Update Information: May 21, 2010 (Updates)
Engine Updates
Caligula 0.7b (WB)
Win32; based on TSCP, uses Scorpio bitbases & Polyglot opening books
- bugfix for bishop with different and the same color
http://www.wix.com/pedrox/caligula (Flash-based homepage)
http://sites.google.com/site/danasah/caligula07b.zip (direct link)
ChessBin 0.0.7.3 (WB)
Win32; requires .NET 2.0 or later; own GUI
http://www.chessbin.com/page/Download-Chess-Bin-Chess-Game.aspx
Danasah 4.45 (WB/UCI)
C source (Spanish language comments); Linux; FRC; uses Scorpio bitbases and ProDeo opening book
- changes in the search. Similar strength to version 4.24
http://sites.google.com/site/danasah/
Hiarcs 13.1 (UCI)
Commercial; FRC; Win32/64, Mac; mp
- Windows version available today; Mac version was released a month ago
http://www.hiarcs.com/
Redqueen 0.4 (UCI)
1 commit(s) to the C++ source code (commits= 211), no new build
- r211: fixed bugs
http://sourceforge.net/projects/redqueenchess
Chess News
Nothing new today
Down/Problem Chess Websites
Alex homepage down for 28 days ("Temporarily Unavailable")
Amundsen homepage down for 33 days
Blitzter homepage down for 70 days
Brama homepage down for 62 days
Colossus homepage down for 141 days
Dika homepage down for 63 days
FluxChess homepage is gone
Gosu homepage down for 68 days
InmiChess down today (again)
Nesik homepage down for 37 days
Numpty homepage closed until further notice (24 days)
Sinobyl homepage down for 87 days
Sissa homepage down for 29 days
Wilhelm homepage down for 12 days
Mizar homepage back up after being down for 2 days
Wiki Changes
Chess Engine List
- added link for old, archived Golem engine page
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:chess_engine_list
FACE Tournament
- lots of updated pages by Gerhard
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:tournaments:face
Links
my thanks to Norbert Raimund Leisner who noticed all the bad links!
- fixed link for CCC
- added CCC Forum archives
- fixed link for Marc LaCrosse's ChessBazaar
- eliminated Arnaud´s Computer Chess Corner (dead)
- eliminated CCT
- eliminated Sergio Martinez site (dead for several years)
- fixed link for Chess Assistant Light
- fixed link for FSTM
- fixed link for SOSS
- fixed link for Vega
- eliminated Pgn2Html utility
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:links
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 0.6.54
cross-platform open source ebook manager for all popular ebook readers with
format conversion, news feeds, and integrated e-book viewer
http://calibre-ebook.com/
MyDefrag 4.3.1
free disk defragmentation program that optimizes Windows performance
- bugfix for problems with MySQL and µTorrent
http://www.mydefrag.com/
Sysinternals Suite
free trouble-shooting utilities suite from Microsoft
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb842062.aspx
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