Update Information: July 7, 2012 (Updates)
Engine Updates
Jim Ablett Win/Linux builds
Iota 0.1 JA (UCI)
new and tiny engine by Daniel White (AdroitChess)
C source; Win32
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/5047625/iota-10-32-tcc-ja.zip (direct link)
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/5047625/iota-10-32-mew-ja.zip (direct link)
Chess News
Chess Engines for Android
- added Iota
http://www.aartbik.com/MISC/eng.html
Down/Problem Chess Websites
Armageddon homepage down today (server is misconfigured)
Dann Corbit homepage down for 377 days
DeepDuke homepage down for 6 days (SourceForge project page is okay)
Igor Gorelikov Tools homepage down for 6 days (a 110mb.com site)
Wiki Changes
Variants Engine List
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- added HaChu
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
Glary Utilities 2.47.0.1539
free; cleanup, repair, optimize and enhance your privacy & security, etc.
http://www.glaryutilities.com/gu.html
IronPython 2.7.3
free, open source Python for .NET/Mono; use Visual Studio or MonoDevelop for easy development
Windows: requires .NET 4.0 or Silverlight 4; Linux: requires Mono 2.10.1 / MoonLight
http://ironpython.net/ (homepage)
http://ironpython.codeplex.com/releases/view/81726 (announcement)
Notepad++ 6.1.5
open source programmer's editor; recommended
http://notepad-plus-plus.org/
Meaning of Colors
Red = New or Warning
Green = Updated
Gray = Info Only
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