Banksia GUI released

[AlexChess]

FIXED 0.54 crash on launch on Mac M1!

Kind regards, Alex

[Dariusz]

FIXED 0.54 crash on launch on Mac M1!

Kind regards, Alex

Yes, it works now. Thx Pham

[Magnum]

Version 0.54 released

Besides some minor bug fixes, many small improvements, and changes, there are some new things, including:

• Show boards & brief info in the tournament panel as tooltips

• The human can play in tournaments (re-implement the feature)

• Use online EGTB (Lichess or Chessdb) for adjudicating

• Officially support OCGDB (Open Chess Game Database Standard, based on SQLite). The new chess database format and code are one of the best so far (it is comparable to any best chess database program on any parameter) and highly optimized for sizes, speed, and position searching

• Officially support OOBS (Open Opening Book Standard) - a new format for opening books based on SQLite

Notes:

• We pride ourselves as founders of two new open chess standards, one for databases and the other for opening books. Both are open-source, totally free, and built on SQL databases which are mature, very strong engines/libraries to store and search data. Those standards and code have open, clean, clear database structures thus very easy to understand, and convert data from, to or modify. All could work directly and very well with BSG. The game databases can have customized structures. Users may not be worried anymore about speed and limitations (very high than average need and much much higher than any other chess format/program)

• EGTB 7-men has been available for some years. However, the number of users who download them all is still small (based on our experience and discussion on some forums). The reason is that 7-men are too huge, too expensive (to buy enough storage), and require too much time and effort to download. With the new feature, BSG can help users to get some benefits without downloading them. Lichess or chessdb could be chosen for adjudicating with endgames 7-men. In our tests, it is very fast, and smoothly and can help save significant time and computer power

Fig. 1 Watching tournament games is very convenient with a new database. Many of them were adjudicated by online 7-men EGTB


Fig. 2 A tooltip is displaying the board and some vital brief information about a tournament game



Fig. 3 Opening Book Viewer with an OOBS book

It’s great that you are back.
Thx for this new version.

-The possibility to run test suites can be improved. It will be great to run a test suite 100 times with only one click and then show all solved positions.
-We would like to run all Fritz trainer dvds inside BanksiaGUI and see also the moves on the board in the same times.
-An easier way/button to automatically download and update BanksiaGUI will be great too.

[phhnguyen]

It’s great that you are back.
Thx for this new version.

-The possibility to run test suites can be improved. It will be great to run a test suite 100 times with only one click and then show all solved positions.
-We would like to run all Fritz trainer dvds inside BanksiaGUI and see also the moves on the board in the same times.
-An easier way/button to automatically download and update BanksiaGUI will be great too.

Thanks a lot for the suggestions, I have noted them down.

About Fritz DVDs: I think they are proprietary thus I won't do anything with them since that may affect or annoy their business.

[AlexChess]

It’s great that you are back.
Thx for this new version.

-The possibility to run test suites can be improved. It will be great to run a test suite 100 times with only one click and then show all solved positions.
-We would like to run all Fritz trainer dvds inside BanksiaGUI and see also the moves on the board in the same times.
-An easier way/button to automatically download and update BanksiaGUI will be great too.

Thanks a lot for the suggestions, I have noted them down.

About Fritz DVDs: I think they are proprietary thus I won't do anything with them since that may affect or annoy their business.

I agree for test suites. I'd like to make extensive ProteusSF AUTOMATIC epd tests with ERET, hard-talkchess, Stockfishtests suites but on Mac is very difficult. ScidvsMac and ChessX do it but I cannot switch automatically from a position to the next and I must wait the full time limit instead of skipping to the next position when it is solved (or my setup is wrong?)

Note: ChessX imports also chessbase openings CTG and it's open source, maybe that would be useful also for who buys Powerbooks, but LIKE ME prefers Banksiagui to Fritz and every other open source for tournaments with mixed book format and a lot of other features.

[AlexChess]

Thanks a lot for the suggestions, I have noted them down.

Thanks Pham for the added Like button on BanksiaGui Forum!
https://banksiagui.com/forums/viewtopic ... 132#p132

[huanhuan]

Incorrect report in Database
=> https://prnt.sc/Mr6S5P8UuAyl
=> https://prnt.sc/vaC4t72YmOCo
=> https://prnt.sc/AuNqeAAY6fQ3

This also happens in the report on Tournament Result
=> https://prnt.sc/H8vLQQ7U4RQu

And also we are still waiting for you to include Ordo Elo-rating Tool for the next release.

Thanks,

[huanhuan]

I want to play against Engine not from the "Starting Position," but from a certain Opening, for example this Opening [1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 c5 5.Bd3 Nc6 6.Nf3 Bxc3+ 7.bxc3 d6 8.e4 e5 1/2-1/2].

Unfortunately, BSG doesn't have this option.
Meanwhile, Arena and Cutechess provide it [https://prnt.sc/38KJ6KwHVB6J].

Thanks,

[huanhuan]

Cannot move to the next 'Move' [https://prnt.sc/ZtlysXeIQvUn] with Keyboard [Page Left, and Page Right].

We have to do this by pressing the button which is at the bottom of the 'Moves box' [https://prnt.sc/a0fwrXbSVm8W].

Thanks,

[huanhuan]

Incorrect Elo report in Tournament result
=> https://prnt.sc/i7_v0S4-NI9W