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    <title>Bridge Solver Release History</title>
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        <h2>Bridge Solver Release Notes</h2>

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            <legend>
                <strong>30th August 2026</strong>
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            <p>
            This release provides optional drop-in webassembly modules built with the latest DDS release (version 3.1). Thanks are due to Klaus Krtschil and Adam Wildavsky for providing and testing this wasm build. If these modules are deployed in place of the existing DDS release version 2.5.3 then the time required for makeable contract calculation decreases by up to 25%, though at the cost of increased memory utilisation in the browser. See the README.txt file in the main directory for more details and information on how to deploy the new modules.
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            <legend>
                <strong>1st September 2025</strong>
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            <p>
            The invocation of BSOL now supports an optional xml parameter which provides the url of a USEBIO format XML file for an event. In conjunction with the file parameter this provides the same Results Analysis functionality which is available to Bridgewebs hosted clubs
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            <legend>
                <strong>August 2025</strong>
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            <p>
                No new functionality, but distribution now includes the source files for the WebAssembly module and brief developer notes
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            <legend>
                <strong>April 2025</strong>
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            <p>High Card Points display now has option to display points calculated using Kaplan-Reubens evaluation</p>

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            <legend>
                <strong>February 2025</strong>
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            <p>New dropdown box on Options dialog allows choice of characters used
                for honour card display (JQKA,BDKA,VDRA,or BVHA). Default is JQKA
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            <legend>
                <strong>June 2023</strong>
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            <p>
                The "<strong>More..</strong>" button at the bottom of the Bridge Solver display shows a menu allowing the new functions to be accessed.
            </p>

            <p>
                "<strong>More../Analyse All Boards</strong>" calculates makeable
                contracts and optimum contracts/scores for all boards in the loaded
                board set. This operation is performed in the background with all double
                dummy calculations performed in the user's browser. The speed of this
                calculation depends on the performance of the user's device. A green
                progress bar at the top of the display is shown while the calculation is
                in progress. Boards can still be "played" interactively while the
                background operation is in progress.
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            <p>
                "<strong>More../Show Player Accuracy Matrix</strong>" shows the
                number of deviations from optimal double dummy play for each board, for
                each player. This calculation can only be performed if the loaded boards
                contain card play sequences, which will normally only be the case if
                the event was played online. The display also ranks the players
                according to the average number of deviations for the player across all
                boards. As with "Analyse All Boards" this calculation is performed in
                the background and progress is indicated by the green progress bar.
                Boards can still be "played" interactively while the background
                operation is in progress. The results of the player accuracy
                calculations are cached for a period, so repeating the function will
                display the results more or less immediately. More information on the
                player accuracy function is available via the Help button on the Player
                Accuracy matrix display.
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            <p>
                "<strong>Auto-Analyse Entire Board Set</strong>" (under
                "More../Settings") controls whether an Analyse All operation is
                automatically launched in the background when a board set is loaded into
                Bridge Solver Online. This is not performed if the event results are
                hosted on BridgeWebs because these events normally already include
                makeable contracts/optimal contracts. If not, then the "More../Analyse
                All Boards" function can be intitiated manually.
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