Engine Updates

Anaconda/Gromit has a new homepage (new to me)
http://www.wgfmxazf.homepage.t-online.de/AnacondaChess/index.htm

For chess programmers: memcopy bug
http://macechess.blogspot.com/2011/06/icc-compilation-revealed-serious-bug.html

Chess News

WinBoard-TM Beta
- this is Winboard + the experimental tournament manager
http://talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?topic_view=threads&p=409717&t=39131&sid=c4b515562fc1eba853907ce0eba0902b (announcement)
http://hgm.nubati.net/WinBoard-4.5TM.exe (direct link)

UCI Engines for Android
Aart Bik's free chess products for Android phone
- updated Komodo 2.01 (UCI) chess engine
http://www.aartbik.com/MISC/eng.html

Jim Ablett has a new homepage
http://jim-ablett.co.de/

Down/Problem Chess Websites

BabyChess homepage down for 60 days (404: page not found)
Bestia homepage down for 3 days (no response in 60 seconds -- 110mb.com page)
Frenzee homepage down for 293 days (purposely down until new engine release)
Loop homepage down for 41 days (it seems that Loop is a Fruit clone!)
Jim Ablett homepage back up
Bubble homepage back up
Dann Corbit homepage back up
Loop clone evidence:
http://open-chess.org/download/file.php?id=351

Wiki Changes

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

Chess Logos List
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- updated URL for Jim Ablett
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:chess_logos_list

Endgame Tablebases and Bitbases List
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- updated URL for Jim Ablett
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:egtbs_list

GUI Protocol List
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- updated URL for Jim Ablett
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:gui_protocol_support_list

Linux Engine List
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- updated URL for Jim Ablett
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:linux_engine_list

Mobile Chess List
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- updated URL for Jim Ablett
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:mobile_chess_list

Native Engine List
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- updated URL for Jim Ablett
- updated URL for Anaconda/Gromit
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:native_engine_list

PGN Reader/Viewer/Writer List
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- updated URL for Jim Ablett
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:pgn_reader_viewer_writer_list

Software For Solving Chess Problems / Puzzles / Endgame Studies
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- updated URL for Yet Another Chess Problem Database
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:software_for_solving_chess_problems

Variants Engine List
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- updated URL for Jim Ablett
- updated Smirf link
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:variants_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

Immunet Protect Free 3.0.2.6548
Cloud-based antivirus that can used in addition to your regular antivirus
http://www.immunet.com/free/index.html

Java 6, Update 26
update of Java runtime and development kit (JRE or JDK)
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/index.html

Pidgin 2.8.0
open source chat program; works with almost all chat networks
- this was announced here yesterday, but the download link was difficult to find
http://www.pidgin.im/ (homepage)
http://developer.pidgin.im/wiki/ChangeLog (changelog)
http://sourceforge.net/projects/pidgin/files/ (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

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