Update Information: September 7, 2010 (Updates)
Engine Updates
Jim Ablett Win/Linux builds
AliBaba 1.34wb JA (WB)
C source; Win32, Linux32
- fixed small error in pawn piece square tables
- fixed another castling bug
http://homepages.tesco.net/henry.ablett/jims.html
Redqueen 0.6 (UCI)
3 commit(s) to the C++ source code (commits= 358), no new build
- 356: implemented move count pruning
- 357: testing search parameters
- 358: changed search parameters
http://sourceforge.net/projects/redqueenchess
Chess News
Nothing new today
Down/Problem Chess Websites
ChessMind homepage down for 5 days
Frenzee homepage down for 22 days (permissions problem)
Igor Gorelikov Tools homepage down for 6 days
Lovelace homepage down today (content encoding error)
Pyotr homepage down for 6 days
Simplex homepage down for 4 days
Wiki Changes
FACE Tournament
- updated ratings and pgn downloads
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:tournaments:face
Bonus Notifications (recent releases of free stuff)
Warnings:
- do not install unwanted toolbars, etc.
- alpha releases have new features; crashes and bugs are to be expected
- beta releases have new features; they may contain bugs or crash
- release candidate software may contain minor bugs; crashes are rare
Firefox 3.6.9
open source browser. Recommended!
http://www.mozilla.com/ (homepage)
Firefox 4.0 beta 5
open source browser. Recommended!
this is a *beta* release
http://www.mozilla.com/ (homepage)
http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/all-beta.html (beta page)
SeaMonkey 2.0.7
open source all-in-one Internet suite: browser, email, news feed, newsgroups, IRC chat, & html editor
http://www.seamonkey-project.org/
Meaning of Colors
Red = New or Warning
Green = Updated
Gray = Info Only
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