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Update Information: March 8, 2013 (Updates)

by Ron @, Saturday, March 09, 2013, 03:15

Engine Updates

GullChess II R375 (UCI)
C++ source; mp; Win32/64; Ivanhoe derivative
http://sourceforge.net/projects/gullchess/ (project page is unchanged)
http://www.sdchess.ru/download_engines.htm (SDChess download)

Chess News

Nothing new today

Down/Problem Chess Websites :-(

Akkad homepage down for 80 days (not found)
Bestia homepage down for 18 days (a 110mb.com site)
Deep Saros homepage down for 80 days (not found)
Lyapko Utilities page down for 18 days (a 110mb.com site)

Warning: Inmi site has been hacked and is unsafe to visit :-(
AVG antivirus: 'Exploit Blackhole Exploit Kit [type 2389]'
Kaspersky antivirus: 'object is infected'

Wiki Changes

GUI Protocol List
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- added Pyfish
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:gui_protocol_support_list

SMP Engine List
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- added Ferrarifish
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:smp_engine_list

Variants Engine List
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- added Ferrarifish
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:variants_engine_list

Chess Engine List
update by Ron Murawski
- added Turgenev (discovered by Norbert!) to Source Code Only List
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

Calibre 0.9.22
cross-platform open source ebook manager for all popular ebook readers with format conversion,
news feeds, and integrated e-book viewer
http://calibre-ebook.com/

CentOS 6.4
Linux distro based on Red Hat Enterprise; choice of Gnome or KDE desktop; #12 in popularity
http://www.centos.org/

Firefox 19.0.2
popular, free, open source browser
- added a built-in pdf viewer
http://www.mozilla.com/ (homepage)

GPU-Z 0.6.8
free utility: information about your video card and GPU
http://www.techpowerup.com/gpuz/ (info)
http://www.techpowerup.com/downloads/2181/TechPowerUp%20GPU-Z%20v0.6.6.html (download)

ICQ 8.0.6007
audio/video/text chat w/ connectivity to Facebook, Google+, Twitter, etc for desktop & mobile
http://www.icq.com/en

PeaZip 4.9
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/4.8.1/ (4.8.1 downloads)

SUPER Video Converter 2013 build 55
free multimedia encoder/converter and player
http://www.erightsoft.com/SUPER.html

VMware Player 5.0.2
free open source, cross-platform virtual machine emulator, similar to VirtualBox
run multiple operating systems at the same time on your PC
http://www.vmware.com/products/player/overview.html

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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