Update Information: August 4, 2009 (Updates)
Security Warning: WildCat site
Firefox message: "This web site at www.igorkorshunov.narod.ru has been reported
as an attack site and has been blocked based on your security preferences."
What happened when Google visited this site?
"Of the 5 pages we tested on the site over the past 90 days, 4 page(s)
resulted in malicious software being downloaded and installed without user
consent. The last time Google visited this site was on 2009-07-31, and the
last time suspicious content was found on this site was on 2009-07-31."
Update: Chesley the Chess Engine 251
no build for this version yet
latest builds: 250(Win32), 241(Mac)
http://sourceforge.net/projects/chesley/
Info Only: Down chess websites
Averno site down for 9 days
Glaurung/Viper site down today
Monarch site back up
Pierre site down for 42 days
Update: Crafty Chess Interface 4.0c
a freeware, open-source GUI for Crafty by Valters Baumanis
- out off beta stages
- added full Crafty evaluation parameter configuration tab ( ‘Crafty Control Panel’ – ‘Engine’ )
- improved the Tournament mode, results are now stored in cyphered file
- PGN library item fields that are not fully visible, will be visible when under mouse cursor (LVS_EX_LABELTIP style)
- fix to prevent occasional termination upon "new game"
- move variation (in PGN) wasn't saved when under "result move" (‘1-0’, ‘0-1’, ‘1/2-1/2’)
- you can now change the default colors of the move markers
- added option for enabling/disabling computer opening book via Crafty control panel
- analysis mode will automatically exit upon closing the "Crafty Window"
- added ability to change proportions between the "move list" and "game information" tab size
- sound effect and move list pencil button becoming red will inform about text annotated move
- reduced move list flicker (by special listview subclass)
- added On-Board turn lights (for indication of side to move)
- improved the position setup function a bit (illegal position detection etc.)
- tested program as fairly functional on ‘Linux Gentoo 2007.0’ (using Wine 0.9.52), also improved Wine support a bit
- tested program on ‘Windows95 OSR2’ and ‘Windows98 SE’ (both required VB6 run-time installation)
- further removed any code associated with the Nightmare Online
- lots of clean up and many new options/corrections/improvements
http://h1.ripway.com/valters/crafty/interface.htm
Update: Polyglot 1.4.32b
Michel Van den Bergh's Linux and Windows builds based on Fonzy Bluemers modification of
Fabien Letouzey's Polyglot with original work and bugfixes
- Bugfix: the default setting for RepeatPV had become false again...
http://alpha.uhasselt.be/Research/Algebra/Toga/polyglot-release/
Chess News
- added ChessPad2