Release Chessquid 1.7.0 - June 29, 2022


  • NEW : Export is now possible from right click on a database
  • NEW : Now it is possible to switch statistics databases
  • Fixed : A scroll bar was added to be able to read long comments
  • Fixed : Sometimes the Squids would freeze while playing
  • Fixed : Adding a variation now selects the last move correctly everywhere
  • Fixed : When removing/adding/promoting a move, the viewport moves correctly
  • Fixed : Sorting by id now works
  • Fixed : Stats from single game found were not correct

Release Chessquid 1.6.0 - May 5, 2022


  • NEW : Added the possibility to have Statistics for a custom database (and not only the Elite one)
  • NEW : Level of weaker squids closer to their ELO
  • NEW : The timer during the game has been made more visible
  • NEW : Saved game squids settings so that they don’t need to be set all the time
  • NEW : Added the option “Play fast” for squids
  • NEW : Added the possibility to play against squids from an initial position
  • NEW : Added Audio settings
  • NEW : Added Audio SFX
  • NEW : Updated Arasan to 23.2 version
  • NEW : Added cache for the Regular Database Filters (to instantly sort)
  • NEW : Drawing Arrow and Circles (Shift/Control to change color)
  • Fixed : Made the old versions of Mac compatible (10.11+)
  • Fixed : Right click on a move sometimes displayed 2 menus
  • Fixed : The viewport of the movetree when adding moves was not correctly behaving
  • Fixed : Now the options to copy a position or a game work on all the software (including the Free Play section)
  • Fixed : Clicking on “Stop engine” stops the engine instead of restarting it
  • Fixed : Right and Left arrow now work in the Free Play section

Release Chessquid 1.5.2 - April 9, 2022

  • Fixed : “En passant” rule was sometimes not removing the captured pawn

Release Chessquid 1.5.1 - April 8, 2022

  • Fixed : Sometimes games from database were not sorted properly 

Release Chessquid 1.5.0 - April 7, 2022

  • NEW FEATURE : Added the possibility to launch Engines from Tactics 
  • Updated : When launching the Trap Finder, the base position is now imported from the current tab game
  • Updated : Now displaying game IDs instead of Indexes in the database list
  • Updated : Added a small delay when the squids play to prevent instant playing
  • Fixed : Squids were not playing correctly
  • Fixed : Maximize button on Mac
  • Fixed : Fixed display on Mac

Release Chessquid 1.4.2 - April 5, 2022

  • Added : Copy Game button
  • Added : Copy Position button (FEN)
  • Added : Database Selection when searching game positions
  • Added : Database Selection when searching games
  • Fixed : Sorting filtered games
  • Fixed : Persistant Engine Settings
  • Fixed : Resize Engine Widget with splitter
  • Fixed : Default layout always used when opening a new game
  • Fixed : Other small bugs

Release Chessquid 1.4.0 - March 3, 2022

  • NEW FEATURE : Sorting Databases Fields
  • The date is now complete in the database and doesn’t display only the year anymore
  • Fixed : Closing the modal “Save To Database” doesn’t create a duplicate database anymore
  • Fixed : Search Position was not opening a new tab
  • Fixed : Search By Filters was not opening a new tab

Release Chessquid 1.3.3 - February 17, 2022

  • Searching Position now opens a new tab
  • Fixed : result of the game was not stored when reopening the game
  • Fixed : sometimes Chessquid crashed when adding a variation on specific moves
  • Fixed : clicking the cross acted like a “No” instead of “Cancel”
  • Fixed : while exporting as PGN, the ambiguous moves were sometiles not well exported (for example Nf3 instead of Ngf3)
  • Fixed : some typo mistakes

