Update Information: March 12, 2010 (Updates)
Engine Updates
No updated engines
Chess News
Nothing new found
Down/Problem chess websites
Ares homepage down for 47 days
BabyChess homepage down for 28 days
Betsy homepage down for 65 days
ChessGUI (110mb site) down today
Colossus homepage down for 71 days
Kenny Dail (Mac) builds site down for 43 days
Jin GUI homepage down today
Matacz homepage down today
Sinobyl homepage down for 17 days
Pyotr homepage back up
Igor Gorelikov Tools homepage back up
NOTE: Tornado author has announced that the engine is now retreated
Wiki Changes
Myrddin
- John Merlino has added a new page with some test positions and comments
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:engines:myrddin:testpositions
Chess Engine List
- added Strelka
- moved Tornado to the Retreated Engine List
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:chess_engine_list
NOTE: my web page software was updated today, causing a brief outage and some
broken-looking pages; most problems have been fixed, but some problems remain
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
ASP.NET MVC 2
Microsoft framework - provides a new Model-View-Controller (MVC) framework on top of the existing
ASP.NET 3.5 SP1 runtime
http://weblogs.asp.net/scottgu/archive/2010/03/11/asp-net-mvc-2-released.aspx (announcement)
Meaning of Colors
Red = New or Warning
Green = Updated
Gray = Info Only
Engine List: http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:chess_engine_list
Chess News: http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:chess_news_list