Update Information: September 11, 2012 (Updates)
Engine Updates
MiniRoque 1.2 (WB)
Win32, Linux64, Mac
- this is an update to an older version
- improved time management in the different game modes controlled by time
https://sites.google.com/site/roquechess/roque-chess-engine
Chess News
Nothing new today
Down/Problem Chess Websites
Blikskottel homepage down for 3 days (no response in 60 seconds)
Dann Corbit homepage down for 443 days
FirstChess homepage down today (not found)
Mizar homepage down for 23 days ("domain has expired")
Norm Pollock site down today (no response in 60 seconds)
PolarChess homepage down for 8 days (404 error - not found)
Tornado homepage down for 22 days (programmer has purposely removed his page)
Wiki Changes
GUI Protocol List
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- extended comment about Millenium 2000 GmbH - Hegener & Weiner
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
ActivePerl Community Edition
free cross-platform Perl distribution including the most popular Perl libraries
- Perl 5.16.1.1601
http://www.activestate.com/activeperl/downloads
Avira AntiVir Personal 12.0.0.1199 Free
free; highly-rated antivirus product with annoying pop-up ads accompanying virus signature updates
http://www.avira.com/en/avira-free-antivirus
Malwarebytes Anti-Malware 1.65
free Windows anti-virus; detect and remove malware that others fail to detect
free version does *not* provide memory resident protection
http://www.malwarebytes.org/products/malwarebytes_free
System Explorer 3.9.5
free; detailed info about Windows tasks, processes, modules, startups, IE addons, uninstallers, windows,
services, drivers, connections and opened files; graphs monitor usage of system resources in real-time
http://www.systemexplorer.net/
Meaning of Colors
Red = New or Warning
Green = Updated
Gray = Info Only
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