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Update Information: September 8, 2010 (Updates)

by Ron @, Thursday, September 09, 2010, 00:48

Engine Updates

Jim Ablett Win/Linux builds
Joanna 2002 1.06 JA (WB)
C source (Polish language comments); Win32, Linux32; uses BookThinker
- now displays pv
- time management is better
- some bugs fixed.
- engine can now use Bookthinker utility (included)
http://homepages.tesco.net/henry.ablett/jims.html

Protector 1.3.5 (UCI)
3 revision(s) to the C++ source code today (current = rev. 353), no new build
- position, search, & hash change(s)
http://sourceforge.net/projects/protector/

Redqueen 0.6 (UCI)
2 commit(s) to the C++ source code (commits= 360), no new build
- 359: razor code was changed with a more agressive approach; changed search parameters
- 360: testing search parameters
http://sourceforge.net/projects/redqueenchess

Chess News

Norm Pollock site
PGN & EPD Utility Suites and Opening Book PGN Databases
- updated EPD program: bmOpcode - now produces a text file that contains both
"bm" and "ce" opcodes derived from Automatic Analysis in Arena 2.0.1
http://www.hoflink.com/~npollock/chess.html

Down/Problem Chess Websites :-(

Aristarch homepage down today
ChessMind homepage down for 6 days
Frenzee homepage down for 23 days (permissions problem)
Igor Gorelikov Tools homepage down for 7 days
Pyotr homepage down for 7 days
Simplex homepage down for 5 days
Lovelace homepage back up :-)

Wiki Changes

FACE Tournament
- main page updated
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

7-Zip 9.16 beta
open source file archiver with very good compression. Recommended.
this is a *beta* release
http://www.7-zip.org

Miranda IM 0.9.3
open source instant messaging program
http://www.miranda-im.org/

Sysinternals Suite
free trouble-shooting utilities suite from Microsoft
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb842062.aspx

Thunderbird 3.1.3
Mozilla's excellent open source email program
http://www.mozillamessaging.com/en-US/thunderbird/ (homepage)

Meaning of Colors

Red = New or Warning
Green = Updated
Gray = Info Only

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