Update Information: October 5, 2010 (Updates)
Engine Updates
Atak 6.8 (WB)
C++ source; mp; FRC; Win32/64, Linux32/64
http://wbec-ridderkerk.nl/html/details1/Atak.html (Leo page)
Protector 1.3.5 (UCI)
1 revision(s) to the C++ source code today (current = rev. 368), no new build
- eval change(s)
http://sourceforge.net/projects/protector/
Redqueen 0.6 (UCI)
1 commit(s) to the C++ source code (commits= 404), no new build
- 404: refactoring
http://sourceforge.net/projects/redqueenchess
Jim Ablett Win/Linux builds
Stockfish 1.91 JA (UCI)
C++ source; mp; FRC; Win32/64; Linux32/64
- FRC (aka Chess960) bugfix
http://homepages.tesco.net/henry.ablett/jims.html
http://www.stockfishchess.com/download/
Peter C Win32 builds
Stockfish 1.9 GTB PC (UCI)
C++ source; mp; FRC; Win32
- modified build to use Gaviota tablebases
http://www.mediafire.com/?h8f5xyd8j4revzy (direct link)
Dann Corbit Win64 builds
Stockfish 1.9 GTB DC (UCI)
C++ source; mp; FRC; Win64
- uses Peter C source modifications to enable Gaviota tablebases
http://cap.connx.com/chess-engines/new-approach/stockfish-19-gtb.exe.bz2 (direct link)
Vajolet 0.4.1 (UCI)
1 new commit(s) to the C# source, (rev. = 51)
- null move tests
http://code.google.com/p/vajolet/
Chess News
Nothing new today
Down/Problem Chess Websites
Frenzee homepage down for 49 days (permissions problem)
Igor Gorelikov Tools homepage down for 33 days (misconfigured)
NSVChess homepage down for 3 days (403 error: forbidden)
Smash homepage down today (no response in 60 seconds)
Wiki Changes
Variants Engine List
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- reorganized page
- added new links
- new section: 'Three-dimensional chess'
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:variants_engine_list
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
Adobe Reader 9.4
free PDF viewer
http://www.adobe.com/products/reader/
http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/product.jsp?product=10&platform=Windows
RJ TextEd 6.80
free programmer's text editor; unicode, spell-checking, code-completion, remote editing, etc
http://www.rj-texted.se/index.htm (homepage)
http://www.rj-texted.se/download.htm (download page)
Vala/Genie software for Windows
Windows builds of software for the Vala/Genie language
- vala/genie compiler 'vala 0.11.0' is updated
http://live.gnome.org/Vala (Vala language page)
http://live.gnome.org/Genie (Genie language page)
http://code.google.com/p/valide/downloads/list (download)
Vuze 4.5.1.0
open source Java-based BitTorrent client formerly known as Azureus
http://azureus.sourceforge.net/index.php
Meaning of Colors
Red = New or Warning
Green = Updated
Gray = Info Only
Engine List: http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:chess_engine_list
Chess News: http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:chess_news_list