Release Chessquid 1.3.1 - February 15, 2022

  • Added the ability to edit games fields without needing to do Save As
  • Added a comment icon on moves
  • Added the ability to save layouts
  • Added missing tool tips
  • Fixed: The Add Engine was sometimes appearing in the background (MAC)
  • Fixed: When adding some games to a database, now lists are automatically updated with these new games
  • Fixed: In the lessons, when the board is enabled, the text field (under the board) cannot be scrolled down so the text cannot be read.
  • Fixed: In lessons, the right arrow loops on moves forever (does not stop at the end)
  • Fixed: Audio (when moving pieces, etc.) is missing in lessons
  • Fixed: In tactics, the hint button has a smaller font than next button, add icon
  • Fixed: Move ambiguity in pgnViewer when pasting directly a PGN
  • Fixed: Sometimes add unexpected !!, !, ? on the last move
  • Fixed: Disabling all widgets now disables the movetree too
  • Fixed: Statistics widget can now appear without the pgn game

Release Chessquid 1.3.0 - February 3, 2022

  • NEW FEATURE : Endgame lessons
  • NEW FEATURE : Middlegame lessons
  • Automatically check “Variarion Mode” if coming from existing game
  • Changed the color of Next Tactics
  • Inverted fields Last Name and First name
  • Changed string New to New Board in the menu (edited) 
  • Fixed a bug that was not showing the variations when navigating in the game main variation

Release Chessquid 1.2.4 - January 28, 2022

  • Fixed a major bug on MAC that was still installing the previous version
  • Fixed a bug while selecting the squid 

Release Chessquid 1.2.3 - January 27, 2022

  • NEW FEATURE : Save game (without Save As)
  • When double clicking on a new empty database, remove the error message and display games to be imported
  • Added saved settings of the free play section
  • Added audio in the tactics section
  • Added tooltips for the PGN widget icons
  • Improved the loading time of the heavy games
  • When analyzing a game played against the squid, added the name of the squid and its ELO
  • If the squid reaches a very drawish position, they will propose a draw
  • For the advanced squids (3rd row and stronger), they will resign if they are completely lost
  • Fixed a bug where there was checkmate but the squid didn’t understand it (game was blocked)
  • Fixed a bug that was displaying the final checkmate move as a bad move (red instead of blue)
  • Hided the evaluation bar by default when playing against the squids (can be enabled by right click)
  • Changed the layout of the menu of the squids when choosing an opponent and the game settings
  • Added save full screen settings feature

Release Chessquid 1.2.2 - January 21, 2022

  • Fixed a major bug about castling : not moving the rook when navigating through a game

Release Chessquid 1.2.1 - January 19, 2022

  • Fixed a major bug that was causing corrupted saved files
  • Fixed some non visible Icons on Linux
  • Flip Board when solving Tactics with Black
  • Fix Free Play sometimes crashing (especially on Linux)
  • Changed Analyzing feature from upwards to backwards (gives better evaluations)
  • Small other bug fixes

Release Chessquid 1.2.0 - January 15, 2022

  • NEW FEATURE : Tactics
  • NEW FEATURE : Free Play against the Squids
  • First version of Adjustable Widgets
  • Many bug fixes

Release Chessquid 1.1.0 - December 12, 2021

  • NEW FEATURE : Trap Finder
  • Fixed a bug when adding games to database
  • Removed some visual artefacts

Release Chessquid 1.0.4 - December 5, 2021

  • Fixed the bug that didn’t detect Arasan on Intel Mac computers
  • Fixed some bugs that didn’t open regular games
  • Fixed the bug about statistics that sometimes didn’t play the clicked move but another move
  • Added an Engine settings menu
  • Added filter -> Save to Database on the Games List Widget
  • Added Add Games and Clear Database actions on right click on a Database
  • Fixed the issue of Mini Boards that were not taking into account if the main board is flipped
  • Added the sound when playing a move on the board
  • Fixed some display issues when loading incomplete games
  • Removed some visual artefacts

Release Chessquid 1.0.3 - November 29, 2021

  • Fixed the bug that didn’t open the right game when double clicking on it.
  • Add the ability to remove games from a database
  • Fixed the issue of display when scrolling to display games
  • Removed some visual artefacts

Release Chessquid 1.0.0 - November 23, 2021

  • Initial Release

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