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@thomas-maeder thomas-maeder released this 02 May 19:02
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v4.75
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This is Release 4.75 of Popeye.

Downloading Popeye

Popeye executable

In order to use Popeye, you want to download an executable program or the source code to build an executable program yourself.

Windows 64bit: pywin64.exe
Windows 32bit: pywin32.exe
MacOS X: pymacos
Linux: popeye-4.75-sources.zip

Instead of download the source zip archive, you can also clone the git repository or (I assume) use one of the Source Code links below.

Usage guide

Download the usage guide in your favourite language:

py-engl.txt (English)
py-deut.txt (Deutsch)
py-fran.txt (Français)

Example input files

The example input file archives will help you input problems correctly:

popeye-4.75-examples.zip (English as input language)
popeye-4.75-beispiel.zip (German)

Changes since Popeye 4.73

New features

Fairy pieces

  • Senora
  • Faro
  • Loco
  • Saltador

Fairy condition

  • Argentinian Chess

Bug fixes

  • intelligent mode: certain mate positions werenot found
  • Anticirce+Nocapture: no checks were detected since 4.63
  • Uncapturable pieces: uncapturable pawns could be captured en passsant
  • Haaner Chess: en passant captures only left 1 hole instead of 2
  • Checkless chess: goals whose definition doesn't depend on check could be reached by a checking move
  • Circe Assassin: Proof games weren't solved due to to aggressive "optimisation"
  • BlackChecks: Popeye could get into and infinite loop
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