Update Information: November 22, 2011 (Updates)
Engine Updates
Godel 2.0.3 (WB)
new engine by Juan Manuel Vázquez
Linux32/64, *no* Windows builds ("will be available in a few days")
https://sites.google.com/site/godelchessengine/
pChess 1.9.2 (UCI)
FutureBasic source; own GUI; FRC; Mac32/64 only, *no* Windows, *no* Linux builds
- engine portion is named 'peaBrain'
- this is a silent update, the version number is unchanged
http://home.earthlink.net/~johnrpenner/index-creative.html (homepage)
http://www.chess.com/download/view/pchess-192-uci (download)
Chess News
Wald Python Script
by Michel Van Den Bergh
- allows truncating the amount of total test games depending on how convincing the results are so far
http://alpha.uhasselt.be/Research/Algebra/Toga/wald
http://alpha.uhasselt.be/Research/Algebra/Toga/graph3.png (example output)
Down/Problem Chess Websites
Asterisk homepage down for 19 days
Damas homepage down for 58 days ("Free Web Hosting Discontinued")
Dann Corbit homepage down for 148 days
Safrad homepage down today (proxy error)
SuperChessEngine.com site is back up
Wiki Changes
Variants Engine List
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- added Tagua
- added Tadyak
- Vulcan: added link to Jens Meder's site
- Bihasa: expanded comment to include Gothic chess
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:variants_engine_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
CDBurnerXP 4.3.9.2809
open source CD / DVD / Blu-ray burning software for Win32/64; recommended
this program requires .NET framework; Media Format 9.0 update required if using WMA format
- be careful, you will want the version *without* the 'Open Candy' advertising
http://cdburnerxp.se/en/download (homepage & download)
DB2 Express-C 9.7.5
IBM free, DB2 relational database without any limits on database size or number of users
for Win32/64, Linux32/64, Solaris, and Mac (Mac version is *beta*)
limitations: 2 cores max, 2 GB RAM max, no data replication, no clustering, no backup compression, no support
http://www-01.ibm.com/software/data/db2/express/about.html (description)
https://www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/iwm/web/pick.do?source=swg-db2expressc&S_CMP=ECDDWW01&S_TACT=ACDB201 (download)
FreeFileSync 4.4
open source Win32/64 & Linux folder comparison and synchronization tool; recommended
http://sourceforge.net/projects/freefilesync/
FrostWire 5.2.10
open source, Java-based BitTorrent peer-to-peer (P2P) client
http://www.frostwire.com/
Lunascape 6.5.8 for Windows
free browser with all 3 major rendering engines: IE(Trident)+Firefox(Gecko)+Chrome/Safari(Webkit)
developers can preview web pages side-by-side using the 3 different rendering engines
http://www.lunascape.tv/
Process Hacker 2.24
open source; examine & manipulate running Windows processes & services
http://processhacker.sourceforge.net/
SeaMonkey 2.5
open source all-in-one Internet suite: browser, email, news feed, newsgroups, IRC chat, & html editor
http://www.seamonkey-project.org/
µTorrent 3.1 RC 1 (build 26495)
very popular and fast open source BitTorrent client
- this is a *release candidate*
http://www.utorrent.com/ (homepage)
http://forum.utorrent.com/viewtopic.php?id=98500 (3.0 forum thread)
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Red = New or Warning
Green = Updated
Gray = Info Only
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