Support

GUI-Version 2.1.0

GUI 2.1.0

UCI-statistic : Comparision of two gauntlets. If one game was found only , no result was provided.

UCI-match : A bug when using Pirat-books fixed

Main-Window : Automatic load of engine used in last session

Move-list : reworked , next move of opening-book will be displayed

Annotation-window : No need to close anymore

CC-Administration : Information about Vacation/special leave is now transferred to Pirat-ChessMail

CC-Administration : Transfer of Numeric-Notation (next to PGN) to Pirat-ChessMail

CC-Administration: Now possible to enter move-proposals into the Notation-window. New button in CC-administration to define the proposed move sequence. (So far to be done manually)

Pirat-ChessMail: Button for automatic dispatch added into the GUI

ICON Pirat-ChessMail in Systray

Pirat-ChessMail: Accustic notification when new email is available on server

Pirat-ChessMail now available in english.

Engine-Version 0.4.6

Engine B0.4.6

Late move reduction disabled for principal variation

Refinement of weak pawn evaluation

Added some static function to the dynamic evaluation

Removed all static function

Effort in Quiesence-search reduced

Check extension for certain position types

New DLL which includes now all evaluation stuff (earlier in s_bew3 and
dynamo3)

GUI-Version 2.0.2

GUI 2.0.2

UCI-tournament: in case of an promotion it could happen in rare cases that the GUI did promote into the wrong piece. Bug was caused by the kernel-optimization (GUI 2.0.0)

GUI-Version 2.0.0

GUI 2.0.0

The GUI-kernel has been completely reworked and optimized. Speedimprovement up to 1000x for special function have been measured.

Pirat Fontset has been reworked and renamed (Figurine Pirat1). Two addition Pirat-Font-sets were added.

Pirat automatically detects dublicated position (additional button added)

Print module has been reworked and optimized. Reported Bug in PGN-databaseprint has been fixed.

Correspondence chess administrator (CCA) was completely reworked and comes with a new outfit. It is now possible to add several more windows to the CCA. New rules like 8pm rule are supported.

Autoplayermodus: reported bugs with respect to save game and pawn promotion are fixed.

GUI-Version 1.1.0 and Engine-Version 0.4.3

GUI 1.1.0

Pirat-ChessMail completely reworked. Now supports IMAP-Server like AOL .

Bug:fix UCI-Statistic : Search for huge searchtrees

Bugfix „Remove range of games from Buffer“

Bugfix Thread-Syncronisationserror

Engine B0.4.3

Futility Cutoff rework

MTD replaced by PVS

Forward-pruning reworked

GUI-Version 1.0.2 and Engine-Version 0.4.2

Note:

The new GUI 1.0.2 does not require the DLL MFCANS32.dll anymore.

GUI 1.0.2

Several bugfixes

Partially menu translation into english (ongoing effort)

Support of crosstable-tournament

improved corner case handling

Constraint search if supported by UCI-engine

Engine B0.4.2

Several bugfixes

Many modification wrt king safety

Adaptive nullmove - pruning instead of nullmove-pruning with R=1

Improved futility/ext. futility and razoring

Reworked forward pruning based on Nullmove

Better handling of passed pawns

Illegal-move handling optimized

Added more endgame knowledge

Improved handling of time

GUI-Version 1.0.1 and Engine-Version 0.3.3

Error messages

Download

When calling pirat the first time in rare cases an error-message ( MFCANS32.dll is missing) pops up.

Please download and unzip the file mfcans32.zip using a tool such as UltimateZip and place the file under \\windows\system32 . This file belong to the Microsoft-library and is used mainly by programs using a lot of graphic.

~~mfcans32.zip~~

GUI 1.0.1

UCI-2 support

bug wrt symbols in letter-print fixed

synchronization problem Engine/GUI >2.5Ghz solved

synchronization problem UCI Tournament fixed

cycle-based UCI-tournament (new)

GUI->PiratSend in English/German (new)

new tournament-statistic function

bugfix in UCI-Tournament

games stopped as soon engine runs out of time

Bugfix in time control: uninitialized at program-start

After loss of a game (friend mode or sparring) new game was started w/o saving game

Bug on Move-list fixed, i.e. user-guided search works again

Engine B0.3.3

dynamic evaluation function was not linked

Isolated Pawn-evaluation modified

SSE-bug wrt Queen fixed

higher selectivity

modified bishop pair evaluation

improved development in opening

bugfix rook on row 7

overlap of parameter fixed

modified Bishop-mobility

Reduction of value wrt distance king to pawns