Update Information: January 25, 2010 (Updates)
Engine Updates
Brutus 8.05 (WB/UCI)
C++ source (MSVC), Win32/64, mp
- new opening book, Brutus reads .ctg bookfiles now
- multi-processing bugfix
http://www.xs4all.nl/~vermeire/brutus.html
BSC 3.7+f (WB)
Win32, Linux32/64 & Solaris64
semi-silent update: webpage date unchanged at the moment
- recapture extension at pvnode
- fix bug in rook 7th evaluation
http://b0n0.free.fr/bsc/bsc.html
Critter 0.52 (UCI)
engine ported from Pascal to C/C++
the engine's sourceforge page is *not* updated
http://sourceforge.net/projects/critterchess/ (sourceforge)
http://www.mediafire.com/?wzmmxzg5djj (download, no source)
Ildtiadar 0.8 (WB)
Win32 & Linux32; new engine by Jonas Thiem
http://eloxoph.com/ildtiadar/
OliThink 5.3.0 (WB)
C source & Java source; own GUI (Java version only); Win32/64, Linux32/64
- no LMR for passed pawns
- define Statement for x64 optimized code corrected
http://home.arcor.de/dreamlike/chess/index.html
Chess News
Nothing new found today
Down/Problem chess websites
Amundsen homepage down for 10 days
Ares homepage down today
Betsy homepage down for 20 days
Colossus homepage down for 26 days
Dann Corbit site down for 5 days
Gosu homepage down today
Typhoon homepage down for 4 days
Wiki Changes
Chess Engine List
- added Raffaela
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; crashes and bugs are to be expected
- beta releases have new features; they may contain bugs or occasionally crash
- release candidate software may contain minor bugs; crashes are rare
Chrome 4.0.249.78
open source browser from Google
http://www.google.com/chrome
Fresh HTML 3.42
free html editor
http://www.freshwebmaster.com/index.html
GParted 0.5.1-1
open source Gnome Partition Editor- resize, move, copy, check, label your hard drive's partitions
understands most file systems including all for Windows and Linux
http://gparted.sourceforge.net/ (homepage)
http://sourceforge.net/projects/gparted/ (project page)
http://sourceforge.net/projects/gparted/files/gparted-live-testing/ (download)
MyLittleForum 2.1.3
open source forum software; the forum you are using is powered by it; Recommended!
http://mylittleforum.net/download
Notepad++ 5.6.6
open source programmer's editor. Recommended!
http://notepad-plus.sourceforge.net/uk/site.htm (homepage)
http://sourceforge.net/projects/notepad-plus/files/ (download)
µTorrent 2.0 RC 5
open source BitTorrent client
this is a *release candidate*
http://forum.utorrent.com/viewtopic.php?id=65482 (info)
this is a direct link to the latest *release candidate*
http://download.utorrent.com/2.0/utorrent.exe
Meaning of Colors
Red = New or Warning
Green = Updated
Gray = Info Only
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