
> asking for compatibility more of a feature request?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Derek Henry
>
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[Chessx-users] No analysis from lc0 in 1.5

[Derek H. <der...@gm...>]

Hello,

I haven't been able to get analysis to display from lc0 in version 1.5
using the same UCI settings that work great in Chessbase. I prefer
ChessX for analysis and find Chessbase buggy especially when running
infinite analysis for over an hour, so I would very much like to get
it working in ChessX, but no setting changes I've tried have worked to
get anything to show up.

Anyone else figure out how to get this working? Is this a bug? Is
asking for compatibility more of a feature request?

Thanks,

Derek Henry

[Chessx-users] Aufnahme in die Maillingliset

[Thomas S. <ts...@me...>]

Bitte um Aufnahme in die Mailingliste.

Vielen Dank im Voraus!

viele Grüße


Thomas Seeger


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[Chessx-users] ChessX Release 1.5.0

[jens-chessx <jen...@gm...>]

Dear Users of ChessX,

I have uploaded installers for ChessX 1.5.0 on https://sourceforge.net/projects/chessx/ <https://sourceforge.net/projects/chessx/>
Enjoy perfect 7-men endgames and a lot of tweaks and fixes!

Jens