Update Information: September 9, 2010 (Updates)
Engine Updates
Capivara 0.07 (WB)
C source; Win32/64, a new engine by Lourenço Araujo de Oliveira Junior; TSCP derivative; requires VC runtimes
http://vivaxadrez.wikispaces.com/Capivara (In Portuguese)
http://translate.google.com/translate?js=n&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&layout=2&eotf=1&sl=auto&tl=en&a...
Redqueen 0.6 (UCI)
3 commit(s) to the C++ source code (commits= 363), no new build
- 361: fixed bug at method isMoveLegal; pruning useless minor promotions of bishops and rooks
- 362: fixed mate distance pruning code
- 363: fixed razoring code
http://sourceforge.net/projects/redqueenchess
Chess News
ChessMind 0.9.6.2
"play chess online for free"
http://www.chess-mind.com/
HIARCS Opening Book
commercial
- book has been updated
http://www.hiarcs.com/
Shredder Chess for Android phone
commercial
http://www.shredderchess.com/chess-news/shredder-news/shredder-chess-now-also-for-android.html
Down/Problem Chess Websites
Aristarch homepage down for 2 days
Frenzee homepage down for 24 days (permissions problem)
Igor Gorelikov Tools homepage down for 8 days
Pyotr homepage down for 8 days
Simplex homepage down for 6 days
Superchessengine homepage down today (Bibi, Fruit, GambitFruit, Movei, Naum, Patzer, Smash & Toga II)
ChessMind homepage back up & with new download
Wiki Changes
FACE Tournament
- changed: ratings page
- changed: pages for divisions 7, 8, 9, 10 , 11 & 12
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
AM-DeadLink 4.1
free; detects dead and duplicate links in your browser bookmarks; supports all major browsers
http://aignes.com/deadlink.htm
Glary Utilities 2.28.0.1011
free; cleanup, repair, optimize and enhance your privacy & security, etc.
http://www.glaryutilities.com/gu.html
Komodo Edit 6.0.0 RC 1
Free cross-platform programmer's editor for JavaScript, Perl, PHP, Python, Ruby and Tcl
- this is a *release candidate*
http://www.activestate.com/komodo-edit/downloads
Notepad++ 5.7.1 RC 2
open source programmer's editor. Recommended!
- this is a *release candidate*
http://notepad-plus-plus.org/ (homepage)
http://notepad-plus-plus.org/news/571-RC2 (info + download link)
Opera 10.62
open source web browser: the most standards-compliant rendering
http://www.opera.com/ (homepage)
http://www.opera.com/browser/download/ (download)
Meaning of Colors
Red = New or Warning
Green = Updated
Gray = Info Only
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