HISTORY.md

History of features added to LiChess Tools in time (reversed order)

07 Jan

• show player game count tool
• show completed puzzle count, not just points
• voice input tool

23 Dec

• Lobby rating difference
• split PGN for study chapters

22 Dec

• Plot PVs option
• Add average pv evaluation chart line

18 Dec

• a lot more piece sets
• two more boards
• better fallback for board image

15 Dec

• basedpolymer piece sets

14 Dec

• Plus keyboard shortcut for going deeper

13 Dec

• Shift-click to get the puzzle PGN with previous move

11 Dec

• Squares theme

10 Dec

• Removed compact numbers after native implementation
• Added custom board dropdown
• More piece sets

07 Dec

• Explorer compact numbers

03 Dec

• Move Assistant piece highlights

02 Dec

• unblock action in the blocked player page
• generate challenge link
• Ctrl-F to search move list

29 Nov

• game analysis layout

28 Nov

• added No chess variants theme
• use Activity API for followers

26 Nov

• tested with Prettier Lichess and fixed issues

25 Nov

• added Piece coordination chart line

23 Nov

• Move Assistant pawn breaks
• First interaction theme
• Mobile shape drawing popup

21 Nov

• Move Assistant square and pawn highlight
• Show computer eval depth of maximum deviation

20 Nov

• Extra chart legend
• Option to show "Request analysis" right after the game ends
• Recent games lobby section

19 Nov

• Search move list tool

15 Nov

• video links open in a window on Firefox, but not alwaysOnTop
• CrownVictoria sounds and pieces have vanished, as well as his user
• APIs semaphore
• more Chess Pursuit refactoring
• PGN Editor ignores accents in Search

14 Nov

• Chess Pursuit sound theme
• Chess Pursuit piece set

12 Nov

• Chess Pursuit menu item

10 Nov

• accuracy calculation per game phase
• time control rating suspicion score
• alert when behind on time

08 Nov

• Notification for NIF file

07 Nov

• Removed total game duration (implemented in Lichess)
• Removed image pasting support from markdown areas where Lichess has that

31 Oct

• Next chapter button improvements

29 Oct

• Themes menu

28 Oct

• Paste image with markdown

27 Oct

• Arcade theme
• Continuous /piecevalue

26 Oct

• Board style tool

24 Oct

• Button to download local computer analysis
• Volume bar in main menu

23 Oct

• Button to delete pasted images
• improve show opening, structure and kmaps
• faster interactive lesson

20 Oct

• Find current position in puzzles from your games

19 Oct

• Opponents link in the live friends page
• Link to help translate LiChess Tools
• Game chat buttons to auto whisper, auto prepend move and insert move

18 Oct

• added fixSnabdom

17 Oct

• fix custom chat buttons to support all languages
• fix Explorer settings
• sortable topics in the study topic dialog
• page init data tool

15 Oct

• extension toggle in user menu

14 Oct

• imgBB image pasting
• sortable study topic tags
• game list text filter

13 Oct

• bulk edit chapter PGN tags
• sortable study topics
• expandable study topics

11 Oct

• win margin tooltip in Explorer Eval

03 Oct

• play layout elements: non interactive crosstable
• custom board tool

02 Oct

• more piece sets

01 Oct

• custom sound themes
• extra lobby counters

28 Sep

• added more piece sets

27 Sep

• more Explorer games tool

23 Sep

• name filter on friends page
• Ctrl-C to copy the board image when in Screenshot dialog

14 Sep

• removed Mobile start/end hiding theme
• removed No game result popup theme

07 Sep

• haptic feedback tool

06 Sep

• right click to go to game link when Go directly to analysis is on

05 Sep

• remove expand all tool, since there is a native disclosure toggle
• add 'not analysed' game list filter

30 Aug

• removed "No fish button on mobile" theme after Lichess changes.

25 Aug

• 'hidden' fork behaviour option

17 Aug

• added "No fish button on mobile" theme

28 Jul

• removed the "No study chat" theme (use "Toggle study chat")
• added Ctrl-C as general key shortcut to copy the FEN
• highlight Explorer moves that are in the move list as next

19 Jun

• glyphs alter "Good move" feedback
• download broadcast tool

18 Jun

• read last 5 seconds during play

16 Jun

• evaluate previous moves menu
• friends button on mobile
• Analysis Board page title from opening name

15 Jun

• /piecevalue command

13 Jun

• Retry on Space flow option in Interactive Lessons
• tap&drag shape drawing

12 Jun

• read position command

10 Jun

• Time controls theme
• FEN based wiki tooltip on study opening link
• option to show best move just for orientation side

