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Update Information: August 16, 2010 (Updates)

by Ron @, Tuesday, August 17, 2010, 01:53

Engine Updates

Alex 2.07 (WB/UCI)
Win32
new webpage URL!
- fix bugs concerning the xboard protocol (mainly pondering)
- work on the position evaluation
http://home.comcast.net/~Normand_Blais/

Protector 1.3.5 (UCI)
2 revision(s) to the C++ source code today (current = rev. 311), no new build
- eval & search change(s)
http://sourceforge.net/projects/protector/

Chess News

ChessGUI 0.197c (WB/UCI)
a nice chess GUI / tournament manager by Matthias Gemuh; there is a separate download for a portable version
"ChessGUI 0.197c is the real thing. Tested."
- NalimovPath was sometimes not sent to engine
http://biglion.110mb.com/
http://w2410tmq9.homepage.t-online.de/

Down/Problem Chess Websites :-(

Aristarch homepage down for 3 days
SharpChess homepage down today
Sharper homepage down today
CCC forum (talkchess) homepage back up :-)

Wiki Changes

Endgame Tablebases and Bitbases List
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- added Chenard EGTBs
- improved Edwards' Tablebases comment
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:egtbs_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

BurnAware Free 3.0.3
CD/DVD/Blu-ray disc-burning software
http://www.burnaware.com/burnaware_free.html (info)

FileZilla 3.3.4.1
open source ftp client. Recommended.
http://filezilla-project.org/

InfraRecorder 0.51
CD/DVD disc-burning software
http://infrarecorder.org/

Meaning of Colors

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

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