Engine Updates

Butterfly 0.2.3 (WB)
C++ source; Win32/64; perft with source also available
- no info on changes (no changelog)

Capa 0.1 beta 2 (WB)
2 new commit(s) to the Java source, (rev = 144), no new release
- before remove NodeValue
- remove NodeValue
http://sourceforge.net/projects/capa/

Chenard 2010.04.18 (WB)
C++ source is pubic domain; uses custom egtbs; Win32/64, Linux, Mac; own GUI
- added support for old '.gam' format
http://cosinekitty.com/chenard/

Chess News

LittleBlitzer 2.1 (UCI)
Windows tournament manager program for UCI chess engines by Nathan Thom
- not new, but new to me
http://www.kimiensoftware.com/littlethought/littleblitzer.php

Down/Problem Chess Websites
Betsy homepage down for 102 days
Blitzter homepage down for 37 days
Brama homepage down for 29 days
Colossus homepage down for 108 days
Kenny Dail (Mac) builds site down for 80 days
Dika homepage down for 30 days
Gosu homepage down for 35 days
Lyapko Utilities site down for 5 days
Nesik homepage down for 14 days
Omar homepage down today
Sinobyl homepage down for 54 days
Tony's Chess homepage down for 4 days
Smash homepage back up

NOTE: Giving up on Kenny Dail Mac builds. This will be the last time it is listed.

Wiki Changes

Chess Engine List
- added Yace
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 crash
- release candidate software may contain minor bugs; crashes are rare

Calibre 0.6.48
cross-platform open source ebook manager for all popular ebook readers; format conversion;
news feeds; integrated e-book viewer
http://calibre-ebook.com/

Gedit 2.30.2
cross-platform open source text editor for programmers w/ syntax highlighting, remote editing, etc.
http://projects.gnome.org/gedit/index.html

System Explorer 2.2.0
free; detailed info about tasks, processes, modules, startups, IE addons, uninstallers, windows, services, drivers,
connections and opened files; graphs monitor usage of system resources in real-time
http://systemexplorer.mistergroup.org/

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

Hi Ron. I just checked my 110mb.com account, and all the Tony's Chess files are still there, but for some reason the content is inaccessible. From what I've read, the 110mb team are relocating a bunch of their servers, and hopefully this issue gets resolved soon. It's quite annoying.

Hi Tony,

After a week I was going to email you. I look forward to putting a smiley face when Tony's Chess comes back!

It seems that the Lyapko site on 110mb is also down the same way as yours.

Ron

110mb.com is having problems with their "box #9" and "box #11" servers. I used to be able to log in to view my files, but I can't even do that any more. My login information doesn't seem to be recognized, and the support team seems to be rather curt and useless. If this isn't resolved within a day or so, I have no choice but to move my site to a different host.

Hi Tony,

You are welcome to put your site onto the computer-chess.org site.

Ron