New GUI releases / updates and tools 2024

[Frank Quisinsky]

Hi there,

maybe an idea to have a thread for GUI and Tools?!
I create now the first message about it ...

01. ChessBase 17 upd. 19

02. Fritz 19 upd. 5

03. Swiss Chess 9.41
https://www.swiss-chess.de/en_start.php

04. Sevilla 20.1.3
https://www.jbfsoftware.com/

05. Little Blitzer 2.77
https://github.com/FireFather/littleblitzer

06. en croissant 0.8.0
https://github.com/franciscoBSalgueiro/en-croissant

07. BearChess 1.0.4.3
http://www.solanosoft.com/index.php?page=bearchess

08. Norm Pollock *.pgn / *.epd / *.txt tool-collection 04.01.2024
http://www.nk-qy.info/40h/

09. Grahams programs 07.01.2024
https://goneill.co.nz/chess.php

Best
Frank

[Frank Quisinsky]

Hi there,

in the last days, week or two weeks ...

01. ChessBase 17 upd. 20

02. CB-Emu 09.02.2024
https://fhub.jimdofree.com/

03. en-croissant 0.9.0
https://github.com/franciscoBSalgueiro/en-croissant

04. LucasChess 2.11c
https://github.com/lukasmonk/lucaschessR2
https://lucaschess.pythonanywhere.com/

05. Nibbler 2.4.3
https://github.com/rooklift/nibbler

06. BearChess 1.0.5.0
http://www.solanosoft.com/index.php?page=bearchess

Best
Frank

[chesskobra]

Reporting here since I don't know where else to report.

en-croissant 0.9.0 does not work for me on linux (same with version 0.8.0, 0.9.1, but some other earlier version had worked). After installing the deb, upon starting from the games menu, nothing happens. Is it supposed to work only on AMD processors?

Nibbler: It has no uninstall or upgrade instructions. When I tried to install it, it said it is already installed. So I manually removed the directory /opt/nibbler, and installed the latest version. But it would be nice to have a proper clean uninstall that also removes any other files that it installs (menu entry, symlinks, etc.)? Also, how do you know what is the installed version. I tried 'nibbler --version' but it didn't work (and it started nibbler), and in the GUI menu I didn't find 'About' or a similar entry.

My general complaint about many programs is that there are often no uninstall or upgrade instructions, especially when the installation script is not just copying one executable to /usr/local/bin or /opt. Nibbler at least shows at the time of installing what all things it is doing, and I had noted them before, so it was not a big issue.

[Frank Quisinsky]

Hi there,

1. Lucas Chess 2.11d
https://github.com/lukasmonk/lucaschessR2

2. en croissant 0.92
https://github.com/franciscoBSalgueiro/en-croissant

3. Hiarcs Chess Explorer 1.3.1
https://www.hiarcs.com/pc-chess-explore ... nload.html

4. Sevilla 20.1.4
https://www.jbfsoftware.com/

Best
Frank

[Frank Quisinsky]

Chess GUI
0.245m was the last version
by Matthias Gemuh, GER
http://www.chess.hylogic.de/
Website not longer available?!

[chessica]

I believe that he is no longer here on earth.

[Sylwy]

Chess GUI
0.245m was the last version
by Matthias Gemuh, GER
http://www.chess.hylogic.de/
Website not longer available?!

ChessGUI 0.245m version is here:

https://web.archive.org/web/20160330141 ... UI_net.zip

This nice GUI is both WB & UCI compatible (like Arena).