Update Information: April 24, 2011 (Updates)

by Ron , Monday, April 25, 2011, 00:35

Engine Updates

Dirty 24Apr2011 (WB)
Win32/64, Linux32
- changes in search
- eval modified; eval DLL is not needed anymore
- bugs fixed
- new command line switch : -egbb5men (will use the complete 5 men of Scorpio's bitbases, otherwise it will use by default 4 men)
http://www.dirtychess.com/

Firefly 2.5.10 (WB/UCI)
Win32/64; mp
- no info
http://fireflychess.dyndns.org/

Chess News

Xboard Alpha Info
- new XBoard tourney-manager function
http://hgm.nubati.net/TM.html
http://hgm.nubati.net/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=xboard.git;a=shortlog;h=refs/heads/tourney (source)

Down/Problem Chess Websites

BabyChess homepage down for 15 days (404: page not found)
ChessMind homepage down today (no content)
CSBoard homepage down today (no response in 60 seconds)
Darmenios homepage down today (no response in 60 seconds)
DreamChess homepage down today (no response in 60 seconds)
Frenzee homepage down for 248 days (purposely down until new engine release)
Grizzly homepage down for 8 days (homepage is moving)
MFChess homepage down for 2 days (no response in 60 seconds)
Typhoon homepage down for 40 days (no response in 60 seconds)
Bearded homepage is now considered dead, it will no longer be tracked.
Sorgenkind homepage is now considered dead, it will no longer be tracked.
Usurper homepage is now considered dead, it will no longer be tracked.

Wiki Changes

Engine GUI List
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- added mention of ChessPeer to Delfi & Yace
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:engine_gui_list

Play Chess Online List
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- improved BeholderBoard comment
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:play_chess_online_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
Nothing new today

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