Update Information: September 1, 2011 (Updates)
Engine Updates
Supra 3.3 (UCI)
Win32
- improvement in the formula for calculating the floating material
http://suprachesssystem.com/ (Portugeuse)
http://www.suprachesssystem.com/ (English)
Chess News
Jim Ablett Android builds
use these engines in the 'Chess For Android' Chess GUI
silent update: these engines have been recompiled, no version number changes
- Arasan 13.1 JA (WB/UCI)
- Smaug 2.21 JA (UCI)
scroll down Jim Ablett page to: Android chess engines
http://jimablett.hostwebs.com/
ChessGUI 0.233 (WB/UCI)
chess GUI / tournament manager by Matthias Gemuh; there is a separate download for a portable version
- new beta with 'fairness' bugfix
http://www.chessgui.com/chess/ChessGUI.zip (direct link)
Lantern Chess 4.45 (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
ChestUCI homepage down today (a 110mb.com site)
Dann Corbit homepage down for 66 days (broken computer!)
Matacz homepage down for 34 days (a 110mb.com site)
Mizar homepage down for 3 days ("domain has expired")
Toledo Nanochess homepage down today (a 110mb.com site)
Wing homepage down today (no response in 60 seconds)
Wiki Changes
Engine Download List
- consolidated two Smaug 2.21 downloads into one
http://www.computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:download:engine_download_list
Smaug page
- consolidated two Smaug 2.21 downloads into one
http://www.computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:engines:smaug: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
AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition 2012 (build 1796)
Free anti-virus, anti-spyware program with excellent protection for Win32/64
Free version downloads are no longer possible from the company website
http://www.filehippo.com/download_avg_antivirus (filehippo.com)
http://download.cnet.com/AVG-Anti-Virus-Free-Edition-2012/3000-2239_4-10320142.html (download.com)
Ghostery for Firefox 2.6.0.1
Ghostery for Chrome 2.4.0
Ghostery for Opera 0.9.1
free browser addon; alerts you about web bugs, ad networks and tracking widgets
on every web page you visit; "See who's tracking your web browsing and block them"
http://www.ghostery.com/download
Glary Utilities 2.37.0.1260
free; cleanup, repair, optimize and enhance your privacy & security, etc.
http://www.glaryutilities.com/gu.html
MyLittleForum 2.3
open source PHP forum software; the forum you are using is powered by it; recommended
http://mylittleforum.net/download (homepage)
http://mylittleforum.net/documentation/changelog (changelog)
Meaning of Colors
Red = New or Warning
Green = Updated
Gray = Info Only
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