Update Information: April 9, 2013 (Updates)
Engine Updates
Dirty 08APR2013 (WB)
Win32/64
- silent update, version number unchanged
- no popcnt 64-bit compile added to package
- 32-bit version recompiled to not need Microsoft dlls
http://www.dirtychess.com/
Chess News
Chess Bitboard Viewer
simple bitboard-to-chessboard mapper by Steve Maughan
http://www.chessprogramming.net/computerchess/free-chess-bitboard-viewer/
Down/Problem Chess Websites
Belofte homepage down for 30 days ("this site has been suspended")
ChestUCI homepage down for 25 days (a 110mb.com site)
Dolphin homepage down for 28 days (not found)
FreeChess homepage down for 2 days (a narod.ru site)
GreKo homepage down for 4 days (no response in 60 seconds)
Ifrit homepage down for 2 days (a narod.ru site)
Igor Gorelikov Tools page down for 11 days (a 110mb.com site)
InmiChess homepage down for 25 days (no response in 60 seconds)
Mustang homepage down for 2 days (a narod.ru site)
OBender homepage down for 2 days (a narod.ru site)
Pyotr homepage down for 25 days (not found)
SDChess homepage down for 2 days (a narod.ru site)
SmarThink homepage down for 2 days (a narod.ru site)
Strelka homepage down for 2 days (a narod.ru site)
Toledo Nanochess homepage down for 25 days (a 110mb.com site)
Typhoon homepage down for 3 days (no response in 60 seconds)
Uralochka homepage down for 2 days (a narod.ru site)
WildCat homepage down for 2 days (a narod.ru site)
Wiki Changes
GUI Protocol List
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- ChessBase: updated some links
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:gui_protocol_support_list
PGN Reader/Viewer/Writer List
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- added ChessBase Reader for CBF / CBH / PGN
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:pgn_reader_viewer_writer_list
Private Engine List
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- added Spin Chess
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:private_engine_list
Native Engine List
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- added brainless
- revised ChessBase products, flagging engines that are no longer available
- added Chess Game AI Phantoms
- removed Javascript Chess Game for 5k competition
- added Javascript Chess p4wn
- removed N Schach
- SparkChess: removed former name from comment
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:native_engine_list
Mobile Chess List
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- added Generic Java MIDP 2.0
- added Generic Java MIDP 2.1
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:mobile_chess_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
Drupal 7.22
open source PHP-based content management platform for easy website creation
http://drupal.org/home
Fuduntu 2013.2
independent rolling-release Linux distro (originally forked from Fedora); GNOME2 desktop; #29 in popularity
http://www.fuduntu.org/
HWINFO32/HWINFO64 4.16-1900
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)
phpMyAdmin 3.5.8
web admin to view/change MySQL/MariaDB databases; interactive commandline SQL; import/export, etc.
http://www.phpmyadmin.net/home_page/index.php
Meaning of Colors
Red = New or Warning
Green = Updated
Gray = Info Only
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