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Update Information: September 12, 2012 (Updates)

by Ron @, Thursday, September 13, 2012, 02:13

Engine Updates

Roque 2.1 (WB)
Win32, Linux64, Mac
- improved time management in the different game modes controlled by time
- adjust hash table size in configuration file
- opening book updated
https://sites.google.com/site/roquechess/roque-chess-engine

Chess News

Nothing new today

Down/Problem Chess Websites :-(

Blikskottel homepage down for 4 days (no response in 60 seconds)
Cheese homepage down today (503 error)
Dann Corbit homepage down for 444 days
FirstChess homepage down for 2 days (not found)
Mizar homepage down for 24 days ("domain has expired")
PolarChess homepage down for 9 days (404 error - not found)
SDChess site down today ("Services are suspended for this server")
Tornado homepage down for 23 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

Autoruns 11.34
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

BurnAware 5.2
CD/DVD/Blu-ray disc-burning software
http://www.burnaware.com/burnaware_free.html (info)
http://www.burnaware.com/downloads.html (download)

Glary Utilities 2.49.0.1600
free; cleanup, repair, optimize and enhance your privacy & security
http://www.glaryutilities.com/gu.html

Maqetta Release 7
open source visual authoring system of HTML5 user interfaces - in the browser
this is a *preview* version (beta)
http://maqetta.org/

Network Scanner 5.4.6
free multi-threaded IP, NetBIOS & SNMP scanner; scans for listening TCP/UDP ports &
displays shared network resource types
http://www.softperfect.com/products/networkscanner/

Parted Magic 2012_09_12
open source partition editor, virus/rootkit scanner, hard drive cloner, and hard drive & RAM tester; recommended
http://partedmagic.com/

Meaning of Colors

Red = New or Warning
Green = Updated
Gray = Info Only

Engine List: http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:chess_engine_list
Chess News: http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:chess_news_list

NOTE: If you want me to track a website for you, please email me and I will add it.
ron _at_ computer-chess _dot_ org

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