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Update Information: September 1, 2011 (Updates)

by Ron @, Friday, September 02, 2011, 01:10

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

Engine List: http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:chess_engine_list
Chess News: http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:chess_news_list

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ron _at_ computer-chess _dot_ org

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