Update Information: June 28, 2009 (Updates)

by Ron , Monday, June 29, 2009, 00:30

Engine Updates

Update: Chesley the Chess Engine 191
no build for this version yet
http://sourceforge.net/projects/chesley/

Update: Plisk 0.0.4, v1
Yesterday's version 9 has been updated today's version 1
There is now a 32-bit and two 64-bit versions
It seems that all previous 64-bit versions were built for Phenom 64 chips only
http://sites.google.com/site/pliskchess/

Info Only: Yoda
new download site for Yoda provided by Leo Dijksman,
so Yoda removed from Retreated Engine List
http://wbec-ridderkerk.nl/html/details1/Yoda.html

Info Only: Down chess websites
Crafty Chess Interface site down
Omar site down
EveAnn site down for 2 days
Nesik site down for 3 days
Pierre site down for 5 days

Chess News

Update: Norm Pollack 'Grand PGN Database'
CCG file updated
- Select computer games from CCRL 40/40, CEGT 40/20 and CEGT 40/120.
- 51095 games, 88 engines, 1 cluster, Elo: 2784-3063.
- Useful for building or supplementing a general opening book.
http://www.hoflink.com/~npollock/chess.html

Update: Kenny Dail 'Slowtourn PGN' Database
slowtourn.pgn.zip file updated
http://www.sillygreenmonkey.com/chess/

Wiki Changes
Thanks to Norbert Raimund Leisner who makes many of these wiki changes!

GUI Protocol List
improved links for ECTool and Emacs-Chess

Play Chess Online List
improved some comments
added Beholder Board Virtual Chess-set, BlackNight Chess, JChessBoard, W3 Chess and XEC Tool

Native Engine List
removed Chessboard Component GUI (with TSCP)

Engine GUI List
added Chessboard Component GUI (with TSCP)
expanded Rybka section

Chess Engine List
added Gromit, Gullydeckel, Hagrid, and Hanzo the Razor