Update Information: December 7, 2009 (Updates)
Engine Updates
Jim Ablett Win builds
- Chesley r309 JA (WB) for Win32/64
http://homepages.tesco.net/henry.ablett/jims.html
Down chess websites
Amundsen site down for 2 days
Neurone site down for 4 days (exceeded quota?)
Smirf site down for 46 days
Rival site back up
Bubble site back up
Note: Many Sourceforge project pages did not load in a reasonable amount of time
Warning: Lyapko site is again an attack site and dangerous to visit
Chess News
Norm Pollock Opening Book PGN Databases
- CCG file updated
http://www.hoflink.com/~npollock/chess.html
Popeye 4.53
open source chess problem solving with support for variant play
http://sourceforge.net/projects/popeye-chess/
Wiki Changes
FACE Tournament
- lots of new updates showing latest tournament results
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:tournaments:face
Bonus Notifications (recent releases of free stuff)
Warnings:
- do not install unwanted toolbars, etc.
- alpha releases have new features; crashes and bugs are to be expected
- beta releases have new features; they may contain bugs or crash
- release candidate software may contain minor bugs; crashes are rare
AIMP 2.60 Build 525
free audio player with audio converter, recorder, and tag editor; Internet radio
http://translate.google.com/translate?js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.aimp.ru%2F&sl=ru&...
Lunascape 6 RC 2
free browser with all 3 major rendering enignes: IE (Trident)+Firefox (Gecko)+Chrome/Safari (Webkit)
this is a *release candidate*
http://www.lunascape.tv/
SQLite 3.6.21
open source SQL database for C programmers
- performance optimization update
http://www.sqlite.org/
Wise Registry Cleaner 4.92
free registry cleaner. Cleans incorrect or obsolete registry information
http://free-registry-cleaner.wisecleaner.com/
Meaning of Colors
Red = New or Warning
Green = Updated
Gray = Info Only
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Chess News: http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:chess_news_list