Update Information: October 9, 2012 (Updates)
Computer-Chess wiki was down most of yesterday due to equipment failure
Engine Updates
Jim Ablett Win/Linux builds
GullChess II Beta 2 JA (UCI)
C++ source; mp; Win64; Ivanhoe derivative
- new Win64 build of older version fixing a bug
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/5047625/gull-II-beta2-64-ja.zip (direct link)
Rodent 0.16 (UCI)
C source; Win32/64; limit strength; based on Sungorus code
- playing strength can be adjusted
- playing style can be adjusted (personalities)
- minor speed optimizations
- restructuring of options
- many bugfixes
- some new pruning
- better pawn shelter eval
http://www.koziol.home.pl/rodent.htm
Chess News
Nothing new today
Down/Problem Chess Websites
Dann Corbit homepage down for 471 days
GreKo homepage down for 8 days (a 110mb.com site)
Igor Gorelikov Tools homepage down for 8 days (a 110mb.com site)
Pyotr homepage down for 8 days (no response in 60 seconds)
Wiki Changes
Chess Engine List
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- Rodent: moved to top of list, updated date and version number
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:chess_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
Firefox 16.0
popular, free, open source browser; recommended!
http://www.mozilla.com/ (homepage)
Flash Player 11.4.402.287
free cross-platform flash video player
http://www.adobe.com/
Git 1.7.12.3
free, open source distributed version control system
http://git-scm.com/
GNUplot 4.6.1
open source, cross platform, command-line driven, 2D/3D graphing/plotting
http://www.gnuplot.info/ (homepage)
http://www.gnuplot.info/announce.4.6.1 (announcement)
HWINFO32/HWINFO64 4.06-1760
free system hardware information tool for Windows, system health monitoring, and benchmarks
http://www.hwinfo.com/ (homepage)
http://www.hwinfo.com/download32.html (download 32-bit)
http://www.hwinfo.com/download64.html (download 64-bit)
IKVM.NET 7.2 RC 2
Java VM for Mono/.NET; enables Java code/libraries to be called by Mono/.NET languages, or develop Mono/.NET apps in Java
- this is the version compatible with Java 7
- this is a *release candidate*
http://www.ikvm.net/ (homepage)
http://weblog.ikvm.net/ (announcement)
Inno Setup 5.5.2
open source, free installer for Windows
http://www.jrsoftware.org/isinfo.php
Miro 5.0.4
open source HD video player with 6,000+ free Internet TV shows
http://www.participatoryculture.org/
Notepad++ 6.2
open source programmer's editor (Windows only)
http://notepad-plus-plus.org/
phpMyAdmin 3.5.3
web admin to view/change MySQL/MariaDB databases; interactive commandline SQL; import/export, etc.
http://www.phpmyadmin.net/home_page/index.php
TortoiseSVN 1.7.10
Win32/64 Subversion (version control system) client
http://tortoisesvn.net/
Zero Install 1.12.2 for Windows
open source, decentralized cross-distribution software installation system
"Create one package that works everywhere; with dependency handling and automatic updates"
Zero Install programs are fetched at runtime the first time and run from your cache subsequently
http://0install.net/faq.html (FAQ)
http://0install.de/?lang=en
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