Hey, was that a sly hint to get me to un-retreat Tony's Chess?

Yes, it was!

That may happen... if I can get it to the point where I can't beat the program personally.

If you want some help just email me.

Best regards,
Ron

Hey, was that a sly hint to get me to un-retreat Tony's Chess?

That may happen... if I can get it to the point where I can't beat the program personally.

Thanks, Tony!

It's always good to see a retreated engine become available again.

Best regards,
Ron

Alexander Turikov has made ChessAlex 2.0r4 available for download again. The new home page is:

http://prog-arhiv.narod.ru/vbasic.htm

If you visit the old home page at http://chessalex.narod.ru it will redirect you to this new link.

Engine Updates

Deep Saros 2.3c4 (UCI)
C++ source; mp; Win32, Linux32/64; Ippolit/Toga/Glaurung derivative
- this Win32-only release is a *beta* version
http://deepsaros.jimdo.com/ (new homepage)

Redqueen (UCI)
2 commit(s) to the C++ source code (commits= 504), no new build
- version number was changed: maybe a new release soon?
http://sourceforge.net/projects/redqueenchess

Tornado 4.4 (UCI)
FRC; multi-pv; mp, Win32/64; limit strength
- eval of passed pawns corrected
- size of pawn hash entry table reduced
- eval of drawish material corrected
- avoid null move implemented
http://sites.google.com/site/mychessengines/

Chess News

ChessMaude 1.19 (WB)
Winboard compatible Chess GUI; play against included 1600-1700 Elo native engine (Tyrell) or any WB engine
http://home.comcast.net/~Normand_Blais/

Norm Pollock site
PGN & EPD Utility Suites and Opening Book PGN Databases
- updated: R-Mates epd database- collection of positions having a mating sequence
http://www.hoflink.com/~npollock/chess.html

SCID
PGN database program for creating opening books, also a Chess GUI
1 revision(s) to the C++ source code today (patchset = 640)
no build for this version
http://sourceforge.net/projects/scid

Down/Problem Chess Websites

Bullucks homepage down today (no response in 60 seconds)
Frenzee homepage down for 99 days (webpage taken down until new engine release)
NSVChess homepage down for 53 days (403 error: forbidden)
Pos homepage down today (no response in 60 seconds)
Prophet site down for 23 days ("This domain name expired on 11/01/2010 and is pending renewal or deletion")
Holger Schluckebier Mac builds homepage down for 33 days (internal server error)
Shredder homepage back up
Zappa Mexico homepage back up

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

CDBurnerXP 4.3.8
open source CD / DVD / Blu-ray burning software. Recommended
this program requires .NET framework; Media Format 9.0 update required if using WMA format
http://cdburnerxp.se/en/download (homepage & download)

Kite 1.0.4
compiled object-oriented/functional language; goal is to be fast and small for development time and running time
http://trac.kite-language.org/wiki/LanguageGuide (language intro)
http://www.kite-language.org/docs/ (docs)
http://www.kite-language.org/ (homepage)

Pidgin 2.7.7
open source chat program; works with almost all chat networks
http://www.pidgin.im/

Meaning of Colors

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

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