Update Information: August 7, 2011 (Updates)
Engine Updates
Arabian Knight 1.1.9
Java source; own GUI
- 1.19: fixed draw claim bug
http://wbec-ridderkerk.nl/html/details1/ArabianKnight.html (Leo page)
Jim Ablett Win/Linux builds
Arabian Knight JA 1.1.9
Win32; no GUI
http://jimablett.hostwebs.com/
GNUChess6 6.0.0 (WB)
C++ source code only, no build yet
"The first version of GNU Chess was written by Stuart Cracraft. Fabien Letouzey is the primary author of GNU Chess 6, which is based on Fabien's chess engine Fruit 2.1."
http://www.gnu.org/software/chess/ (info)
http://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/chess (download)
Chess News
Lantern Chess 4.35 (WB/UCI)
Chess GUI by Mike Adams supporting WB & UCI for ICC online play/chat for Linux, Windows and Mac
http://www.lanternchess.com/ (homepage)
http://www.adammr.com/lanternhelp/lantern-help.html (help)
Down/Problem Chess Websites
BlackBishop homepage down today (no response in 60 seconds)
Dann Corbit homepage down for 42 days (broken computer!)
Matacz homepage down for 9 days (a 110mb.com site)
Smaug homepage down for 13 days
Superchessengine homepage down for 56 days (Bibi, Fruit, GambitFruit, Movei, Naum, Patzer, Smash & Toga II)
Wiki Changes
Nothing new today
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
SeaMonkey 2.3 Beta 3
open source all-in-one Internet suite: browser, email, news feed, newsgroups, IRC chat, & html editor
- this is a *beta* release
http://www.seamonkey-project.org/
Meaning of Colors
Red = New or Warning
Green = Updated
Gray = Info Only
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