Update Information: June 24, 2011 (Updates)
Engine Updates
Jim Ablett Win/Linux builds
Chess176 JA (WB)
'new' engine (from a long, long time ago) by Andrei Fortuna; predecessor to Freyr
C++ source; Win32
http://talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?topic_view=threads&p=411300&t=39467 (announcement)
http://www.reocities.com/SiliconValley/Lab/3716/Chess176.zip (original source)
http://cl.ly/7uBo/chess176-win32-ja.zip (direct link)
Umko 1.2 (UCI)
C++ source; mp; Win32/64, Linux32/64, Mac32/64, Android; supports Gaviota tablebases; Fruit derivative
http://sourceforge.net/projects/umko/
Chess News
Nothing new today
Down/Problem Chess Websites
BabyChess homepage down for 76 days (404: page not found)
Bubble homepage down for 2 days (no response in 60 seconds)
Frenzee homepage down for 309 days (purposely down until new engine release)
Superchessengine homepage down for 12 days (Bibi, Fruit, GambitFruit, Movei, Naum, Patzer, Smash & Toga II)
Wiki Changes
Myrddin
- update to results from the following testsuites: WAC, STS, O'Kelly, EEG, & IQ
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:engines:myrddin:index
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
Calibre 0.8.7
cross-platform open source ebook manager for all popular ebook readers with format conversion,
news feeds, and integrated e-book viewer
http://calibre-ebook.com/
CPU-Z 1.58
free utility to detect all PC hardware & system components
http://www.cpuid.com/cpuz.php
Pidgin 2.9.0
open source chat program; works with almost all chat networks
http://www.pidgin.im/ (homepage)
http://developer.pidgin.im/wiki/ChangeLog (changelog)
http://sourceforge.net/projects/pidgin/files/ (download)
SQLite 3.7.7
open source SQL database for programmers; small and fast
- "a regularly scheduled bi-monthly maintenance release"
- adds support for naming database files using URI filenames
- virtual table interface has been enhanced
- FTS4 full-text index extension has been enhanced
http://www.sqlite.org/ (homepage)
http://www.sqlite.org/news.html (update info)
Meaning of Colors
Red = New or Warning
Green = Updated
Gray = Info Only
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Chess News: http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:chess_news_list
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