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Update Information: November 7, 2010 (Updates)

by Ron @, Monday, November 08, 2010, 00:48

Engine Updates

Macromix 0.4 (UCI)
Win32; by Valeriy Pererodov
http://www.sdchess.ru/download_engines.htm (SD Chess)

Milady 2.72 (WB)
Win32; requires .NET 2.0 or better
- improved move ordering (hanging pieces)
- no eval > Beta condition to enter in nullmove
- NullScore < (Alpha - c1) for nullmove threat condition
- distance to pawn promotion re-activated for some endings
http://milady-chess.blogspot.com/

Redqueen 0.7.5 (UCI)
C++ source; Win32/64, Linux32/64; uses pthreads library
"this version is about 54 Elo points better than the previous release"
- improved king safety & passed pawn evaluation
- fixed backward pawn evaluation
- improvement on game phase calculation
- piece Square table values are now incrementally updated
- minor improvement in time allocation function
- refactored move selection code
http://sourceforge.net/projects/redqueenchess/

Chess News

SCID
PGN database program for creating opening books, also a Chess GUI
3 revision(s) to the C++ source code today (patchset = 610)
- no build for this version
http://sourceforge.net/projects/scid

Down/Problem Chess Websites :-(

Frenzee homepage down for 82 days (webpage taken down until new engine release)
NSVChess homepage down for 36 days (403 error: forbidden)
Prophet site down for 6 days ("This domain name expired on 11/01/2010 and is pending renewal or deletion")
Holger Schluckebier Mac builds homepage down for 16 days (internal server error)
Muse homepage back up :-)
Pawny homepage back up :-)
SEE homepage back up :-)

Wiki Changes
Nothing new today :-(

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

Filezilla Client 3.3.5 RC 1
open source ftp client. Recommended.
- this is a *release candidate*
http://filezilla-project.org/

Meaning of Colors

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

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Chess News: http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:chess_news_list

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