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How Pragma Chess is made: the ideas, the choices and the details behind it.
Pragma Chess 0.4: big databases, freechess.org, and the strength of a game
A month of work in one release: millions of games opened in seconds, play on freechess.org, every online game judged move by move with an estimated Elo, engines and databases installed with a click, and three new languages.
Three new languages in a week
We asked for help translating Pragma Chess, and within a week it speaks Spanish, Russian and Simplified Chinese. A thank you to the people who made it happen.
The Pragma Chess logo, a P you read by playing
Four pieces on a corner of a board. Someone who does not play sees a board; a player sees the moves, and the moves draw a P.