06 Jun

• Improved best move arrow

05 Jun

• shift-click to delete study comment without prompt

03 Jun

• time flicker sound option

02 Jun

• random challenge button

31 May

• ctrl-player tab in Explorer to reset time controls

30 May

• challenge options tool: show latest games
• improvements in sequential and spaced repetition flows in extended interactive

21 May

• bulk remove bookmarked games button

18 May

• KMAPS radar chart
• Miss opportunity glyph

16 May

• Vintage Adamisko theme

10 May

• more info button for game lists

06 May

• extended Explorer opening link URL
• FEN Wiki URLs for Openings (just like in Analysis Board)

28 Apr

• estimate rating based on accuracy

26 Apr

• show K-MAPS

25 Apr

• show expected rating change when playing against a user

24 Apr

• bulk delete of imported games

08 Apr

• Toggle practice quick action

07 Apr

• custom engine level for practice
• full data storage for local eval cache

22 Mar

• clickable quote author
• local eval cache

21 Mar

• position info context menu
• grid board theme shows correct board in Prettier
• theme to fix third party issues

20 Mar

• quick report and block option
• count total in friends page
• show blog like percentage tooltip
• refresh inbox chat on new messages

12 Mar

• option to disable mouse over the command input
• limit number of ceval lines to 5 for external engines
• choose voice for reading text aloud

09 Mar

• no game result popup theme

04 Mar

• study subchapters

02 Mar

• ceval depth chart

23 Feb

• options for comment reading

22 Feb

• add hint menu for interactive variations
• separate mate/book preferences
• option for infinite analysis with external engines
• make read only comments editable in studies

20 Feb

• Toggle study chat theme

14 Feb

• additional book glyph
• new option for extra charting to show percentages of moves based on glyphs

12 Feb

• bump variations up/down

11 Feb

• read comments tool
• download games as CSV

10 Feb

• bot list filters
• color computer engine lines evaluations

09 Feb

• daily quote on the side
• highlight same moves only for you
• SPOA in Explorer games
• don't automatically copy PGN Editor results to clipboard

04 Feb

• v2.4.0
• redesign of Preferences page
• move screen lock and wake lock in their own mobile preferences
• splitting features into more categories

30 Jan

• removed forceSf16 and noSpoilers tools

26 Jan

• chapter cls markers
• tournament top board
• emoji quick action

22 Jan

• started puzzle history

21 Jan

• adding more languages: Dutch, Arabic, Chinese Simplified

16 Jan

• option to export shapes in PGN
• ability to upgrade older options with the new preferences

15 Jan

• show total game duration
• cut shapes in PGN Editor
• search games by clock or shapes in PGN Editor

13 Jan

• hide individual side elements in lobby
• hide individual play buttons in lobby
• active icon selection
• fast board flip for mobile devices
• shape drawing and flip board in playing interactive

12 Jan

• more ceval lines

11 Jan

• quick actions tool

10 Jan

• followers page from Live friends page
• grid board theme
• puzzle streak and rating stats for last 7 days

09 Jan

• extra chess piece sets

07 Jan

• puzzle session total
• PGN export options
• cut eval and clock comments in PGN Editor

30 Dec

• Puzzle Dashboard history chart

21 Dec

• Puzzle stats incorporated in Puzzle Dashboard

19 Dec

• fat moves font theme

15 Dec

• puzzle timer
• image pasting in profile bio
• reverse position puzzle index
• persist blog view

09 Dec

• blog visit history tool

03 Dec

• NIF v2

27 Nov

• more precise find puzzle
• explorer eval bar precision

17 Nov

• wdl options for go to analysis after game

15 Nov

• sound volume

11 Nov

• time alert tool

08 Nov

• Explorer tab cycle

04 Nov

• Puzzle options tool - prevent screen from locking during puzzle play

01 Nov

• Slimmer arrows theme

31 Oct

• Polish translation
• more extended interactive flow options

28 Oct

• Fat gauge theme

25 Oct

• player score deviation tool
• flexible game move list theme
• analysed game filter
• direct link to analysis from game lists
• link to current Analysis tool

19 Oct

• detailed puzzle stats

18 Oct

• board coords on exported board image
• game list options

17 Oct

• puzzle download
• suggest chapter name from mainline moves
• daily quote

15 Oct

• puzzle index

14 Oct

• local folder/file support

05 Oct

• persistent TV channel option
• mouse wheel during game play

30 Sep

• filter for inactive friends
• Crowdin integration for 12 languages

27 Sep

• timeline in profile

17 Sep

• random percent in chapter title
• eval and clock in exported PGN

16 Sep

• added no spoilers tool

15 Sep

• added support for Firefox

31 Aug

• added sharpness to extra chart

25 Aug

• removed analysis mouse wheel support
• ignored fork behavior on native Lichess mouse wheel events

