Engine Updates

Update: Chesley the Chess Engine 209
no build for this version yet
http://sourceforge.net/projects/chesley/

Update: Gray Matter 1560
- more robust hash table index calculator. Fixed a bug which essentially disabled the hash table.
- updating revision # for windows
- added a few things, disabled hash table probing (still a bug in there somewhere)
"When [the hash table is] enabled, lots of strange things happen, and there
are several bugs to work out. Engine is much stronger if the hash table is
disabled alltogether."
most recent exe files: 1557 (x64) and 1553 (Win32)
http://code.google.com/p/gray-matter/

Info Only: OBender
there is a new Linux build available for download, engine was not updated
http://evgeniy-korniloff.narod.ru/download.html

Info Only: Slibo
another 3 commits to the source code (commits = 108)
http://sourceforge.net/projects/slibo

Update: Tornado 3.11
- main work was on a new Kingsafety attack code
- dynamic lazy eval cutoff between opening and endgame
- LMR minor changes
- ponder move changed
- killer move changes
- sort of moves changed
- aspiration search changes
- minor bug fixes
http://www.tornadochess.de/

Update: Kenny Dail builds for Mac
- EXchess 5.01 beta
- Chesley 208
- Sloppy 0.2.2
- Xpdnt 090704
http://www.sillygreenmonkey.com/chess/

Info Only: Down chess websites
Nesik site down for 19 days
Pierre site down for 21 days

Ayito site down for 16 days, homepage is now removed from the Chess Engine List

Chess News

New: Square Vacancy Testsuite
STS (Strategic Test Suite), Part 4
- Occupying the vacant square near the opponent's territory to create more pressure in surrounding areas
- Taking complete control of the vacant square to gain more space over the board
- Queen is the piece that creates more pressure if it's placed on a vacant square in opponent's camp
http://sites.google.com/site/strategictestsuite/square-vacancy/

Update: Norm Pollock 40H PGN Utilities
files updated: 2007-09.pgn, GM2600.pgn
http://www.hoflink.com/~npollock/chess.html

Wiki Changes

Chess Tutorials List
a new list by Norbert Raimund Leisner!
added 50 Chess Games for Beginners, BlindChess for DOS, Chess Eye, Chessimo,
Chess Mentor, Chess Puzzle Games, Fritz und Fertig, KataChess, and Think Like
A King Creator

GUI Protocol List
added another link for Chess Assistant

Chess Engine List
added KnightDreamer, Knighmare, KnightX, La Dame Blanche, LadyGambit, Lambchop, and LaMoSca