Update Information: July 9, 2012 (Updates)
Engine Updates
DiscoCheck 3.6.2 (UCI)
C source; Win64, Linux64
- critical bugfix: a nasty integer signedness error that caused time losses
- do_eval_pawns: pawn storm bonus is now more gradual
- search: Null reduction formula changed
- search: LMR re-search condition at PV nodes fixed
http://wbec-ridderkerk.nl/html/details1/DoubleCheck.html
Chess News
Nothing new today
Down/Problem Chess Websites
Dann Corbit homepage down for 379 days
DeepDuke homepage down for 8 days (SourceForge project page is okay)
Elf homepage down for 2 days ("Site Suspended")
Pawny homepage down today (no response in 60 seconds)
Wiki Changes
GUI Protocol List
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- added another link for Chessmaster
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:gui_protocol_support_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
BurnAware 5.0
CD/DVD/Blu-ray disc-burning software
http://www.burnaware.com/burnaware_free.html (info)
http://www.burnaware.com/downloads.html (download)
CentOS 6.3
Linux distro based on Red Hat Enterprise 6.3; choice of Gnome or KDE desktop; #8 in popularity
http://www.centos.org/
PC Wizard 2012 - 2.1
free utility to detect & benchmark all PC hardware & system components
good tool for deciding hardware upgrades; portable version available
http://www.cpuid.com/pcwizard.php
Wise Registry Cleaner 7.35
free registry cleaner; cleans incorrect or obsolete registry information
http://www.wisecleaner.com/download.html
Meaning of Colors
Red = New or Warning
Green = Updated
Gray = Info Only
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