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Update Information: June 5, 2010 (Updates)

by Ron @, Sunday, June 06, 2010, 01:25

Engine Updates

Francesca MAD 0.14 (WB)
Win32; hash fixed in size (MB): 15(diet), 110(standard), or 580(lardy)
"The first update for a few years! A few changes, giving, I hope a boost of about 50 ELO."
- improved late move reductions
- removed the pruning on history scores
- null move is now always R=3
- piece values tweaked
- optimisation to static-exchange-evaluator
- a few eval tweaks, mainly around king safety
http://www.silentshark.co.uk/

Chess News
Nothing new today :-(

Down/Problem Chess Websites :-(
Alex homepage down for 43 days ("Temporarily Unavailable")
Amundsen homepage down for 48 days
Brama homepage down for 77 days
Cylone homepage down for 4 days
Demon homepage down for 4 days
Dika homepage down for 78 days
Fire homepage down for 4 days
Flux homepage down for 16 days
InmiChess homepage down for 5 days
miniMardi homepage down today
Mizar homepage down for 10 days (no download page)
Mscp homepage down for 7 days
Nesik homepage down for 52 days
Numpty homepage closed until further notice (39 days)
RobboLito homepage down for 4 days
Sissa homepage down for 44 days
Toga II 2.0SE homepage down for 4 days
Wilhelm homepage down for 27 days

Wiki Changes
Nothing new today :-(

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

Python 2.7 RC 1
popular open source scripting language
this is *release candidate* software
http://www.python.org/ (homepage)
http://www.python.org/download/releases/2.7/ (beta download and info)

Meaning of Colors

Red = New or Warning
Green = Updated
Gray = Info Only

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