Update Information: December 14, 2010 (Updates)
Engine Updates
Asterisk 0.6b (UCI)
Win32
http://web.t-online.hu/szamtar/
Jim Ablett Win/Linux builds
Chess One 2.01 JA (WB)
C source; Win32/64, Linux32/64; newer versions from author have no source
http://homepages.tesco.net/henry.ablett/jims.html
Deep Saros 2.3d3 (UCI)
C++ source; mp; Win32, Linux32/64; C++ source; mp; Win32, Linux32/64; Ippolit/Toga/Glaurung derivative; latest version is for Win32 & Linux64 only
- added egtb support for "RobboTotalBases" and the compressed "RobboTripleBases"
http://deepsaros.jimdo.com/
Hussar 0.1 (UCI)
new engine by Péter Horváth (author of Asterisk)
Win32
http://web.t-online.hu/szamtar/
Chess News
JavaPairing 1.9
open source cross-platform chess pairings manager for Swiss events
http://sourceforge.net/projects/javapairing/ (project page)
http://javapairing.sourceforge.net/ (homepage)
Down/Problem Chess Websites
Akiba homepage down for 4 days (404 error)
Armageddon homepage down today (no response in 60 seconds)
ChessAlex homepage down for 16 days (404 error)
Frenzee homepage down for 117 days (webpage taken down until new engine release)
NSVChess homepage down for 73 days (403 error: forbidden)
Holger Schluckebier Mac builds homepage down for 53 days (internal server error)
MFChess homepage back up
Sjakk homepage back up
NOTE: The Computer-Chess Wiki and Forum were down for several hours today. It was a network-related
problem at the data center and beyond my control.
Wiki Changes
Engine GUI List
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- added note that Echoboard is no longer available as a GUI for ChessOne & OBender
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:engine_gui_list
Chess Engine List
moved some engines from the Retreated List to the Dead List:
- 31337, Blitzer, Chancellor, Chesscraft, Chezzz, Crux, Dika, Dimitri, Doch, Echelon, Enigma, Esc, EvilKnight,
Feuerstein, Gosu, HeavyChess, HokusPokus, Inuyasha, JsBaM, Lightning, Murderhole, Mystery, Nesik, Ozwald, Robin,
RoboKewlper, Shippo, SilkeChess, Trynyty, Usurper, ZL Chess
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:chess_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
GParted Live 0.7.1-1
open source Gnome Partition Editor- resize, move, copy, check, label your hard drive's partitions
understands most file systems including all for Windows and Linux
http://gparted.sourceforge.net/ (homepage)
http://sourceforge.net/projects/gparted/ (project page)
RJ TextEd 7.02
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)
USBDeview 1.84
free utility to list all USB devices ever connected to computer; can uninstall any USB drivers local or remote
http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/usb_devices_view.html (homepage)
http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/usbdeview.zip (direct download)
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