This is a beta update for ChessPartner 5.3c. Installation of this beta is only recommended for experienced computer users. Installation by unzipping the zip file and replacing the existing files.

For using the beta a properly installed and registered ChessPartner 5.x is required.

CP5.4.0.0.zip

CP5.EXE - 5.4.0.0
- Could not use ports above 10000 in internet console.
- Added option to limit number of rematches against same player.
- Udated some menus and keyboard mappings.
- Updated next/prev game menu greying.
- Option to enable/disable engine during ICC/FICS play.
- Send 'quit' when closing ICC/FICS connection.
- Option in user info to set default event and site pgn tags.
- Better keyboard help.
- Edit button and context menu was not consistent with readonly state of build in levels.
- Changed database and game details field names to comply with PGN standard.

CP5.EXE - 5.3.0.57

- Autosaved games on ICC/FICS where sometime missing player names. This was caused by a race condition in new game handling with UCI engines and user books. Fixed.
- Problem in minor promote in games from ICC/FICS. Moves before the promote where erased from the game history.

CP5.EXE - 5.3.0.56

- Allow move immediate while playin on ICC/FICS.
- Fixed problem storing column positions in stats window.
- Fixed disappearing moves list in certain lost on time situations (workaround for bug in ICC).
- Record servername in site field when playing on ICC/FICS.
- Set engines clocks before sending move received from ICC/FICS.
- Fixed internet console right click context menu where name contained ^ character.

CP5.EXE - 5.3.0.55

- Fixed bug for moves lists > 64k
- Some updates needed for retreiving ICC/FICS moves history
- Added many menu shortcuts in order to have consistent key and menu mapping behaviour
- Increased scrollbuffer size from 16000 to 1000000
- Many changes - support for getting history in observed games, additonal command menus.
- Changed position of learning column

CP5.EXE - 5.3.0.54

- Fixed problem with names containing = in the name.
- Made refresh of Nag symbols more efficient.
- Change display of current move
- Added column for learning score
- Proper handling of Nag symbols
- Fixed problem with variations with repeated moves Improved variation display
- Added options to insert score/depth/mainline in moveslist

5.0.0.22

- When adding the below variation to an empty book it will not add the last move. 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. Nc3 a6 5. e4 b5 6. e5 Nd5 7. a4 e6 8. axb5 Bb4 9. Qc2 Nb6 10. Qe4 Qd5 11. Qg4 axb5 12. Rxa8 Qxa8 In similair games sometimes parts in the middle of a added variation are missing - Found cause of problem in castle hashing in bookmanager dll. WARNING Same problem exist in LCHESS engine. There two cases of inconsistent hashing 1) Black rook a8 captured or moved and long caste still possible. 2) Rook captured while castling to that side was still possible just before the capture. Later in variation hashing may recover when king is moved or piece on rook field is moved.

5.0.0.21

- Marks rarely played moves as not playable. Threshold is currently set at < 0.5 %
- Learning scores are no longer aggregated with normal score. Learning counters now added to existing win/loss counters Initial scoring based on win/loss stats Fixed deleting book moves function for books with statistics

chsgame.dll - 5.3.1.3

- Fixed ambigouity problem for moves like Bxb3 and the like.

Update history for the Lokasoft Winboard adapter

april 2006 - Version 5.0.0.35
- Allow '=' character in uci variables
- Added support for UCI_Opponent variable
- Fixed problem where engine would send info nodes with both pv and currmovenumber. Now the pv is properly passed to the gui.
- Small change in sending position in UCI mode, this corrects a problem with analyse mode in Ktulu 7.1
- Fixed overflow in nps counter
- Get Icon returns icon from resources, Load now correctly loads profile before engine is started, this is needed because some features require this info before the engine is started