What's new in GreenChess 9.1.2
Feb 19, 2024
- Code Optimization Updates
New in GreenChess 9.1.1 (Jan 8, 2024)
- Code Optimization Updates
New in GreenChess 9.1.0 (Nov 20, 2023)
- Code Optimizations and Updated to Stockfish 16
New in GreenChess 9.0.9 (May 15, 2023)
- Code Optimization Updates
New in GreenChess 9.0.8 (Apr 11, 2023)
- Code Optimization Updates and Bug Fixes
New in GreenChess 9.0.7 (Jan 4, 2023)
- Code Optimization Updates
New in GreenChess 9.0.6 (Oct 23, 2022)
- Code optimization updates.
New in GreenChess 9.0.5 (May 16, 2022)
- Added the ability to set movie sizes and updated to Stockfish 15.
New in GreenChess 9.0.4 (Feb 17, 2022)
- Code optimization updates and updated to Stockfish 14.1
New in GreenChess 9.0.3 (Jul 12, 2021)
- Code optimization updates and updated to Stockfish 14.
New in GreenChess 9.0.2 (Mar 15, 2021)
- Code Optimization Updates and Updated to Stockfish 13 Engine
New in GreenChess 9.0.1 (Jan 26, 2021)
- Code Optimization Updates
New in GreenChess 9.0.0 (Nov 12, 2020)
- Updated User Interface and Updated to the Stockfish 12 Engine
New in GreenChess 8.3.1 (Jul 21, 2020)
- Code Optimization Updates
New in GreenChess 8.3.0 (Jun 21, 2020)
- Code Optimization Updates
New in GreenChess 8.2.9 (May 4, 2020)
- Code Optimization Updates
New in GreenChess 8.2.8 (Feb 25, 2020)
- Code optimization updates and updated to the Stockfish 11 chess engine.
New in GreenChess 8.2.7 (Jan 20, 2020)
- Code optimization updates.
New in GreenChess 8.2.6 (Nov 19, 2019)
New in GreenChess 8.2.5 (Oct 16, 2019)
New in GreenChess 8.2.4 (Oct 2, 2019)
New in GreenChess 8.2.3 (Oct 2, 2019)
- Moved some menu item settings to Preferences and rearranged menu items.
New in GreenChess 8.2.2 (Aug 26, 2019)
- Added Gallery options to Preferences.
New in GreenChess 8.2.0 (Aug 7, 2019)
New in GreenChess 8.1.9 (Apr 22, 2019)
- Improved graphics rendering
New in GreenChess 8.1.8 (Dec 19, 2018)
New in GreenChess 8.1.7 (Dec 11, 2018)
New in GreenChess 8.1.6 (Dec 5, 2018)
- Updated clocks and now includes Stockfish 10
New in GreenChess 8.1.5 (Oct 31, 2018)
- Updates to the Gallery functionality
New in GreenChess 8.1.4 (Oct 31, 2018)
New in GreenChess 8.1.3 Build 240 (Sep 4, 2018)
- Updated color options in Preferences.
New in GreenChess 8.1.1 Build 232 (Aug 21, 2018)
- Updated Preferences to include the ability to adjust generated movie sizes and frames per second.
New in GreenChess 8.1.0 Build 229 (Jul 25, 2018)
- Moved the captured pieces to the top of the board and reduced the game clock size to make more room for the move list.
New in GreenChess 8.0.9 Build 225 (Jul 24, 2018)
- Updated generated movies to now have an initial frame showing the main PGN tags for easier archiving.
New in GreenChess 8.0.8 Build 222 (Jul 3, 2018)
- The chosen opponent type is now remembered at relaunch (with bug fix).
New in GreenChess 8.0.5 Build 202 (Mar 19, 2018)
- Added new options in the 'Panel' menu to hide or change the board diagram sizes in the move list.
New in GreenChess 8.0.4 Build 200 (Mar 16, 2018)
- Improved graphics rendering and memory management.
New in GreenChess 8.0.3 Build 189 (Feb 5, 2018)
- Updated to the Stockfish 9 chess engine.
New in GreenChess 8.0.1 Build 184 (Jan 16, 2018)
New in GreenChess 8.0.0 Build 181 (Jan 4, 2018)
- Added illustrations to the list of moves.
New in GreenChess 7.0.7 Build 174 (Nov 29, 2017)
- Updates to the Game Gallery.
