Engine Updates

BagaturChess 1.1.2 (UCI)
Java source; Win32/64; mp
- hot-fix of memory issue. Engine hangs and throws OutOfMemory error after last memory tunings in version 1.1.1. Now it should work fine.
- decreased trust window of MTD Search from 8 to 0. Now each iteration needs a bit more researches but on the other hand more transposition table's entries has 'exact' type.
- enable the usage of transposition table's entries (their scores) also in PV nodes
- UCI: Fixed issue in 'setoption' UCI command. Sometimes Arena sends not only name-value pair but also additional information.
- changed own opening book. The new one is based on Hitman 5.2.
http://sourceforge.net/projects/bagaturchess/

DoubleCheck 1.3.1 (UCI)
C source; Win64, Linux64
- bugfix: PV was not shown in GUIs; I was sending the pv on a separate line, which isn't UCI compliant
http://www3.telus.net/tmokonen/DoubleCheck13_x32.rar (direct link)

Komodo 3.0 (UCI)
Win32/64, Linux32/64, Mac
- new download link to Polyglot book for Komodo by Salvo Spitaleri
http://komodochess.com/

Chess News

ChessGUI 0.230 (WB/UCI)
chess GUI / tournament manager by Matthias Gemuh; there is a separate download for a portable version
- in TLCV mode, ChessGUI creates a file TLCV_File.txt in OUTPUT folder
- give TLCV_File.txt as a Winboard/Arena debug file to TLC Server
http://www.chessgui.com/
http://w2410tmq9.homepage.t-online.de/

Norm Pollock site
PGN & EPD Utility Suites and Opening Book PGN Databases
- updated: improved execution speed for most EPD programs
http://www.hoflink.com/~npollock/chess.html

Down/Problem Chess Websites

Armageddon homepage down for 3 days (no response in 60 seconds)
BSC homepage down for 3 days (no response in 60 seconds)
Bubble homepage down for 7 days (no response in 60 seconds)
Dann Corbit homepage down for 56 days (broken computer!)
Ildtiadar homepage down today ("502 Bad Gateway")
Matacz homepage down for 23 days (a 110mb.com site)
Monik homepage down for 2 days ("This Account Has Been Suspended")
Smash homepage down for 6 days (no response in 60 seconds)
Smaug homepage down for 27 days
Superchessengine homepage down for 70 days (Fruit, GambitFruit, Movei, Naum, Patzer & Smash)
Superchessengine homepage is now considered dead, it will no longer be tracked.

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

FileZilla Client 3.5.1 RC 1
open source ftp client; recommended
- this is a *release candidate*
http://filezilla-project.org/

GIMP 2.7.3
Gnu Image Manipulation Program (GIMP); retouch photos, create drawings & renderings, etc.
- this is a *developmental release* (beta) available as source code only
http://www.gimp.org/

System Explorer 3.0.7
free; detailed info about Windows tasks, processes, modules, startups, IE addons, uninstallers, windows,
services, drivers, connections and opened files; graphs monitor usage of system resources in real-time
http://www.systemexplorer.net/

Meaning of Colors

Red = New or Warning
Green = Updated
Gray = Info Only

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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

Hi Ron, you posted the wrong link for DoubleCheck 1.31. The link you provided was to my 32 bit 1.3 compile. It can be downloaded at:

http://wbec-ridderkerk.nl/html/details1/DoubleCheck.html

WBEC doesn't seem to allow direct links to downloadable files.

I also made a 32 bit compile of this version, the link is:

http://www3.telus.net/tmokonen/DoubleCheck131_x32.rar

Thanks, Tony! I will make a correction to the Chess Engine List, which also contains this error!

Ron