Update Information: May 9, 2013 (Updates)
Engine Updates
ComStock_3_VE (UCI)
Stockfish clone modified to use Robbo Totalbases/Triplebases
- engine is Stockfish 3
http://www.mediafire.com/?aq3x6vx7q7dvods
Tony Mokonen Win32 builds
OliveChess 0.2.5 TM (UCI)
C source; Win32
- Cygwin compile requires additional dll (included in download package)
https://code.google.com/p/olivechess/ (OliveChess)
http://tmokonen.net84.net/OliveChess025a.rar (direct link)
Chess News
BlueChess GUI 1.0.2 for iPad (UCI)
Chess GUI and engine by George Merchant (GreenChess GUI)
http://www.greenchess.com/
Down/Problem Chess Websites
Armageddon homepage down for 14 days (403 error: forbidden)
Belofte homepage down for 59 days ("this site has been suspended")
ChessMind homepage down for 5 days (not found)
Dolphin homepage down for 57 days (not found)
Elf homepage down for 11 days ("domain name expired")
InmiChess homepage down for 54 days (no response in 60 seconds)
JavaRival homepage down for 21 days (no response in 60 seconds)
Power Chess PGN Databases page down for 2 days (not found)
Pyotr homepage down for 54 days (not found)
Safrad homepage down today (not found)
Wing homepage down for 6 days (not found)
Wiki Changes
Chess Engine List
update by Ron Murawski
- removed some old and dead links
- added JGNchess to Source Code Only List
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:chess_engine_list
GUI Protocol List
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- Chess Wizard: added a link
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:gui_protocol_support_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
Avast! Free Antivirus 8.0.1489
free antivirus for Win32/64; the program is registerware: you must divulge your email address
http://www.avast.com/free-antivirus-download
AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition 2013.3336
free anti-virus, anti-spyware program with excellent protection for Win32/64
http://free.avg.com/us-en/download.prd-afh.line-2013
Data Crow 3.9.24
free, open source media manager/cataloger for movies, books, music, software, etc.
http://www.datacrow.net/ (homepage)
http://sourceforge.net/projects/datacrow/ (project page)
FileZilla Client 3.7.0
open source cross-platform ftp client; recommended
http://filezilla-project.org/
Git 1.8.2.3
free, cross-platform, open source distributed version control system
http://git-scm.com/
LibreOffice 4.0.3
cross platform open source fork of OpenOffice project; word processing, chart, spreadsheet, database, etc.
Note: OpenOffice (Apache), LibreOffice (Document Foundation), and Lotus Symphony (IBM) are essentially the same
http://www.documentfoundation.org/ (homepage)
PHP 5.4.15 Stable
PHP 5.3.25 Stable
PHP is a very popular and practical open source scripting language; it is primarily used for web applications
http://php.net/ (homepage)
Puppy Linux -- Fatdog64 621
Puppy is a popular (#10) and easy-to-learn, easy-to-use Linux distribution
Open source, boots from a CD (your Windows installation is unchanged) w/ simple instruction manual
old, slow computers run very well using Puppy's all-in-memory Linux kernel
There are many versions of Puppy available, each with a specific purpose
You don't necessarily use the latest release, you use the version with the software you want
You will need to know how to burn a disk from an ISO image
- Precise Puppy is binary-compatible with Ubuntu LTS 12.04.1
- Wary Puppy is intended to run on older hardware
- Racy Puppy is a mod of Wary Puppy, supporting the newest machines
- Slacko Puppy can use Puppy, Slackware, Salix, or Slacky software repositories
- Fatdog64 is a 64-bit Puppy distro; it is larger than most other Puppys
http://puppylinuxnews.org/ (news)
http://puppylinux.org/ (PuppyLinux homepage)
http://distro.ibiblio.org/fatdog/web/ (Fatdog homepage)
PyPy 2.0 (Python)
cross-platform, open source Python implementation; choose JIT (default), no JIT, stackless, or sandboxed;
also available: back ends for .NET and Java (see: 'Features' page);
other languages that run in the JIT: Prolog (incomplete), Smalltalk, JavaScript, Io, Scheme and Gameboy
for Win32, Linux 32/64, Mac64, & ARM
http://pypy.org/ (homepage)
http://doc.pypy.org/en/latest/release-2.0.0-beta2.html (announcement)
TThrottle 6.50
free Windows laptop utility to keep CPU/GPU temperature down by throtttling performance
http://www.efmer.eu/boinc/
Meaning of Colors
Red = New or Warning
Green = Updated
Gray = Info Only
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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