Update Information: May 15, 2012 (Updates)
Engine Updates
Bouquet 1 (UCI)
new engine by José M Velasco
Win32/64
https://sites.google.com/site/chessbouquet/ (homepage)
https://sites.google.com/site/chessbouquet/descarga-bouquet-chess-engine (download)
Jim Ablett Win/Linux builds
GreKo 9.2 JA (WB/UCI)
C++ source; limit strength; Win32/64, Linux32/64, Android
http://jimablett.net63.net/
Strelka 5.5.1 (UCI)
Win32/64; a Houdini/Critter/Rybka/Stockfish derivative
- smaller exe file than 5.5
- translated: "Optimize yet perfect - you can not configure VS2010. The following plans - finally do MP version."
http://strelkachess.narod.ru/Strelka5.html (not translated)
http://translate.google.com/translate?js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Fstrelkachess.narod.ru%2FStre...
Chess News
Popeye 4.61
open source chess problem solving with support for variant play
http://sourceforge.net/projects/popeye-chess/
Down/Problem Chess Websites
Arena homepage down today (no response in 60 seconds)
Belofte homepage down today (no response in 60 seconds)
Chad's Chess homepage down for 16 days (provider has discontinued free website hosting)
ChessMind homepage down for 12 days ("Server not found")
Dann Corbit homepage down for 323 days
Surprise homepage down for 8 days (server is misconfigured)
Wiki Changes
Chess Tutorials List
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- added Chess Opening Trainer
- added Chess Vision Trainer
- added another link for Lucas Chess
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:chess_tutorials_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
Autoruns 11.3
displays programs configured to run during system bootup or login, & the Windows processing order of these programs
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/default.aspx
AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition 2012.0.2176
Free anti-virus, anti-spyware program with excellent protection for Win32/64
http://free.avg.com/us-en/download.prd-afh.line-2012
Freemake Video Converter 3.0.2.9
convert 200+ video formats; cut/join/scale video; rip & burn DVDs; burn Blu-rays, upload to YouTube; more
http://www.freemake.com/free_video_converter/
µTorrent 3.1.3 stable (build 27220)
very popular and fast open source BitTorrent client
http://www.utorrent.com/ (homepage)
http://forum.utorrent.com/viewtopic.php?id=115600 (3.1.3 forum thread)
Meaning of Colors
Red = New or Warning
Green = Updated
Gray = Info Only
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