v0.15.0

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What's Changed

• Added new full practice mode
• Added setting for auto choosing practice difficulty
• Made board coordinates follow board color theme
• Added button to copy engine line
• Added Polyglot/PGN/EPD Book Support
• Standardized UI for Engines/Databases/Files pages
• Made query results from ChessDB.cn stable
• Increased number of games in search results to 500
• Full rework of Files Page. Now supports dragging, creating new directories, etc.
• Fixed persistance of language setting
• Fix coords.squares CSS to match chessground's column-based layout by @DarrellThomas in #706
• fix: trim query strings of lichess game URL by @star0202 in #302
• Add support for variations, commments and NAGs in move encoding by @franciscoBSalgueiro in #710
• Fix castling via text Move Input by @DarrellThomas in #712
• Fix Lichess database JSON parse error on API failures by @DarrellThomas in #718
• Fix compilation warnings by @DarrellThomas in #717
• Strip [%timestamp] annotations from PGN comments by @DarrellThomas in #720
• Fix practice mode arrow navigation and sound leaks by @DarrellThomas in #716
• Fix engine settings lost when switching tabs in unlimited mode by @DarrellThomas in #714
• Order games from position search by ELO descending by @DarrellThomas in #715
• Delete orphaned players, events, and sites after game deletion by @DarrellThomas in #713
• Kill engine child processes on app exit (fixes #723) by @DarrellThomas in #724
• Large Add Engine Selection Modal by @Disservin in #727
• Add divider for Database/Engine Page by @Disservin in #729
• Add puzzle hints by @meesaltena in #733
• titlebar: resurrect custom titlebar on Linux by @WavyEbuilder in #734
• fix: open OAuth URL via tauri-plugin-opener on Linux by @jshnaidman in #738
• Add italian translations by @nicopicchio in #740
• Update Korean translations by @kimerikal-games in #742
• Minor fixes and update to Italian translation by @nicopicchio in #744
• Updated French translation by @Emblaze in #743
• Fix board orientation when player plays Black in engine games by @damienoleary in #746
• Minor fixes to recently updated French translation by @Emblaze in #748
• Add remaining Italian translation by @nicopicchio in #751
• Modify pluralisation approach by @nicopicchio in #745
• Add translation to checkbox label by @nicopicchio in #752
• Revert minor whitespace change by @nicopicchio in #754
• Fix: engine settings changes not applied to new games by @damienoleary in #755

New Contributors

• @DarrellThomas made their first contribution in #706
• @star0202 made their first contribution in #302
• @Disservin made their first contribution in #727
• @meesaltena made their first contribution in #733
• @WavyEbuilder made their first contribution in #734
• @jshnaidman made their first contribution in #738
• @nicopicchio made their first contribution in #740
• @Emblaze made their first contribution in #743
• @damienoleary made their first contribution in #746

Full Changelog: v0.14.2...v0.15.0

v0.14.2

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What's Changed

• Added quick database selection
• Added support for upcoming lichess database API changes
• Update Korean translations by @kimerikal-games in #687 and #700
• App.tsx refactors by @xiaoas in #691
• Feature/variation arrows by @OleBroemelbue in #684
• [macOS] Fix copy/paste keyboard shortcuts and other minor improvements. by @nskobelevs in #666
• fix: cap download progress at 100% when local count exceeds server total by @beachwood23 in #694
• add puzzle time track toggle by @xiaoas in #692
• feat: added custom database directory setting by @jaximus808 in #696
• Add settings for all directories by @franciscoBSalgueiro in #701

New Contributors

• @xiaoas made their first contribution in #691
• @OleBroemelbue made their first contribution in #684
• @nskobelevs made their first contribution in #666
• @beachwood23 made their first contribution in #694
• @jaximus808 made their first contribution in #696

Full Changelog: v0.14.1...v0.14.2

v0.14.1

Fixed auto updater on startup.

v0.14.0

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What's Changed

• Added premoves in games against engines
• New Repertoire building/training functionality
• Added recent files display to stating screen
• Added new Table notation mode
• Support duplication of engines (multiple configurations for the same executable)
• Added themes filter on puzzle database. Requires downloading the new updated puzzle database
• Game reports can now be canceled
• Added option to pin engine eval to top of the notation panel
• Added middlegame and endgame phase detection to game reports
• Added event trigger on app startup to gather statistics about how many people are using the app (opt-out in Settings > Privacy).
• Lots of UI changes
• Show tablebase for op1 positions by @mtwdev in #676
• Make more strings translatable by @kimerikal-games in #675
• Fix audio playback on Linux by @BlueManCZ in #677
• fixes importing from chess.com live/daily URL's (closes #678) by @tweezerticle in #679
• Fixed sync issues with the move-pieces setting by @tweezerticle in #680
• Migrate to react 19 with react compiler by @franciscoBSalgueiro in #685

