Engine Updates

Ivanhoe B46fb (UCI)
Win32/64; mp; FRC; own GUI; multi-pv, Monti-Carlo; this is an Ippolit-Igorrit derivative
- this is an unofficial release supporting Robbobase egtbs
- version number is probably 999946fb rather than B46fb
- no source code included
- only Win32/64 builds included
http://www.sdchess.ru/download_engines.htm

Texel 1.01 (UCI)
new chess engine by Peter Österlund (CuckooChess)
C++ source; Win32/64, Linux32/64
Changes compared to CuckooChess 1.12:
- ported from Java to C++; about twice as fast as a result
- made node counters 64-bit to avoid overflow in long searches
- fixed handling of UCI "searchmoves" command
- added evaluation term to avoid walking into wrong corner in KRKB endings
- implemented reverse futility pruning
- implemented late move pruning
- made strength setting between 0% and 10% even weaker; 0% now plays random legal moves and 10% corresponds to the old 0% setting
- replaced cuckoo hashing with a more cache-friendly alternative
- try harder not to lose on time in really short time control games
- implemented passed pawn race evaluation
- increased passed pawn bonus for pawns on rank 6 and 7
"Texel scores about 70% (+140 elo) against CuckooChess 1.13a8"
http://web.comhem.se/petero2home/texel101.zip (direct link)

TJchess 1.1 (WB/UCI)
Win32/64, Linux32/64, Android; FRC; variants
- new Linux32/64 XBoard-compatible builds added
http://tonyjh.com/chess/tjchess/

Chess News

Note: All Norm Pollock PGN & EDP databases have been withdrawn "due to a cloning issue"

Down/Problem Chess Websites

Dann Corbit homepage down for 271 days

Wiki Changes
Nothing new today

Bonus Notifications (recent releases of free stuff)

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- 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
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