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Engine Updates

Update: BremboCE 0.6 (WB)
engine updated after 7 years of no activity; Java jar file included
- Rewritten in Java from version 0.4 that was written in C
- Removed null move, hash tables and the external opening book
- Fixed a bug in evaluating checkmate positions
- Fixed a bug in evaluating king position in the end game
- Fixed a bug with the level command from winboard
- Added a simple internal opening book just to diversify the games
- Added the recognition of draws for insufficient material to mate
http://bremboce.cisana.com/download_en.php

Update: BSC 3.7 (WB)
for Win32, Linux32/64 & Solaris
- LMR with no history counters and horizon ply=3: more selective
- Delta pruning with SEE
- Tuning extension and singular
- fix bug in analyze xboard command
http://translate.google.com/translate?js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&u=htt...

Update: Chesley the Chess Engine 268 (WB)
download build for this version from Jim Ablett
- Rewrite move ordering code along the lines Ed Schroder discusses at his website
latest builds: 268(Win32/64), 241(Mac)
http://sourceforge.net/projects/chesley/

Update: Protector 1.2.7 (UCI)
another 6 revisions to the source code today (rev. 31->37)
no version update, but new builds for Win32/x64 & Linux32/64
- added more specialized builds
- added VC project file
http://sourceforge.net/projects/protector/ (project site)
latest builds are here (updated often):
http://protector.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/protector/bin/ (bin files)

New: Simplex (UCI)
newly available, but this is an old engine, replaced by Rocinante
http://translate.google.com/translate?js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&u=htt...
http://www.escacsrubi.com/simplex/simplex.zip (direct download)

Update: Jim Ablett Win builds
- BremboCE 0.6 JA compiled Java exe for Win32
- Chesley 268 JA updated for Win32/x64
- JA logo collection updated
http://homepages.tesco.net/henry.ablett/jims.html

Info Only: Down chess websites
Averno site down for 26 days
Flux site down today
Pierre site down for 59 days
Spin Chess (unreleased) site down today
WJChess site back up after being down for 2 days for site maintenance work

Chess News

Update: ChessGUI 0.167
ChessGUI4Stick also updated
- in tournament setup window, you can now select several engines at once.
- in tournament setup window, you can now sort engines according to Elo or alphabetically.
http://biglion.110mb.com/
http://w2410tmq9.homepage.t-online.de/

Update: Kenny Dail downloads
PGN games updated
- extragames.pgn.zip
- slowtourn.pgn.zip
http://www.sillygreenmonkey.com/chess/

Bonus Notifications (free stuff)

Update: Python 3.1.1
- The first bugfix release of the 3.1 series has been released
http://www.python.org/

Update: Thunderbird 2.0.0.23 Email
http://www.mozilla.com/thunderbird/

Update: Google Chrome 4.0.202.0 Beta Browser
http://www.google.com/intl/en/landing/chrome/beta/

Update: OpenOffice.org 3.1.1 RC2
http://download.openoffice.org/next/index.html