Update Information: April 19, 2011 (Updates)
Engine Updates
Jim Ablett Win/Linux builds
Carballo 0.5 rev 110 Jet JA (UCI)
Win32
- mate score bug fixed
- Java source code not included in package
http://jimablett.hostwebs.com/
Cheng3 1.0 (UCI)
new engine by Martin Sedlak
Win32
http://lazybug.wz.cz/cheng3_uci_v1.0.zip (direct link)
Chess News
Nothing new today
Down/Problem Chess Websites
BabyChess homepage down for 10 days (404: page not found)
Bearded homepage down for 68 days
Frenzee homepage down for 243 days (purposely down until new engine release)
Grizzly homepage down for 3 days (homepage is moving)
Omar homepage down today (forbidden error)
Sorgenkind homepage down for 109 days
Typhoon homepage down for 35 days (no response in 60 seconds)
Usurper homepage down for 108 days (no response in 60 seconds)
Jim Ablett homepage back up
Darmenios homepage back up
Wiki Changes
Links
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- added Hoichess Tourney Manager
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:links
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
FreeFileSync 3.15
open source Win32/64 & Linux folder comparison and synchronization tool; recommended
http://sourceforge.net/projects/freefilesync/
Git 1.7.4.5
free, open source distributed version control system
http://git-scm.com/ (homepage)
http://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/RelNotes/1.7.4.5.txt (release notes)
Notepad2 4.2.25 RC 8
open source Win32/64 Notepad replacement based on Scintilla w/ syntax highlighting for many languages
- this is a *release candidate*
http://www.flos-freeware.ch/notepad2.html (homepage & downloads)
http://sourceforge.net/projects/notepad2/ (project page)
Secunia PSI 2.0
free; detects vulnerable and out-dated programs and plug-ins which expose your PC to attacks
- this is a silent update, the version number is unchanged
http://secunia.com/vulnerability_scanning/personal/
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
NOTE: If you want me to track a website for you, please email me and I will add it.
ron _at_ computer-chess _dot_ org