22 Aug

• preferences for not logged in players

21 Aug

• computer eval for not logged in players and enabled auto annotations for them

09 Aug

• ceval line options - highlight

06 Aug

• LT engine configurable threads and hash
• Dim pieces when out of main line

04 Aug

• team message notification
• print options for move list in another window
• PGN Editor cut junk

03 Aug

• interactive lesson give up button

31 Jul

• analysis mouse wheel support

30 Jul

• cheats

19 Jul

• one click move from PGN and only orientation options

15 Jul

• video popup support in studies

14 Jul

• show number of interactive moves on hint
• ignore cloud data for external engines
• big one emoji messages

11 Jul

• expand all variations

08 Jul

• best/good/brilliant moves

07 Jul

• common teams

06 Jul

• fix 503 errors with external engines

28 Jun

• one click move in Analysis/Study

27 Jun

• full screen button

26 Jun

• options to hide/show data in Explorer Practice

25 Jun

• mchat options (the chat used in team and study)
• remove branches based on eval

17 Jun

• extract FENs in PGN Editor

06 Jun

• paste images in chat/forum
• remove annoying chat warning

04 Jun

• General tool for extra notifications
• Add to team notification
• Add to team option to move forum after Off-topic
• Mobile improvements for the Force choice variation behaviour

03 Jun

• Fast Interaction in Interactive Lessons

30 May

• theme improvements for 3D board and piece grabbing
• correctly check if the board was resized without user action

29 May

• No hand grab cursor theme
• Active icon

27 May

• Wakelock for TV pages

26 May

• Option to always show score in interactive
• Better "chessbase" fork behavior
• Accuracy chart

25 May

• Board editor key shortcuts (1-8, c and p)

24 May

• Nicer piece dragging theme

22 May

• Blog autosave
• Auto analyse game

15 May

• Hide site header feature
• game icons in the friends menu

14 May

• Broadcast game list navigation

12 May

• Profile slider options
• Fix for ceval freeze
• No study chat theme
• Fork behavior

10 May

• Swap user and clock during play on mobile
• new Play layout option

29 Apr

• OBS Integration support

27 Apr

• Play layout

26 Apr

• Backspace to return to current position in correpondence

25 Apr

• Coords on each square of the board
• Sound options: no move sounds
• Denormalize function in PGN Editor

16 Apr

• Local evaluation extra chart

15 Apr

• performance improvements for Sticky Analysis
• PGN Editor compression

14 Apr

• Resize Explorer
• Cut result, Search by index, Search invalid games, persistence, send to in PGN Editor

08 Apr

• Highlight checks

06 Apr

• Study flair picker
• Show opening extra info in Explorer

24 Mar

• WDL bars to Move Assistant

21 Mar

• themes for fewer icons and non sticky header
• hide/show lobby page elements

17 Mar

• Random study chapter keyboard shortcut

16 Mar

• Unselect piece after specified seconds
• study flairs

08 Mar

• Preferences backup/restore and default preference highlighting
• Show interactive lesson preferences when playing them

28 Feb

• Show last seen time in live friends page
• More decimals in computer evaluation

27 Feb

• Board Editor mirror position button

25 Feb

• Better board image export

23 Feb

• opponent name in Explorer Practice
• show opening if colors reversed

19 Feb

• player warning alert for >3% disconnect rate

16 Feb

• sequential and spaced repetition flow for Interactive Lessons

15 Feb

• Search by number of plys, reduce number of plys

07 Feb

• Move assistant

06 Feb

• Restore position in the move list in study chapters on page refresh

04 Feb

• Context menu in analysis/study move list when no moves have been made

03 Feb

• Puzzle statistics tab in Profile

02 Feb

• #readgame URL

01 Feb

• Show date text for profile chart slider
• Fix board coordinates not getting outside the board when player configures it as such
• Download all studies of a player

