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Update Information: January 17, 2013 (Updates)

by Ron @, Friday, January 18, 2013, 00:41

Engine Updates

Nothing new today

Chess News

ChessGUI 0.240f (WB/UCI)
Chess GUI/tournament manager by Matthias Gemuh; there is a separate download for a portable build
- portable build is not available for this version
- bugfix for adjudication when engine moves instantly
- set theme colors
--- menu Miscellaneous ... / Define ChessGUI Colours ...
- set board, pieces colors
--- menu Miscellaneous ... / Chessboard Colours ...
http://w2410tmq9.homepage.t-online.de/ (secondary link)
http://biglion.bplaced.net/ (homepage and download)

Down/Problem Chess Websites :-(

Akkad homepage down for 31 days (not found)
Deep Saros homepage down for 31 days (not found)
Merlin homepage down for 2 days (503 error: service unavailable)

Wiki Changes

Endgame Tablebases and Bitbases List
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- Thompson's Endgame Databases: updated link
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:egtbs_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

Foxit Reader 5.4.5.0114
free Windows pdf viewer; faster render than Adobe, less bloat; recommended
http://www.foxitsoftware.com/pdf/reader/

PHP 5.4.11 Stable
PHP 5.3.21 Stable
PHP is a very popular and practical open source scripting language; it is primarily used for web applications
http://php.net/ (homepage)

Ruby 1.9.3-p374
popular scripting language, often used with Rails library
http://www.ruby-lang.org/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

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