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Update Information: May 12, 2011 (Updates)

by Ron @, Friday, May 13, 2011, 00:31

Engine Updates
Nothing new today :-(

Chess News

Jim Ablett Android builds
Android Chess Engines (UCI)
for use in Aart Bik's 'Chess for Android' GUI
- Pepito 1.59
- Kurt 0.92.2 b: *removed* - not working
- Stockfish 2.11
http://jimablett.hostwebs.com/

FSTM 1.0.8 Beta (WB)
Fermin Serrano's Tournament Manager for Winboard
http://sites.google.com/site/clonfsp/fstm

Down/Problem Chess Websites :-(

BabyChess homepage down for 33 days (404: page not found)
ChessMind homepage down today (this site is down a lot)
Frenzee homepage down for 266 days (purposely down until new engine release)
Grizzly homepage down for 26 days (promised to move homepage)
Loop homepage down for 14 days (serious clone accusation may have ended Loop)
MatMoi homepage down today (no response in 60 seconds)
MFChess homepage down for 20 days (no response in 60 seconds)
Typhoon homepage down for 13 days (engine download is available elsewhere)

Wiki Changes

Chess Engine List
- updated many bad links to Dann Corbit site
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:chess_engine_list

Chess Engine List
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- added link for Jim Ablett alphabetical listing
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:chess_engine_list

Endgame Tablebases and Bitbases List
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- added more download links for Scorpio bitbases
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:egtbs_list

Engine GUI List
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- added chessforeva.appspot link
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:engine_gui_list

Native Engine List
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- added another Pawn link
- added RubyKnight
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:native_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

Akka 1.1
open source library for Scala or Java languages running on the jvm
gives developers a simpler programming model to develop highly reliable
asynchronous, non-blocking applications for concurrent or parallel operation
using Actors, STM & Transactors; multi-core scalable and fault-tolerant
http://akka.io/ (homepage)

Auslogics Disk Defrag 3.2.1.10
free, extremely fast and effective disk defragmentation & optimization program; recommended
http://www.auslogics.com/en/software/disk-defrag

Data Crow 3.9.7
free, open source media manager/cataloger for movies, books, music, software, etc.
http://www.datacrow.net/ (homepage)
http://sourceforge.net/projects/datacrow/ (project page)

Scala 2.9.0
a powerful OO, imperative/functional jvm language for professional programmers w/Actors for concurrency
http://www.scala-lang.org/downloads
http://www.scala-lang.org/node/43 (changes)

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

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