Update Information: April 7, 2011 (Updates)
Engine Updates
Deep Junior 12.5 (UCI)
commercial; mp; limit strength; Win32/64, Mac32/64
- free update for current owners
"Sadly there was some issues with Deep Junior 12.5 released yesterday, please
accept our apologies. Amir has made a correction and the new corrected
version is available now. If you downloaded 12.5 in the last 24 hours please
uninstall the 12.5 version and download and install the latest PC Deep
Junior 12.5."
http://www.hiarcs.com/pc-chess-deep-junior.htm
Chess News
Nothing new today
Down/Problem Chess Websites
Bearded homepage down for 56 days
Frenzee homepage down for 231 days (purposely down until new engine release)
Naum homepage down today (no response in 60 seconds)
Pyotr homepage down for 3 days (no response in 60 seconds)
Sorgenkind homepage down for 97 days
Typhoon homepage down for 23 days (no response in 60 seconds)
Usurper homepage down for 96 days (no response in 60 seconds)
Damas homepage back up
Wiki Changes
Chess Logos List
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- added link to iCE/mACE logos
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:chess_logos_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
AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition 2011 (build 1321)
Free anti-virus, anti-spyware program with excellent protection for Win32/64
http://free.avg.com/us-en/download-avg-anti-virus-free (homepage)
http://free.avg.com/us-en/download.prd-afh (download)
Groovy++ 0.4.191
open source jvm language; it appears to be a superset of the Java language
this is an extension to the standard Groovy jvm language; it supports better runtime efficiency using static typing
http://code.google.com/p/groovypptest/downloads/list
KeePass Password Safe Classic Edition 1.19b
open source password manager; manage your passwords securely
Classic Edition has fewer features but is adequate; does not require .NET framework
http://keepass.info/
http://keepass.info/compare.html (compare Classic vs Professional)
Meaning of Colors
Red = New or Warning
Green = Updated
Gray = Info Only
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