Update Information: November 30, 2010 (Updates)
Engine Updates
Capa (WB)
5 new commit(s) to the Java source, (rev = 175), no new release
http://sourceforge.net/projects/capa/
Chess News
ChessGUI 0.205 (WB/UCI)
a nice chess GUI / tournament manager by Matthias Gemuh; there is a separate download for a portable version
- more html
- 3-1-0 scoring
- random openings avoid duplicates ?
- better swiss algo
http://biglion.110mb.com/
http://w2410tmq9.homepage.t-online.de/
ChessMaude 1.22 GUI (WB/UCI)
Chess GUI; play against included 1600-1700 Elo native engine (Tyrell) or any WB/UCI engine
http://home.comcast.net/~Normand_Blais/
Down/Problem Chess Websites
ChessAlex homepage down for 2 days (404 error)
Frenzee homepage down for 105 days (webpage taken down until new engine release)
NSVChess homepage down for 59 days (403 error: forbidden)
Prophet site down for 29 days ("This domain name expired on 11/01/2010 and is pending renewal or deletion")
Holger Schluckebier Mac builds homepage down for 39 days (internal server error)
Akiba homepage back up
Heracles homepage back up
Wiki Changes
Chess GUI List
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- improved comment for ChessX chess GUI
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:gui_protocol_support_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
Ext JS 3.3.1 Public Release
free version of the open source cross-browser JavaScript library for building rich internet applications
http://www.extjs.com/
http://www.sencha.com/
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