Update Information: November 24, 2009 (Updates)
Engine Updates
Jim Ablett Win builds
- Crafty 23.1 JA (WB) for Win32/64
silent update: in pv, changed scoring from side POV to white POV
http://homepages.tesco.net/henry.ablett/jims.html
http://www.mediafire.com/?mdjmckwwgtl (direct link)
Down chess websites
Smirf site down for 33 days
Chess News
Polyglot 1.4.53b
Michel Van den Bergh's Linux and Windows builds based on Fonzy Bluemers modification
of Fabien Letouzey's Polyglot with original work and bugfixes
- added multipv code by HGM
http://alpha.uhasselt.be/Research/Algebra/Toga/polyglot-release/
Wiki Changes
Chess Engine List
- BACE homepage link removed
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:chess_engine_list
Bonus Notifications (recent releases of free stuff)
Warnings:
- do not install unwanted toolbars, etc.
- alpha releases have new features and crashes are to be expected
- beta releases have new features; they may contain bugs or crash
- release candidate software is probably ready for official release
Mozilla Thunderbird 3.0 beta 4
excellent open source email program; this is a *beta* release!
http://www.mozillamessaging.com/en-US/thunderbird/ (homepage)
http://www.mozillamessaging.com/en-US/thunderbird/early_releases/downloads/ (beta page)
RJ TextEd 5.75.1
free programmer's text editor; unicode, spell-checking, code-completion, remote editing, etc
http://www.rj-texted.se/index.htm (homepage)
http://www.rj-texted.se/download.htm (download page)
WordWeb Free 6
free dictionary/thesaurus for Windows; look up words from almost any program
http://wordweb.info/free/
Meaning of Colors
Red = New or Warning
Green = Updated
Gray = Info Only
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