Update Information: October 11, 2009 (Updates)
Engine Updates
Jim Ablett Win builds
new build of an older version (free, open source) for Win32/64
- Sjeng 11.2 JA (WB)
http://homepages.tesco.net/henry.ablett/jims.html
Holger Schluckebier Mac builds
- Stockfish 1.5.1 (UCI) 32/64-bit
http://www.leakyheap.de/cf/Stockfish-1.5.1-mac.zip
Down chess websites
Averno geocities site down permanently, no more homepage
DanChess geocities site down permanently, no more homepage
Frenzee site has no content for 4 days
Zebra Chess down for 4 days
Crafty Chess Interface site back up
Note: GEOCITIES is closing on October 26, 2009.
There are a lot of free engines hosted there that might disappear forever!
Chess News
Patrick Buchmann Thematic books
new thematic books for Blackmar-Diemer Gambit
- D00 GBD.abk & .ctg
http://americanfoot.free.fr/echecs/ctg-thematique.htm
Holger Schluckebier Mac builds
- Winboard 4.4.0 64-bit
http://www.leakyheap.de/cf/xboard-4.0.0-mac.zip
Bonus Notifications (recent releases of free stuff)
FileZilla 3.2.8.1
open source ftp client. Recommended.
http://filezilla-project.org/
MyDefrag 4.2.2
free disk defragmentation program. Recommended.
http://www.mydefrag.com/
Meaning of Colors
Red = New
Green = Updated
Gray = Info Only
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