June 2022: Update 20
- Improved look of buttons in dialog windows.
- Alignment with recent Windows 11 updates.
- Updated third-party components.
March 2022: Update 19
- Improved modal dialogs.
- Integration with the new website.
- Updated third-party components.
March 2021: Update 18
- Improved German translation.
- Improved UCI interface to prevent some engines from hanging in timed games.
- Fine-tuned UCI dialog layout.
- Fixed Windows XP compatibility.
- Updated third-party components.
January 2021: Update 17
- Improved New Game dialog.
- Corrected piece-capture animation.
- Fixed FEN parsing.
- Fixed PGN parsing.
- Improved automatic stopping of computation.
- Corrected German translation.
- Fixed loading of game parameters from files containing edit operations.
- Updated third-party components.
March 2020: Update 16
- Improved user interface.
- Updated third-party components.
November 2019: Update 15
- Improved user interface.
- Support of PGN files encoded in UTF-8 with BOM.
- Switched to https when opening web pages.
- Updated third-party components.
July 2019: Update 14
- Fixed startup issues.
- Fixed main menu behavior.
- Reliable autosave.
- Improved handling of forced termination (such as when the operating system is restarting to update itself).
- Updated third-party components.
- Reduced disk space requirements by 30%.
February 2019: Update 13
- File dialogs default to details view and preserve user-defined window size.
- File opening via drag & drop.
February 2019: Update 12
User interface improvements.
August 2018: Update 11
- Fixed window refreshing after restoring from minimized state.
- Compatibility updates.
June 2018: Update 10
Precised the handling of draw criteria in certain low-material situations.
January 2018: Update 9
Fixed bug in chess clock.
January 2018: Update 8
- Larger chessboard (depending on screen resolution and window size).
- Improved user interface look and behavior, especially on tablets and high-resolution displays.
- Sounds.
- Startup time reduced by 50%.
- Updated playing style.
- Added skill level: Upper Intermediate.
November 2017: Update 7
- Corrected dialog layout.
- Fixed drag & drop operation in edit mode.
August 2017: Update 6
- AI optimizations, including better time management in games with a time limit.
- GUI optimizations. Improved text legibility. The keyboard shortcut for 'Advise move' has been changed from Ctrl+A to Ctrl+D in order not to interfere with the 'Select all' command.
- Improved PGN support. AI settings such as the selected engine and level are now imprinted into files generated by Chess 2020.
- Improved chess clock. It starts after the first move of White and it automatically stops when viewing move history.
- Fixed file open/save functionality that has been broken on some Windows 10 machines since Microsoft update 1703.
May 2017: Update 5
New dialog for setting up the game level, improved rendering of graphic background, faster startup.
April 2017: Update 4
GUI improvements, optimized artificial intelligence for a more balanced performance throughout the game.
April 2017: Update 3
GUI improvements, fixed bug affecting game level Expert and higher.
March 2017: Update 2
Fixed minor reported issues.
March 2017: Update 1
Fixed various compatibility issues including pawn promotion on screens with very high resolution.
March 2017: Initial release
Chess 2020 has been introduced as a new product in the Filip Höfer chess software line.