New Events section when connecting to ICC.Support for playing on the ICC Chess Server as Guest (requires two more app permissions to generate the device ID).New Messages section to read and send messages in the chess server.

We moved the old observe options to the new Observe screen: now you can “follow” the best games in each category.

New Observe section listing current games in the chess server.

New sidebar in online play to access all the sections: you can show it sliding in the screen from left to right or pressing the top left icon.

New standard actionbar with new icons and new menus.

Now uses Holo theme in devices with Android >= 3.

It is the result of many months of work improving the app. We release today Mobialia Chess version 5 for Android. Playing against the engine, we keep the ELO levels 500-2100, but probably now it is a bit stronger. In the analysis mode the engine works always at full strength. This new version includes the last Carballo Chess Engine 1.5 with a great strength increase over the previous version, we worked a lot the last months in our opensource chess engine: ( ). The openings database was very big for being embedded with the app, so it is done querying an online service in the Mobialia servers. The opening names are available in 5 languages and they also include the name of the variants. The analysis window also shows the opening name and the ECO code ( ). You can also browse your played games in the “History” section to analyze them. When a played game is finished, you can examine it with the “Examine” menu option and then start the analysis. It does not allow to analyze a game while playing because it could be used for cheating. Playing online it will be only available while observing or examining a game.

Playing offline this new feature replaces the old “Hint” menu option. with the chess engine is running in the browser! It works in the Android app and also in the web app…. Analysis mode was one of the most requested features in Mobialia Chess, and finally it will be available in Mobialia Chess 5.2.

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