New in GreenChess 7.0.6 Build 170 (Nov 20, 2017)
- Improvements to the board rendering engine.
New in GreenChess 7.0.3 Build 161 (Oct 16, 2017)
New in GreenChess 7.0.1 Build 157 (Jul 5, 2017)
- Added an option in Preferences to set window texture.
New in GreenChess 7.0.0 Build 155 (Jun 13, 2017)
- Rewrote the chessboard graphics rendering engine to make it much faster.
New in GreenChess 6.1.4 Build 151 (May 22, 2017)
- Added an option in Preferences to add borders to the chessboard squares.
New in GreenChess 6.1.2 Build 148 (Apr 18, 2017)
- Autosave now allows you to store the last ten saved positions in the Board menu.
New in GreenChess 6.1.0 Build 145 (Mar 13, 2017)
- Added an option to set a small or large Info Panel.
New in GreenChess 6.0.9 Build 144 (Feb 27, 2017)
- Updated the About window, implemented fullscreen mode, and enabled split screen capability.
New in GreenChess 6.0.8 Build 143 (Feb 27, 2017)
- Updated the About window, implemented fullscreen mode, and enabled split screen capability.
New in GreenChess 6.0.7 Build 142 (Feb 8, 2017)
- Moved board texture and piece set options to Preferences.
New in GreenChess 6.0.6 Build 140 (Feb 6, 2017)
- Updated window functionality and moved window background color settings to Preferences.
New in GreenChess 6.0.4 Build 134 (Jan 24, 2017)
- Moved all the font color selections to Preferences and added an option in Preferences to set the animation speed for the Game Gallery and the Game Grid.
New in GreenChess 6.0.3 Build 133 (Jan 16, 2017)
- Added an option in Preferences to add a border to the chessboard.
New in GreenChess 6.0.2 Build 132 (Jan 5, 2017)
- Updated the Position Editor to make it easier to use.
New in GreenChess 6.0.0 Build 130 (Dec 19, 2016)
- Updated the user interface.
New in GreenChess 5.1.9 Build 121 (Nov 22, 2016)
- Updated the animation and added a Snapshot button to the Game Grid and the Game Gallery.
New in GreenChess 5.1.7 Build 119 (Nov 14, 2016)
- Added animation controls to the Game Gallery and the Game Grid and updated to the Stockfish 8 engine.
New in GreenChess 5.1.5 Build 116 (Oct 31, 2016)
- Added controls to the 'Game Gallery' in the Game menu.
New in GreenChess 5.1.2 (Oct 4, 2016)
New in GreenChess 5.1.1 (Sep 7, 2016)
- Enabled conversion of FEN to board positions.
New in GreenChess 5.1.1 (Sep 7, 2016)
- This new version allows you to convert a FEN to a position in the Game menu.
New in GreenChess 5.1.0 (Sep 2, 2016)
- This new version has an updated user interface.
New in GreenChess 5.0.9 (Aug 31, 2016)
- This new version has additional window color options.
New in GreenChess 5.0.8 (Aug 23, 2016)
- This version has more font options in the Preferences window.
New in GreenChess 5.0.7 (Aug 16, 2016)
- This new version allows you to change the font for the PGN move list.
New in GreenChess 5.0.6 (Aug 10, 2016)
- This new version has board label font options in the Preferences window.
New in GreenChess 5.0.5 (Aug 1, 2016)
- Updated Preferences window.
New in GreenChess 5.0.4 (Jul 25, 2016)
- Unified the main window color.
New in GreenChess 5.0.3 (Jul 18, 2016)
- This new version allows you to set more font colors.
New in GreenChess 5.0.2 (Jul 6, 2016)
- This version allows you to set the color of the board labels.
New in GreenChess 5.0.1 (Jun 28, 2016)
- This version has an updated 'Game to Movie' function in the 'Game Explorer'.
New in GreenChess 5.0.0 (Jun 14, 2016)
- Color has arrived. You can now set up to 216 different window colors for the best possible viewing experience.
New in GreenChess 4.3.2 (Jun 6, 2016)
- Added nine more board textures accessible through the 'Board Textures' menu item in the 'Board' menu.
New in GreenChess 4.3.1 (Jun 1, 2016)
- The App file size has been reduced by 75% for better performance.
New in GreenChess 4.3.0 (May 24, 2016)
- This version has an updated Game Annotator window.
