History of EC chess
In EC Chess following changes have been made
Version 1.0.0.2
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Upgraded to .Net framework 4.0
Version 1.0.0.1
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Fixed bug when castling
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Limited ability to do 'en passant' traits to those who are outright
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Changed image of the bishop so that it is distinguished more by the pawn
Version 1.0
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The pieces that have been taken are shown in a list
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Added some randomness in the "Alpha Beta" chess engine
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There is now help files
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You can select the language to be used in menus, messages, etc.
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You can write messages when a move is sent by email
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The pieces look is greatly improved
Version 0.9
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Game by e-mail
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Double buffering
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"New Party" remembers choice
Version 0.8
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Possibility to play across the web
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You can choose which side to be shown at the bottom
Version 0.7
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Supports all the moves in chess, including 'en passant' feature and castling.
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Supports the rules of draw, 50 moves without play captured and the rule of three repeated games condition.
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Ability to undo moves.
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Ability to save and open games.
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Management of skin to control which images to represent the different pieces and the colors and fonts to use in the program.
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Opportunity to see what moves are possible for a given piece.
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Can play two people against each other.
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You can also play against the computer, there are three different traction engines: Basic Search, alpha-beta pruning and search of the most promising nodes.
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Ability to set the value of pieces for the chess engine.
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Support for multiple languages (currently English and Swedish)