# \[ANN\] Chess.jl v0.2.0

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ann-chess-jl-v0-2-0/45958>\
**Category:** Package Announcements\
**Created:** [September 2, 2020, 3:29pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ann-chess-jl-v0-2-0/45958 "2020-09-02T15:29:24Z")\
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**Author:** ![Tord](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/tord/32/6809_2.png) [@Tord](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Tord)\
**Post date:** [September 2, 2020, 3:29pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ann-chess-jl-v0-2-0/45958/1 "2020-09-02T15:29:24Z")

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I’m happy to annouce version 0.2.0 of Chess.jl, my Julia chess programming library:

[https://github.com/romstad/Chess.jl](https://github.com/romstad/Chess.jl)

The main changes are:

- License changed from AGPLv3 to MIT. This was a hard decision, since I have a strong ideological preference for AGPL, but Aurélien Geron convinced me that MIT was a more pragmatic choice for this library.
- More full-featured support for opening trees and using UCI chess engines.
- Graphical representations of boards and square sets when using Pluto or Jupyter notebooks, with links for opening boards in [lichess](https://lichess.org).
- Lots of bug fixes.

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**Author:** ![Oscar\_Smith](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/oscar_smith/32/25343_2.png) [@Oscar\_Smith](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Oscar_Smith)\
**Post date:** [September 2, 2020, 3:36pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ann-chess-jl-v0-2-0/45958/2 "2020-09-02T15:36:00Z")

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Any chance future versions will support syzygy (end game tablebases)? This looks really cool by the way.

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**Author:** ![Tord](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/tord/32/6809_2.png) [@Tord](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Tord)\
**Post date:** [September 2, 2020, 3:41pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ann-chess-jl-v0-2-0/45958/3 "2020-09-02T15:41:05Z")

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Yes, syzygy support is among the features I’ve been thinking about. It’s probably going to happen some day.

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**Author:** ![anon37204545](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/439d5e/32.png) [@anon37204545](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/anon37204545)\
**Post date:** [September 2, 2020, 4:25pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ann-chess-jl-v0-2-0/45958/4 "2020-09-02T16:25:18Z")

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> [@Tord](#):
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> - Graphical representations of boards and square sets when using Pluto or Jupyter notebooks, with links for opening boards in [lichess](https://lichess.org).

Can it also create a music video based on it?

[![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/original/3X/5/0/50e9ae08d21447d4754c29f2b9ce4347a6309f21.jpeg "Murray Head - One Night In Bangkok "From CHESS"") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rgc_LRjlbTU)

Great package, even if it can’t do the above! 😄