Update Information: April 20, 2010 (Updates)
Engine Updates
Capa 0.1 beta 2 (WB)
1 new commit(s) to the Java source, (rev = 145), no new release
- removed "some problems starting a game from a position with xboard engines" from todo list
http://sourceforge.net/projects/capa/
Hiarcs 13.1 w/ Sigma Chess 6.2 (Mac)
Mac; commercial chess engine; mp; FRC
Hiarcs for Win32/64 is still at version 12
http://www.hiarcs.com/mac_chess_hiarcs.htm
Mainsworthy 147f (WB)
Win32; own GUI (GUI for native use only, no other WB or UCI engines);
T (tournament) version is for long time control only
http://wbec-ridderkerk.nl/html/details1/Mainsworthy.html
Protector 1.3.4 (UCI)
1 revision(s) to the C++ source code today (current = rev. 266), no new build
- eval change(s)
http://sourceforge.net/projects/protector/ (project site)
Chess News
SCID
PGN database program for creating opening books, also a Chess GUI
1 revision(s) to the C++ source code today (patchset = 583)
no build for this version
http://sourceforge.net/projects/scid
Down/Problem Chess Websites
Amundsen homepage down for 2 days
Betsy homepage down for 104 days
Blitzter homepage down for 39 days
Brama homepage down for 31 days
Colossus homepage down for 110 days
Dika homepage down for 32 days
Gosu homepage down for 37 days
Lyapko Utilities site down for 7 days
Nesik homepage down for 16 days
Sinobyl homepage down for 56 days
Tony's Chess homepage down for 6 days
Omar homepage back up
Wiki Changes
Chess Engine List
- added Youk
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
Cobian Backup 10.0.2.713
free multithreaded Win32/64 backup; supports ftp upload/download, compression, encryption, backup of locked files
http://www.educ.umu.se/~cobian/cobianbackup.htm
Open Watcom 1.9 RC4
open source C/C++/Fortran cross-platform cross-compiler with GUI IDE & extensive toolset
build system hosts and compiles on/for: DOS16/Windows32/Linux32/OS2
this is *release candidate* software
http://www.openwatcom.org/index.php/Main_Page
http://www.openwatcom.org/index.php/Download (downloads)
http://www.openwatcom.org/index.php/C_Compilers_Release_Changes (release notes)
Meaning of Colors
Red = New or Warning
Green = Updated
Gray = Info Only
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