New Contributors

• @mtwdev made their first contribution in #676
• @BlueManCZ made their first contribution in #677
• @tweezerticle made their first contribution in #679

Full Changelog: v0.13.0...v0.14.0

v0.13.0

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What's Changed

• Large Performance Improvements for Databases: searches are much faster overall, and the start-up loading time has been completely removed. (Note: the first time ever you use a reference DB will still take longer as the new optimizations are applied)
• Engine Games Rework: The handling of engine games has been completely rewritten. It's now much less buggy to have games involving engines. You can even try putting two Stockfish playing in a 1s time control without issues.
• New Puzzle UI: Added a timer and more relevant stats.
• WDL Eval Bar: You can now switch between a CP and WDL Eval bar by clicking on it (make sure to first enable UCI_ShowWDL on engine settings).
• You can click to select pieces in the Board Editor.
• Make analysis' novelty annotation colored by @kimerikal-games in #629
• Put single line comments inline by @PeterLombaers in #652
• Fix move number bug by @PeterLombaers in #653
• fix: add overscroll behavior to html, body and ScrollArea viewport by @AWH1122 in #639

Full Changelog: v0.12.2...v0.13.0

v0.12.2

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v0.12.1

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What's Changed

• Fixed puzzles being locked after failure
• Fixed MacOS freeze on startup
• Fixed PGN saves being empty by @vainbaum in #562
• Added Move Highlight setting

Full Changelog: v0.12.0...v0.12.1

v0.12.0

What's Changed

New Features

• Added icon for transpositions e4ed430
• Persisted state of the Database page by @archimag in #526
• Added search option for game result in analysis by @LiberaTeMetuMortis in #477
• Persisted settings for game reports by @teleginpro in #515
• Preview piece sets in settings by @alextaconet in #417
• Improved stats in the Users page by @buracchi in #470
• Added move annotation for "Miss" as used on chess.com by @TurtleOrangina in #531

Bug Fixes

• Fixed castling rights issues in board editor 050acb5
• Accept alternate Mate-in-1 in puzzle mode by @Nullsp4ce in #388
• Avoid flickering when tablebase evaluation is loading by @woprandi in #390
• Support document dir on Linux without XDG setup by @Breush in #561
• Prevent moves after puzzle completion by @dotneB in #406
• Fixed black incorrectly starting with increment time by @arimourao in #437
• Preserve FEN when changing orientation by @tkasa in #451
• Prevent crash when a player runs out of time by @wjgr2004 in #481
• Fixed Lichess sessions authentication logic by @buracchi in #462
• Fixed infinite loop when promoting to Mainline by @ed-cetera in #502
• Fixed hooks being called conditionally by @sid0-0 in #570
• Fixed persistence of window size on startup by @TurtleOrangina in #529
• Persisted state of report progress bar by @archimag in #525

Translations

• Updated Spanish translation by @yako1984 and @dav1312 in #363, #396
• Updated French translation by @PaulJeFi in #380
• Added Norsk Bokmål ( Norway ) translation by @TBestLittleHelper in #374
• Added Türkçe (Turkish) translation by @LiberaTeMetuMortis in #375
• Added German translation by @eskopp in #408
• Tag more messages as translatable by @woprandi in #421, #402
• Updated Russian translation by @artemy in #573

Other

• Migration to Tauri 2 by @franciscoBSalgueiro in #407
• Fixed settings of Tauri capabilities to have access to $APPDATA by @archimag in #439
• Update README.md to add License by @qqiumax in #522
• Add install instructions for pnpm by @jaimecbernardo in #493
• Fix warnings from shakmaty by @qoqosz in #399
• Rename TAURI_PRIVATE_KEY to TAURI_SIGNING_PRIVATE_KEY by @hadim in #501
• Updated github workflows by @chrisbilodeau in #484

Full Changelog: v0.11.1...v0.12.0

v0.11.1

What's Changed

• Fixed build for MacOS
• Added Belarusian, French, Italian, Russian, Spanish and Ukrainian translations #349 #353 #356
• Capture board snapshot by @loloof64 in #343
• Added toggle to jump to next puzzle by @JayceFFT in #355

New Contributors

• @loloof64 made their first contribution in #343
• @yako1984 made their first contribution in #349
• @JayceFFT made their first contribution in #353
• @MrPiada made their first contribution in #356

Full Changelog: v0.11.0...v0.11.1

v0.11.0

What's Changed

• Engines now keep running while outside the Analysis tab
• Added Chinese and Portuguese translations
• Added WDL support and WDL report graphs
• Added setting for extra ways to clear drawn arrows, including with the mouse
• Added more navigation shortcuts

New Contributors

• @Count-MHM made their first contribution in #265
• @Scoutboy06 made their first contribution in #296
• @Selyss made their first contribution in #292
• @chuigda made their first contribution in #280
• @RainRat made their first contribution in #314
• @zackschuster made their first contribution in #318

Full Changelog: v0.10.0...v0.11.0