New in GreenChess 4.2.9 (May 16, 2016)
- Updated the Database Explorer and Load Saved Position windows.
New in GreenChess 4.2.8 (May 10, 2016)
- Updated Game Explorer window.
New in GreenChess 4.2.7 (Apr 27, 2016)
- Has an option to save and load board positions.
New in GreenChess 4.2.6 (Mar 30, 2016)
- The 'Board' menu items are now available in the Position Editor including board rotation.
New in GreenChess 4.2.5 (Mar 3, 2016)
New in GreenChess 4.2.4 (Feb 18, 2016)
- Added an option to enable the Stockfish chess engine as an opponent.
New in GreenChess 4.2.3 (Sep 28, 2015)
- This version is compatible with Mac OS X 10.9 - 10.11.
New in GreenChess 4.2.2 (Sep 8, 2015)
- This version is written entirely in Swift and C++ with no Objective-C code anymore.
New in GreenChess 4.2.1 (May 18, 2015)
New in GreenChess 4.2.0 (Apr 21, 2015)
New in GreenChess 4.1.9 (Feb 17, 2015)
- This new version has additional UCI engine options that can be set such as engine playing difficulty.
New in GreenChess 4.1.8 (Feb 17, 2015)
- In Preferences, added an option to change the color of the game clock and an option to run a UCI engine on multiple threads depending on the number of processor cores available.
New in GreenChess 4.1.5 (Jan 27, 2015)
- Added the ability to read and edit six additional PGN file header tags. Also updated the Position Editor to enable faster setup of pieces.
New in GreenChess 4.1.4 (Jan 12, 2015)
- Improvements to PGN processing and the UCI chess engine loader. Also added an icon to the main window to indicate whether you are playing against the built-in chess engine, another player, or a UCI chess engine.
New in GreenChess 4.1.1 (Dec 5, 2014)
- Updated the Position Editor to make it more intuitive to use.
New in GreenChess 4.1.0 (Nov 10, 2014)
- Updated the 'Game to Movie' function in the 'Game Explorer'. Bitrates and file sizes of generated movies have been reduced by 90% and the frame rate has been increased which results in more reliable video streaming when embedded in websites.
New in GreenChess 4.0.9 (Oct 7, 2014)
- Updated app colors to make viewing easier on the eyes.
New in GreenChess 4.0.7 (Jun 20, 2014)
- Updated the fonts and colors for better readability.
New in GreenChess 4.0.6 (Jun 7, 2014)
New in GreenChess 4.0.5 (May 16, 2014)
- Chess engine improvements.
New in GreenChess 4.0.4 (Apr 26, 2014)
- Implemented detection of draw by insufficient material for checkmate.
New in GreenChess 4.0.3 (Apr 22, 2014)
- Updates to simplify the graphical user interface and bug fixes.
New in GreenChess 4.0.2 (Apr 12, 2014)
- Improvements to threefold repetition detection.
New in GreenChess 4.0.1 (Mar 29, 2014)
- Added an option in the 'Game Explorer' which allows you to save a game in a movie format.
New in GreenChess 4.0.0 (Mar 19, 2014)
- Rewrote the built-in chess engine to make it search faster and more efficiently.
New in GreenChess 3.0.2 (Oct 17, 2013)
- Added ability to play games with time controls.
New in GreenChess 3.0.0 (Oct 7, 2013)
- Improvements to the user interface to make it easier to use and navigate.
New in GreenChess 2.3.3 (Sep 20, 2013)
- Updated the 'Game Annotator' and 'Database Explorer' to use a full size chessboard for easier viewing.
New in GreenChess 2.3.2 (Sep 14, 2013)
- GreenChess has been updated to have a close button on the main window. Also, the 'Diagram' feature in the 'Game Explorer' can now plot in multiple colors, the line width and transparency can be adjusted, and there is an undo button to erase lines with. Additionally, you can also load up to two UCI chess engines at a time and then have the two engines play a match against each other to test their engine strengths.
New in GreenChess 2.3.0 (Aug 28, 2013)
- Added a 'Diagram' feature to the 'Game Explorer' which lets you sketch on the selected chessboard position to make it into a diagram.
New in GreenChess 2.2.8 (Aug 15, 2013)
- User preferences are now saved.
New in GreenChess 2.2.7 (Aug 3, 2013)
- The PGN game file extension is now associated with GreenChess. You will be able to start GreenChess by directly double-clicking on a PGN game file which it will immediately load.