Engine Updates

Jim Ablett Win/Linux builds
AliBaba 1.36wb JA (WB)
Win32, Linux32
- fixed Winboard GUI parsing bug
http://homepages.tesco.net/henry.ablett/jims.html

Naraku 1.2 (UCI)
Win32
- adaptive deep razoring
- futility pruning
- code cleanup and optimization, about 1% faster when searching
- SSE1 and SSE2 compiles
- new logo by Dusan Stamenkovic
- rating: approximately 2745 elo points
http://www.miroku79.info/blog/?page_id=88

Simplex 0.9.6 (UCI)
C++ source with Spanish comments; Win32/64
- uses performance counters if available
- shorter time control is possible
- simplified quiesce function
- Nullmove R=3, not two in a row
- evaluation only on the tips
- new evaluation from scratch; dumb, strange, stronger?
- removed the KpK endgame bitbase
- corrected some bugs, noticeably in the hash move validation
- added age in the trasposition table
- move order changed
http://sites.google.com/site/barajandotrebejos/

Protector 1.3.5 (UCI)
2 revision(s) to the C++ source code today (current = rev. 366), no new build
- eval & search change(s)
http://sourceforge.net/projects/protector/

Redqueen 0.6 (UCI)
1 commit(s) to the C++ source code (commits= 389), no new build
- 389: trend magic number
http://sourceforge.net/projects/redqueenchess

Chess News

Chess Hero 2.3
free chess trainer; produces test positions from PGN files
compares your best move to your favorite WB/UCI chess engine's choice
- new Statistics window
http://innokuo.altervista.org/chesshero.html

ChessX 0.7 GUI (WB/UCI)
PGN database program for Windows, Mac & Linux with engine support for analysis only (not for playing)
8 new commit(s) to the C++ source, (rev = 1053), no new build
- 1046: use larger window for editing comments
- 1047: use Shift+Return for new line in comment; use Return to close
- 1048: do not use undocumented setModifiers() function
- 1049: add Ctrl+A shortcut for editing comments
- 1050: remove White/Black distinction from most NAGs
- 1051: replace some NAGs with UTF symbols
- 1052: use another circle-dot for zugzwang symbol
- 1053: add Bruno to the list of authors
http://sourceforge.net/projects/chessx/

Down/Problem Chess Websites

Aristarch homepage down for 4 days
Frenzee homepage down for 40 days (permissions problem)
Igor Gorelikov Tools homepage down for 24 days (misconfigured)
Smash homepage down for 2 days (no response in 60 seocnds)
Simplex homepage back up (at a different URL)

Wiki Changes

Chess Engine List
- added new homepage link for Rocinante
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:chess_engine_list

Private Engine List
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- added Bolt
- added Chexa
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:private_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

Clonezilla Live 1.2.6-24
open source system image backup/restore (Live) or multicast new system images (SE)
http://clonezilla.org/
http://clonezilla.org/download/sourceforge/stable/release-notes.php (release notes)

Groovy++ 0.2.25
this is a fork of the Groovy language supporting better runtime efficiency
http://code.google.com/p/groovypptest/downloads/list

Vala/Genie software for Windows
Windows builds of software for the Vala/Genie language
- libgee 0.6.0: container/iterator library updated
http://live.gnome.org/Vala (Vala language page)
http://live.gnome.org/Genie (Genie language page)
http://code.google.com/p/valide/downloads/list (download)

Meaning of Colors

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

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