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08-08-18: Added support for Koedem Chess engine v 1.1

added support for Kasparov Chess engine v 1.0.0

1) update ArabianKnight engine to v 1.55
2) update Chess22k engine to v1.5
3) added support for Detroid engine v 1.0

Chess22k engine updated from v1.1 to v1.2

1) chess22k chess engine added - see please https://github.com/sandermvdb/chess22k
2) carballo CE updated from v1.5 to v1.7

1) Chess-clock bug fixed.
2) Program startup proccess is optimized.
3) Added some startup config xboard-commands for Brembo, DeepBrutePos, Gladiator, Jchess and OliThink xboard chess engines.

Changes of last week:
1) Bagatur version updated from 1.4 to 1.4c
2) Carballo version updated from 1.4 to 1.5
3) Added jChecs java chess engine support - modified this engine from version 0.1.0 to 0.1.0.1 with support full chess notation and also "undo" + "sd ..." command support added (see please original - http://jchecs.free.fr/ )
4) Tri-OS/cs4210 chess engine bugs fixed and return SJCE support for this engine
5) Added chess-clock stop at the end game event

Changes of last week:
1) Added game log/debug support
2) After long testing excluding support for 2 losing engines:
a) Krudo - have too many bugs;
b) Tri-OS - don't support en-passant and can't play with depth > 7;
3) Added handlers for mate, repetition, resign, checkmate, stalemate, moves null/a1a1/none events;
4) Added cleaner for Bagatur's engine large log;
5) Added some board themes;
6) Rival engine two identical moves after mate state bug fixed - added handler for this event;
7) For Unidexter and Eden engines resign bugs fixed - added handlers for this events;
8) For Carballo engine return to support version 1.4 - because v1.5 very often output "bestmove none" in the middle of the game.

Add support for Calculon java chess engine (see please https://code.google.com/archive/p/calculonx/ ) and some more: also maked "Undo Last Move" event handlers for Brembo, KingsOut and OliThink engines - some xboard engines (Animats, Cave, CupCake, ChessBotX, DeepBrutePos, Tiffanys, Gladiator, Jchess, Talvmenni, Javalin ) not support undo/remove commands or support it with bugs, but all uci-engines support "undo" owing to the UCI-protocol. Small sound bug fixed.

New v2.36.00 - added Tri-OS (CS4210) java chess engine - see please: http://chess.dubmun.com/

New v2.35.02 - small bug fixed and add "Undo Last Move" action

Now it is possible to play Engine vs Engine, also added sound support according to the remark of the
Dr. Roland Stuckardt ( http://www.stuckardt.de/ ) - developer of the Fischerle engine.

Now SJCE support chess UCI-protocol. Added 15 UCI java chess engines:
Bagatur v1.4
Carballo v1.4
Cuckoo v1.12
Fischerle v0.9.70 SE 32bit
Flux 2.2.1
Krudo 0.14b
Magnum 4.0
Mediocre 0.5
Presbyter 1.3.0
Phoenix-Cuckoo 1.13a9
Pulse 1.6.1
Rival build 0094
Rumney 0.2.1
Unidexter 0.0.1
Ziggy 0.7

Add Alf java chess engine support - see http://kirr.homeunix.org/chess/engines/Jim%20Ablett/ALF/ .

Add Talvmenni java chess engine support - see please http://talvmenni.sourceforge.net and
http://kirr.homeunix.org/chess/engines/Jim%20Ablett/TALVMENNI/ .

Add Eden java chess engine support, created by Nicolai Czempin - see http://kirr.homeunix.org/chess/engines/Jim%20Ablett/EDEN/ .

Add CaveChess engine support, see: http://cavechess.sourceforge.net .
SJCE white pawn promotion bug fixed.
CaveChess for Arena/Winboard gui bug fixed - then gui can't read the engine move.

QueenSide Castle bug fixed. Added Engines Logos.

Now engines can play white. And Gladiator, Javalin, ChessBotX for Arena GUI bugs fixed.
In chessbox_gnu4j added book.dat.

ChessBotX engine bug fixed

Add ChessBot java chess engine, created by Alexander Soto, see:
https://github.com/alexandersoto/chess-bot
http://alexander.soto.io/chess-bot

Add Java GNU Chess engine - Chessbox_gnu4j version 1.02 - is a port of GNU Chess 5.0.7 from C to Java. Created by Xan Gregg. See: http://www.forthgo.com/chessbox/ and
http://kirr.homeunix.org/chess/engines/Jim%20Ablett/GNUCHESS/ARCHIVE/507s/chessbox_gnu4j_507_102_ja.zip

Pawn to Queen promotion bug for Animats chess engine fixed

Add Frank Walter chess engine support

Add Animats chess engine - see http://animatschess.sourceforge.net