28 Jan

• Freeze board in analysis/study shortcut `f

27 Jan

• Play lag chart

26 Jan

• PGN Editor keep found, undo, redo

25 Jan

• Nicer flairs theme

22 Jan

• Eval rows in Explorer
• FEN search in PGN Editor

20 Jan

• Download/Upload/Copy features in PGN Editor

19 Jan

• Chess DB integration in Explorer Eval
• PGN Editor

12 Jan 2024

• Skip move command to generate moves to switch playing side in analysis

27 Dec

• Learn from your mistakes in Studies
• Pin study on home page

26 Dec

• Slim arrows theme
• rewrote Move colorize theme as an option of the Highlight tool
• use Stockfish 16 on Brave browser

21 Dec

• collapsible Interactive Lesson edit controls

20 Dec

• unicode pieces parameter for copypgn command
• finalized the add to team feature

11 Dec

• created LiChess Tools team and code to join you automatically
• added Play from Preview mode entry point

10 Dec

• custom minigame size

06 Dec

• save different Explorer settings and toggle between them
• click on Explorer sum row to get a random move, weighted on move probabilities

01 Dec

• More pawn structures
• adding icons for best, friends and streamer Current Games to show the type/time controls for minigames

25 Nov

• Show pawn structure
• Show opening names in study

24 Nov

• Practice with computer custom engine options
• Bump to version 2.2.0. Breaking changes:
  • Merge most TV tools into one
  • Custom analysis engine preferences

18 Nov

• Interactive lesson Preview mode sticks between page reloads as well
• Option to open links from move list comments that lead to studies in the same window
• Transpositions in variation arrows
• readgame command

16 Nov

• Analysis Wiki FEN search
• Copy PGN tohere parameter

13 Nov

• Alt-click to copy PGN until current move
• added Move eval button to the right to move the computer evaluation toggle back to the right side

11 Nov

• Streamer TV tab in Current Games
• Ctrl-click to copy PGN as separate lines
• added 'copy PGN' command
• highlight analysis board when not on mainline

10 Nov

• Escape blurs the Analysis board PGN and FEN inputs as part of Enhanced import

07 Nov

• added move list in new window functionality for studies

06 Nov

• changed Shift-Split study chapter at bookmark to delete following moves (default leaves them there)

05 Nov

• added Shift-Split study chapter at bookmark to not delete following moves
• fixed major bookmark and export PGN glyphs bugs

04 Nov

• added Split study chapter at bookmark functionality

03 Nov

• added the move colorize theme

02 Nov

• added board command to show/hide the board on demand
• added 'trap value' command to calculate the trap value of a position (see https://medium.com/applied-data-science/how-to-calculate-the-trappiest-openings-in-chess-2bc24a6345f7)

31 Oct

• Expanded move list and Hide left side Analysis options

29 Oct

• Bookmark collapse/expand all

26 Oct

• Added the mobile theme

23 Oct

• Added the performance theme, removed the demo theme

22 Oct

• Context menu on bookmarked positions to get the URL of the position

16 Oct

• Option to not see cloud values in computer evaluation

09 Oct

• Option to change add bookmarks to the move list, allowing for collapse/expand and linking

07 Oct

• Option and toggle in Analysis Menu to change the move list functionality (only option so far: Indented Variations, showing even inlined variations as tree branches)

04 Oct

• removed Explorer Players removal feature, as it has been implemented natively in Lichess

02 Oct

• Button to create study chapter after the selected one
• Textarea showing the current study chapter PGN, similar to Analysis, but without the import functionality

01 Oct

• Option to persist settings used on study create/edit for new studies

23 Sep

• Added preferences buttons on Explorer settings form

19 Sep

• Show the number of gambits that can be achieved from current position on Explorer moves

17 Sep

• Playing a game on any browser tab will silence notifications and sound alerts on all of the others (quiet mode)
• Button to manually set/unset quiet mode

15 Sep

• Option to remove superfluos context menu entries in analysis (comment and annotation, which have buttons for them under the board)

13 Sep

• Warning sign on Explorer moves that have a large discrepancy between win statistics and computer eval (indicating traps or gambits)

10 Sep

• Automatic detection of interesting moves in the Server Computer eval
• g and alt-g for cycling between your or your opponent's good/brilliant/interesting moves

01 Sep

• Preference to select which types of Timeline entries to notify when missed
• Option to lock scroll and zoom when playing games on mobile

29 Aug

• Feedback box added to LiChess Tools preferences

17 Aug

• Explorer Eval feature now shows computer evaluation next to Explorer moves

12 Aug

• Notification for missed Timeline entries (resets when opening Timeline)

06 Aug

• Shape drawing for mobile while watching/playing games
• Option to show the standard LiChess buttons during play or TV watching on mobile

02 Aug

• Page for games played by friends in the Current Games section
• Menu item for the last opened Study

