Super X Chess News

Added new features for local multiplayer: Now you can choose your time limits from 1 minute to 2 hours and increment from 0 to 30 seconds per move. Also you can now play chess 960 on top of super 960 variant in local multiplayer mode. This is also recommended mode to play over internet with friends by utilizing steam's remote play feature (as the online multiplayer is old code and doesn't seem to deliver that well)

Now live!

-Chess Engine AI got improved, it's better at end games and better at finding clever tactics. Also strategically more adept. Example FEN strings of new positions it could solve (you can for example use lichess site here: https://lichess.org/analysis and copy paste the fen strings to see the correct moves for the chess puzzles:

r4r1k/1p1bbppp/1qp1pn2/4B3/3P3P/1P1B1QR1/P3NPP1/1K1R4 w - - 0 15
2N4k/5p1p/p4q1b/1p1P3R/2npQ3/P5P1/1P4KP/8 w - - 1 38
rn2k2r/1bQ1qpp1/p3p3/2bp4/P2N3p/2PB4/1P3PPP/R1B1R1K1 w kq - 0 1
6k1/p1P5/P1r5/2p1K3/8/8/2R5/8 w - - 0 1
r2k3r/pp3pb1/3p3p/1BpP2p1/Q7/P1P2q2/1P3P2/R3R1K1 w - - 0 2
r1bq1rk1/ppp2pp1/2np1n1p/3Np1NQ/7P/1B1P4/PPP2PP1/2KR3R w - - 0 1
2r1r1k1/Q2R1pp1/R6p/1q6/2n5/2P2NP1/5PKP/8 b - - 1 26
8/8/8/6p1/5kP1/7K/8/8 w - - 0 1
2r1r1k1/Q2R1pp1/R6p/8/8/2P1PNP1/4q2P/6K1 b - - 2 28
8/8/8/8/3p1B2/4p3/5p2/5K1k w - - 0 1
8/8/p6p/3k4/Pp4PP/3K4/8/8 w - - 0 1
8/8/p6p/2k5/Pp4PP/4K3/8/8 w - - 0 37
5N2/4P3/7k/6r1/8/8/8/4K3 w - - 0 1
7k/5p1p/p4q2/np1P1N1R/3p2Q1/P5P1/1Prb2KP/8 w - - 1 35
2r2rk1/1R3pp1/n3pP1n/q2p4/p2P1NP1/R2Q1P1p/2N4P/6K1 w - - 0 1
8/8/3k4/3p1p2/3P4/2P5/3KR1r1/8 b - - 0 1
8/8/8/3pKp2/2kP4/2P5/8/8 b - - 6 5
7k/K7/8/1P1B4/8/1b4p1/8/8 w - - 0 1
8/1p6/6p1/2k5/5PKP/8/8/8 w - - 0 1


-Also fixed graphical glitches in the menu sliders, they were stretching inappropriately when selecting values

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- TLDR: Chess Engine AI got upgraded (around 200 rating points): The new lvl 8 is approximately as strong as old lvl 10. Now the strongest Chess AI is around ELO level 2200.

Improved a bit the AI at higher levels:
- Made the AI think at lvl 10 for a bit longer, thus being able to spot a bit more
- Made the AI more likely to start the game without combining every move
- Made the AI less likely to sacrifice pawns at the start of the game
- Fixed the issue where the game thought it's draw because of insufficient material if the other player has only KnightPawn piece left
-Fixed the issue where the game thought it's draw because of insufficient material if the other player has only BishopBishop piece left

https://youtu.be/TlXXa8_JcBw[previewyoutube][/previewyoutube]

Fixed the issue of game not remembering the selected game mode.
Thanks to ACTIONBOMBA for reporting the issue.

Stream will start on Monday 21 September:
10:00am Pacific (UTC−07:00)
that is 6:00pm BST (UTC+01:00)
The stream will last 2 to 3 hours.

I will setup a webcam and you can intract live with the developer.