Update Information: June 1, 2010 (Updates)
Engine Updates
Jim Ablett Win builds
Protector 1.3.5 JA (UCI)
C source; Win32/64, Linux32/64
http://homepages.tesco.net/henry.ablett/jims.html
Protector 1.3.5 (UCI)
C source; Win32/64, Linux32/64
http://sourceforge.net/projects/protector/ (project site)
Redqueen 0.4 (UCI)
1 commit(s) to the C++ source code (commits= 230), no new build
- 230: search functions improvement
http://sourceforge.net/projects/redqueenchess
Tiffanys 0.5 (WB)
3 revision(s) to the Java source code today (current = rev. 68), no new build
- 66: rollback
- 67: rollback step 2
- 68: rollback
http://sourceforge.net/projects/tiffanys/ (project site)
Tornado 3.6 (UCI)
FRC; multi-pv; mp, Win32/64; limit strength
- many changes and bug fixes everywhere in the source
- new eval hash added, eval and pawn hash table used by all threads
- probe to Nalimov Tablebases code complete rewritten
http://sites.google.com/site/mychessengines/
Chess News
Nothing new today
Down/Problem Chess Websites
Alex homepage down for 39 days ("Temporarily Unavailable")
Amundsen homepage down for 44 days
Brama homepage down for 73 days
Dika homepage down for 74 days
Flux homepage down for 12 days
Frenzee homepage down today
InmiChess homepage down today (again)
Mizar homepage down for 6 days (no download page)
Mscp homepage down for 3 days
Nesik homepage down for 48 days
Numpty homepage closed until further notice (35 days)
Sissa homepage down for 40 days
Vicki homepage down today
Wilhelm homepage down for 23 days
Xadreco homepage down for 3 days (for maintainance)
Dann Corbit site back up after being down for 3 days
Xadreco homepage back up after being down for 3 days
Wiki Changes
Engine GUI List
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- added Haudrix Chess for Crafty, GnuChess & Sjeng
- dropped Mayura Chess for Sjeng engine
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:engine_gui_list
Play Chess Online List
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- added Free Internet Correspondence Games Server
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:play_chess_online_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
AmoK CD/DVD Burning 1.10
free, simple music/data-burning program without unneeded extras (players, cover designers, etc.)
http://www.amok.am/en/freeware/amok_cd-dvd_burning/
GParted 0.5.2-11
open source Gnome Partition Editor- resize, move, copy, check, label your hard drive's partitions
understands most file systems including all for Windows and Linux
this is probably a quick bugfix for yesterday's release
http://gparted.sourceforge.net/ (homepage)
http://sourceforge.net/projects/gparted/ (project page)
http://sourceforge.net/projects/gparted/files/gparted-live-testing/ (download)
RSSOwl 2.0.5
open source Java RSS newsreader
http://www.rssowl.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