Update Information: April 20, 2013 (Updates)
Engine Updates
BlackMamba 1.4 (UCI)
Win32/64/64SSE2, Mac32/64; multiPV; limit strength
- "about 20 ELO stronger than the previous"
- large pages support
- unlimited hash size
- new move ordering
- new evaluation elements
- tuned evaluation
- tuned search extension
https://sites.google.com/site/mdannib/home
Dirty 20Apr2013 (WB)
Win32/64, Linux64
- fixed some time manager bugs
http://www.dirtychess.com/
GNUchess5 5.50 (WB/UCI)
C source; Win32/64, Linux32/64, Mac64 & Android; bugfixed & improved by MVdB; MVdB version supports Gaviota tablebases
- silent update, version number unchanged
- new builds maybe?
http://hardy.uhasselt.be/Toga/gnuchess-release/
Chess News
Nothing new today
Down/Problem Chess Websites
Armageddon homepage down for 2 days (no response in 60 seconds)
Belofte homepage down for 41 days ("this site has been suspended")
ChestUCI homepage down for 36 days (a 110mb.com site)
Chiron homepage down today (misconfigured server)
Dolphin homepage down for 39 days (not found)
ElTurco homepage down today (no response in 60 seconds)
Igor Gorelikov Tools page down for 22 days (a 110mb.com site)
InmiChess homepage down for 36 days (no response in 60 seconds)
JavaRival homepage down for 3 days (no response in 60 seconds)
Pyotr homepage down for 36 days (not found)
Smash homepage down today (no response in 60 seconds)
Toledo Nanochess homepage down for 36 days (a 110mb.com site)
Wiki Changes
Chess Engine List
update by Ron Murawski
- added a download link for Ajedrez Táctico (thanks, Silvian!)
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
Scientific Linux 6.4 "Live"
Linux distro based on Red Hat Enterprise; choice of GNOME, IceWM, KDE desktops; #46 in popularity
https://www.scientificlinux.org/
Meaning of Colors
Red = New or Warning
Green = Updated
Gray = Info Only
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