Author: Tord Romstad
Date: 15:56:44 04/29/05
Version 0.2.3 of Scatha, my hexagonal chess program for Mac OS X, is now available for download: http://www.math.uio.no/~romstad/glaurung/glaurung.html This is probably the last version of Scatha which will run in Mac OS X 10.3 (Panther). A binary for the new Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger) will probably be ready within a few days. The new version should be a little bit stronger than 0.2.2, but the most interesting changes are the added features. Scatha's GUI now includes game clocks and user-configurable playing levels (including time handicap levels). There is also a tiny opening book. It is doubtful whether the book really improves the playing strength, but the added variety in the opening makes Scatha more fun to play against. Many features are still missing. You cannot load or save games, or set up a position. There is no support for engine vs engine play. Engine configuration (including changing the hash table size from the default 32 MB) still does not work. All of this will, of course, be added in future versions. The source code for the chess engine is now available under the GPL license. Tord
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