31 Jul

• Show LiChess Tools key shortcuts in the key shortcut help modal (shown when pressing ?)
• Show smiley annotations in Explorer Practice depending on the computer eval at the end of a run

29 Jul

• Advanced preferences toggle: most trivial feature flags have been hidden until toggling Advanced Preferences

24 Jul

• Extra charting: plotting more lines on the Server Computer evaluation chart

23 Jul

• Optimizing the Show Opening feature with an embedded list of openings and showing the openings in more places (like Analysis)

20 Jul

• Reusing the new LiChess icon that lets the user know they have to enable Sound or make a user gesture

18 Jul

• Collapsible LiChess Tools Preferences sections
• Setting for how many colors to use for mobile shape drawing

17 Jul

• Button to draw shapes (arrows and circles) on mobile in Analysis
• Button to make a random move from available variations (since Ctrl-Right is not available)

15 Jul

• Ctrl-Left tries to go to the position where you came from (in case you jumped from another line via transposition variations)
• Interactive Lesson context menu for moves to specify what message to appear if not playing them
• Tool to show all glyphs on the board, not just the standard ones, as well as a # glyph when the move is a mate

13 Jul

• Ctrl-L key shortcut for Explorer Practice

11 Jul

• Explorer Practice feature lets you play against the moves available in Explorer (with the probability with which they are shown in the list)

10 Jul

• Extended Interactive Options are also available in the Study hamburger menu for Interactive Lesson chapters

09 Jul

• Show eval bar on mobile
• Themes feature: configurable user supplied CSS themes support
• Option to only sound friend alerts when playing Standard chess variant
• Option to clear all PGN tags from a Study chapter
• Option to easily delete a PGN tag from a Study chapter
• Option to turn the Friends box into a top button (and it automatically does so for mobile if feature set to menu)
• Preference for how many moves to look in advance to calculate the probability of a random move (for Ctrl-Right or Interactive Lessons)
• Option to hide the mascot in Interactive Lessons
• Friend playing sound alerts do not sound when playing games

07 Jul

• Documentation link icons to Preferences

06 Jul

• Option to filter friends in Friends list by online, playing or muted status

05 Jul

• Customizable chat buttons when playing

04 Jul

• Option to selectively remove either all glyphs, all comments or all shapes (arrows and circles)

01 Jul

• Keyboard shortcuts to select variations, computer lines and Explorer lines in Analysis using ., Ctrl-. and Shift-., then a digit
• Hiding chat members flags as too distracting
• Showing icon when friend playing alerts cannot be played because of Chrome waiting for a user action first
• Context menu for showing all transpositions in a PGN in Analysis
• Global switch to turn on/off LiChess Tools

30 Jun

• optimizing country flags
• configurable behavior of transpositions: exclude if from same line, play moves from transposition, don't show identical moves as variations when coming from diferent transpositions
• Ctrl-Right and Interactive Lessons can play moves from transpositions, too
• Added friends page options: live refresh, mute/unmute playing sound alerts per friend
• Option to hide player tally (history of wins/losses with current opponent) when watching/playing games

28 Jun 2023 - Version 2 upload

• move list context menu options:
  • copy PGN
  • evaluate final moves
• analysis key shortcuts: i,m,b,alt-i,alt-m,alt-b
• study chapter name change from PGN tags options
• study chapter navigation buttons: first, previous, random, next, last
• colors for PGN comments
• Ctrl-Right for random variation
• Ctrl-Space replacement for Space for best computer move
• Custom computer eval depth
• Enhanced PGN import: merge multiple PGNs into one in Analysis
• Extended Interactive Lessons: play all lines in a PGN, not just the main line
• Friend box option: open by default, transformed into a menu, hidden
• Friend playing sound alerts: type of game configurable (ultrabullet, bullet, blitz, rapid, classical)
• Highlighting of moves in analysis list: final moves, not commented moves, transpositions to current position
• Moves from transpositions: available as variations from all positions that transpose to the same position
• Explorer player options: delete users from cached list, Me button to toggle you or the previously configured player
• Preferences page for LiChess Tools in the main Lichess Preferences
• Menu item for the previous game watched
• Save options even when playing in incognito mode (assuming you are logged in into Lichess)
• Show order of arrows and circles in Analysis
• Show country flags for players
• Show opening for games watched
• Automatically saving Analysis moves for reload
• Keeping Study Interactive Lessons Preview mode on while navigating from chapter to chapter
• Game link and option to bookmark currently runnign games that you are watching
• Show the previous two TV games of a player when watching them play, just like for general categories like blitz or classical