Pocket ChessPartner 1.0

November 2001, Release notes  

This is the first release of Pocket ChessPartner.
Pocket ChessPartner is the little brother of the full PC ChessPartner.


Features:

- Attractive full screen board.
- Unlimited levels.
- Opening book with 10000 positions.
- Load/Safe PGN games.
- Supports variations.
- Takeback moves.
- Play against the computer or replay a game.
- Let the computer play itself.
- Sounds.
- Hashtables max 2 MB.
- Setup positions.
- Analyse mode let you analyse while entering moves.
- E-mails your game.

Known problems:

- En-pasant flag in setup is ignored.


For information and support:

http://www.lokasoft.nl
support@lokasoft.nl

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Version history
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1.0.0.0   22 November 2001

- Added easy levels.
- Improved SIP keyboard handling.
- Made ready for full release.
- Corrected some cosmetic details.
- Hint function now thinks a few seconds.
- Fixed bug in variation handling.



0.6.0.0   November 2001

- Remembers playmode setting.
- Fixed compute bug with PB on.
- Saving game in a new file now clears old contents
  thereby avoiding storing multiple copies of same
  game.
- New e-mail game function.
- Default player names where reversed.
- Checkmate result was reversed.
- Date was not loaded from PGN.
- Support for variations.
- Additional pieceset.
- Made ready for registration.
- Check/checkmate was not shown after loading game.
- Date was not saved/shown in PGN.


0.5.0.0   November 2001

- Multiple games in PGN file now supported.
- FEN in PGN supported.
- Better display layout.
- Colors.
- Saves last played game.
- Hint function.
- Better thinking feedback.
- Animated moves.
- Moves display.
- Hide mainline option.
- Click on PGN files will open it in PCP.
- Improved save game functionallity.
- Many other small changes.
- Fixed instant move bug.
- Fixed pondering bug.


0.4.0.0   October 2001

- Added permanent brain function.
- Added analyse mode.
- More levels.
- Analyse mode.
- Position setup
- Rearranged some menu's.
- Fixed some bugs.


0.3.0.1   September 2001

- Fixed installation problems on Cassiopeia
- Fixed problem in PGN notations where two pieces could move to the 
same field.

0.3.0.0  Augustus 2001

- First beta release.



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Copyright 2001, Lokasoft