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🕸Fergus Duniho wrote on Fri, Mar 6, 2020 07:09 PM UTC:

I have updated the presets on this page to use the new fairychess settings file, which uses the new fairychess include file. I tested it on several completed games, and I tested illegal moves. It seems to be working fine. The advantage of this new settings file is that it will refer to pieces by name, and it will include a description of how a piece moves when it makes an illegal move. I changed the default graphics for this settings file, and I have left the old settings file alone. If you want to compare the old one with the new one, you will find the old one at

https://www.chessvariants.com/play/pbm/play.php?game=Chinese+Chess&settings=GB-set


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