Update Information: July 11, 2012 (Updates)
Engine Updates
Jim Ablett Win/Linux builds
DiscoCheck 3.6.2 JA (UCI)
C source; Win32/64, Linux32/64, Android
http://jimablett.net63.net/
iCE 0.3 v2750 (UCI)
Win32; own GUI
- adds a lot of endgame knowledge via rules and patterns
- opening book is updated
http://www.fam-petzke.de/chess_home_en.shtml
Chess News
Nothing new today
Down/Problem Chess Websites
Dann Corbit homepage down for 381 days
DeepDuke homepage down for 10 days (SourceForge project page is okay)
Elf homepage down for 4 days ("Site Suspended")
Pawny homepage down for 3 days (no response in 60 seconds)
Tony Mokonen's files homepage down today
Wiki Changes
Chess Engine List
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- added another alternative download link for Iota
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:chess_engine_list
FACE Tournament
update by Gerhard
- updated pages: FACE, Participants, Ratings, and Download
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:tournaments:face
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
Flash Player 11.3.300.265
free cross-platform flash video player
http://www.adobe.com/
Git 1.7.11.2
free, open source distributed version control system
http://git-scm.com/
Inno Setup 5.5.1
open source, free installer for Windows
http://www.jrsoftware.org/isinfo.php
LibreOffice 3.5.5
cross platform open source fork of OpenOffice project; word processing, chart, spreadsheet, database, etc.
Note: OpenOffice (Apache), LibreOffice (Document Foundation), and Lotus Symphony (IBM) are essentially the same
http://www.documentfoundation.org/ (homepage)
PeaZip 4.6.1
open source cross-platform file and archive manager; available as portable app also
- create 7Z, ARC, BZ2, GZ, PAQ/ZPAQ, PEA, QUAD/BALZ, TAR, UPX, WIM, XZ, ZIP
- extract 150+ archive types: ACE, ARJ, CAB, DMG, ISO, LHA, RAR, UDF, etc.
http://peazip.sourceforge.net/ (homepage)
http://sourceforge.net/projects/peazip/files/4.6.1/ (4.6.1 download)
SUPER Video Converter v2012 build 52
free multimedia encoder/converter and player
http://www.erightsoft.com/SUPER.html
Meaning of Colors
Red = New or Warning
Green = Updated
Gray = Info Only
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