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<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>Posting by Ron, Wednesday, October 06, 2010, 02:02:</em></p><p><p><span style="font-size:large;"><strong>Engine Updates</strong></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#090;">Atak 6.8 (WB)</span></strong><br />
C++ source; mp; FRC; Win32/64, Linux32/64<br />
<a href="http://wbec-ridderkerk.nl/html/details1/Atak.html">http://wbec-ridderkerk.nl/html/details1/Atak.html</a> (Leo page)</p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#555;">Protector 1.3.5 (UCI)</span></strong><br />
1 revision(s) to the C++ source code today (current = rev. 368), no new build<br />
- eval change(s)<br />
<a href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/protector/">http://sourceforge.net/projects/protector/</a></p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#555;">Redqueen 0.6 (UCI)</span></strong><br />
1 commit(s) to the C++ source code (commits= 404), no new build<br />
- 404: refactoring<br />
<a href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/redqueenchess">http://sourceforge.net/projects/redqueenchess</a></p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#555;">Jim Ablett Win/Linux builds</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="color:#090;">Stockfish 1.91 JA (UCI)</span></strong><br />
C++ source; mp; FRC; Win32/64; Linux32/64<br />
- FRC (aka Chess960) bugfix <br />
<a href="http://homepages.tesco.net/henry.ablett/jims.html">http://homepages.tesco.net/henry.ablett/jims.html</a><br />
<a href="http://www.stockfishchess.com/download/">http://www.stockfishchess.com/download/</a></p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#555;">Peter C Win32 builds</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="color:#090;">Stockfish 1.9 GTB PC (UCI)</span></strong><br />
C++ source; mp; FRC; Win32<br />
- modified build to use Gaviota tablebases<br />
<a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?h8f5xyd8j4revzy">http://www.mediafire.com/?h8f5xyd8j4revzy</a> (direct link)</p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#555;">Dann Corbit Win64 builds</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="color:#090;">Stockfish 1.9 GTB DC (UCI)</span></strong><br />
C++ source; mp; FRC; Win64<br />
- uses Peter C source modifications to enable Gaviota tablebases<br />
<a href="http://cap.connx.com/chess-engines/new-approach/stockfish-19-gtb.exe.bz2">http://cap.connx.com/chess-engines/new-approach/stockfish-19-gtb.exe.bz2</a> (direct link)</p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#555;">Vajolet 0.4.1 (UCI)</span></strong><br />
1 new commit(s) to the C# source, (rev. = 51)<br />
- null move tests<br />
<a href="http://code.google.com/p/vajolet/">http://code.google.com/p/vajolet/</a></p>
<p><span style="font-size:large;"><strong>Chess News</strong></span><br />
Nothing new today <img src="images/smilies/frown.png" alt=":-(" /></p>
<p><span style="font-size:large;"><strong>Down/Problem Chess Websites</strong></span> <img src="images/smilies/frown.png" alt=":-(" /></p>
<p>Frenzee homepage down for 49 days (permissions problem)<br />
Igor Gorelikov Tools homepage down for 33 days (misconfigured)<br />
NSVChess homepage down for 3 days (403 error: forbidden)<br />
Smash homepage down today (no response in 60 seconds)</p>
<p><span style="font-size:large;"><strong>Wiki Changes</strong></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#090;">Variants Engine List</span></strong><br />
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner<br />
- reorganized page<br />
- added new links<br />
- new section: 'Three-dimensional chess'<br />
<a href="http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:variants_engine_list">http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:variants_engine_list</a></p>
<p><span style="font-size:large;"><strong>Bonus Notifications</strong></span> (recent releases of free stuff)</p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#f00;">Warnings:</span></strong><br />
<span style="color:#f00;">- do not install unwanted toolbars, etc.<br />
- alpha releases have new features; crashes and bugs are to be expected<br />
- beta releases have new features; they may contain bugs or crash<br />
- release candidate software may contain minor bugs; crashes are rare</span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#090;">Adobe Reader 9.4</span></strong><br />
free PDF viewer<br />
<a href="http://www.adobe.com/products/reader/">http://www.adobe.com/products/reader/</a><br />
<a href="http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/product.jsp?product=10&amp;platform=Windows">http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/product.jsp?product=10&amp;platform=Windows</a></p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#090;">RJ TextEd 6.80</span></strong><br />
free programmer's text editor; unicode, spell-checking, code-completion, remote editing, etc<br />
<a href="http://www.rj-texted.se/index.htm">http://www.rj-texted.se/index.htm</a> (homepage)<br />
<a href="http://www.rj-texted.se/download.htm">http://www.rj-texted.se/download.htm</a> (download page)</p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#090;">Vala/Genie software for Windows</span></strong><br />
Windows builds of software for the Vala/Genie language<br />
- vala/genie compiler 'vala 0.11.0' is updated<br />
<a href="http://live.gnome.org/Vala">http://live.gnome.org/Vala</a> (Vala language page)<br />
<a href="http://live.gnome.org/Genie">http://live.gnome.org/Genie</a> (Genie language page)<br />
<a href="http://code.google.com/p/valide/downloads/list">http://code.google.com/p/valide/downloads/list</a> (download)</p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#090;">Vuze 4.5.1.0</span></strong><br />
open source Java-based BitTorrent client formerly known as Azureus<br />
<a href="http://azureus.sourceforge.net/index.php">http://azureus.sourceforge.net/index.php</a></p>
<p><span style="font-size:large;"><strong>Meaning of Colors</strong></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#f00;">Red = New or Warning</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="color:#090;">Green = Updated</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="color:#555;">Gray = Info Only</span></strong></p>
<p>Engine List: <a href="http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:chess_engine_list">http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:chess_engine_list</a><br />
Chess News: <a href="http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:chess_news_list">http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:chess_news_list</a></p>
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