Update Information: August 20, 2011 (Updates)
Engine Updates
Arabian Knight 1.2.8 (WB)
Java source; own GUI
- 1.24: now it prints best path while thinking
- 1.24: now it prints depth/nodes/etc in standard way recognised by most of GUI's
- 1.25: fixed bug in print thinking. Looped moves on board cause print thinking going to crash
- 1.25: fixed small bug when playing on more than 1 CPU
- 1.25: some changes in Killer Moves
- 1.26: some changes in Killer Moves
- 1.27: better king safty check
- 1.27: weak fields score increased
- 1.28: king safty check was't good. Changed again
http://wbec-ridderkerk.nl/html/details1/ArabianKnight.html (Leo page)
DoubleCheck 1.3 TM (UCI)
C source; Win64, Linux64
- Tony Mokonen Win32 build
http://www3.telus.net/tmokonen/DoubleCheck13_x32.rar (direct link)
Komodo 3.0 (UCI)
Win32/64, Linux32/64, Mac
- Win32 build finally ready
"We believe we have approximately 30 ELO of improvement"
http://komodochess.com/
Chess News
Nothing new today
Down/Problem Chess Websites
Armageddon homepage down for 2 days (no response in 60 seconds)
BSC homepage down for 2 days (no response in 60 seconds)
Bubble homepage down for 6 days (no response in 60 seconds)
Dann Corbit homepage down for 55 days (broken computer!)
Matacz homepage down for 22 days (a 110mb.com site)
Monik homepage down today
Protej homepage down today (no response in 60 seconds)
Smash homepage down for 5 days (no response in 60 seconds)
Smaug homepage down for 26 days
Superchessengine homepage down for 69 days (Fruit, GambitFruit, Movei, Naum, Patzer & Smash)
Wiki Changes
Endgame Tablebases and Bitbases List
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- some very minor edits
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:egtbs_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
Explorer++ 1.3
open source multi-tab file manager for Windows using familiar Windows Explorer interface
http://www.explorerplusplus.com/ (homepage)
http://www.explorerplusplus.com/download (download)
Miranda IM 0.9.28
open source instant messaging program
http://www.miranda-im.org/
Pidgin 2.10.0
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)
Task Coach 1.2.26
open source cross-platform desktop todo manager with task or calendar viewing, project tracking, etc
http://www.taskcoach.org/
Meaning of Colors
Red = New or Warning
Green = Updated
Gray = Info Only
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