Update Information: April 27, 2010 (Updates)
Engine Updates
Nothing new found today
Chess News
Norm Pollack site
Opening Book PGN Databases
- size of GM2600 file increased from (2M) to (3M), but no new release notes?
http://www.hoflink.com/~npollock/chess.html
Down/Problem Chess Websites
Alex homepage down for 4 days ("Temporarily Unavailable")
Amundsen homepage down for 9 days
BabyChess
Betsy homepage down for 111 days
Blitzter homepage down for 46 days
Brama homepage down for 38 days
Colossus homepage down for 117 days
Dika homepage down for 39 days
Gosu homepage down for 44 days
Nesik homepage down for 23 days
Sinobyl homepage down for 63 days
Sissa homepage down for 5 days
Wiki Changes
FACE Tournament
- Gerhard has updated almost all of his pages
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:tournaments:face
Chess Engine List
- added Zochova to Source Code Only List
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
Ext JS 3.2.1 Public Release
free version of the open source cross-browser JavaScript library for building rich internet applications
http://www.extjs.com/
HWiNFO32 3.50-715
free system hardware information tool, system health monitoring and benchmarks
http://www.hwinfo.com/ (homepage)
http://www.hwinfo.com/download32.html (download)
Opera 10.52
open source web browser, with the most standards-compliant rendering
http://www.opera.com/ (homepage)
http://www.opera.com/browser/download/ (download)
Meaning of Colors
Red = New or Warning
Green = Updated
Gray = Info Only
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