Engine Updates

NOTE: No updates have been done lately due to a recent trip
followed by a crashed-out, non-booting system. I have installed enough
software now to resurrect my website change-detection program. The updates are
back!
-- Ron

Deep Saros 2.3d2 (UCI)
C++ source; mp; Win32, Linux32/64; C++ source; mp; Win32, Linux32/64; Ippolit/Toga/Glaurung derivative; latest version is for Win32 & Linux64 only
- fixed more bugs
- add some more UCI options
http://deepsaros.jimdo.com/

Delphil 2.6b (UCI)
Win32
http://translate.google.com/translate?js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&layout=2&eotf=1&u=http%3A%2F%2Fdelp...

Francesca M.A.D. 0.15a (WB)
Win32; hash fixed in size: 16MB(diet), 128MB(standard), or 1GB(lardy)
- bugfix for Winboard use
http://www.silentshark.co.uk/

Jim Ablett Win/Linux builds
Protector (build 379) JA (UCI)
C source; Win32/64, Linux32/64
- this is a special build for Win64 only, with support for up to 16 cores
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/5047625/protector-136-rev379-64-16-ja.zip (direct link)

Jim Ablett Win/Linux builds
Redqueen 0.8 JA (UCI)
C++ source; Win32/64, Linux32/64
http://homepages.tesco.net/henry.ablett/jims.html

Spark 1.0 (UCI)
mp, multiPV; Win32/64, Linux64, Mac64
"about 30 Elo over the previous public version (0.4)"
- multipv
- some UCI options to tune evaluation
http://members.ziggo.nl/allard.siemelink/spark/

Chess News

ChessGUI 0.206 (WB/UCI)
a nice chess GUI / tournament manager by Matthias Gemuh; there is a separate download for a portable version
http://biglion.110mb.com/
http://w2410tmq9.homepage.t-online.de/

ChessMaude 1.29 (WB/UCI)
Chess GUI; play against included 1600-1700 Elo native engine (Tyrell) or any WB/UCI engine
http://home.comcast.net/~Normand_Blais/

ChessPartner 6.04 updates
commercial chess GUI for WB/UCI
http://www.lokasoft.nl/chesspartner-604-updates.aspx

Polyglot 1.4.63b
Michel Van den Bergh's Linux and Windows builds based on Fonzy Bluemers modification
of Fabien Letouzey's Polyglot with original work and bugfixes
- give ponder move as hint
- support for egtpath gaviota (this is a bit hacky right now)
- StringSize was not everywhere the same in Polyglot; this could lead to a buffer overflow in case of very long PV's
http://alpha.uhasselt.be/Research/Algebra/Toga/polyglot-release/

Scid vs. PC 4.2 (WB)
open source fork of Scid project enhanced for playing chess
http://scidvspc.sourceforge.net/index.html

Harry Schnapp books
Opening Books for Arena, ChessBase, Aquarium & Shredder Classic
- HS-Masterbook 3.1.ctg updated (book for Fritz, ChessBase & Aquarium)
http://americanfoot.free.fr/echecs/hsbook.htm

Down/Problem Chess Websites

ChessAlex homepage down for 12 days (404 error)
Frenzee homepage down for 113 days (webpage taken down until new engine release)
NSVChess homepage down for 69 days (403 error: forbidden)
Prophet site down for 39 days ("This domain name expired on 11/01/2010 and is pending renewal or deletion")
Holger Schluckebier Mac builds homepage down for 49 days (internal server error)

Wiki Changes

Chess Engine List
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- added the Norbert Raimund Leisner engine list of older engines
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:chess_engine_list

Chess GUI List
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- expanded comment for Aquarium & added another link
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:gui_protocol_support_list

Endgame Tablebases and Bitbases List
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- improved and expanded several comments
- added another link for Thompson Endgame Databases and Shredderbases
- fixed some typos
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:egtbs_list

Links
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- added Blitzchess
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:links

Linux Engine List
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- added Wing
- added another link for Deep Saros
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:linux_engine_list

Play Chess Online List
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- added Scheming Mind correspondence club
- added another link for XEC Tool]
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:play_chess_online_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

Adblock Plus 1.3.2 for Firefox
free, open source Firefox plugin that blocks most web advertisements
http://adblockplus.org/en/

BitComet 1.25
free peer-to-peer file-sharing; compatible with BitTorrent
http://www.bitcomet.com/

Calibre 0.7.33
cross-platform open source ebook manager for all popular ebook readers with format conversion,
news feeds, and integrated e-book viewer
http://calibre-ebook.com/

ClamWin Free Antivirus 0.96.5
excellent open source antivirus scanner, does not include an on-access real-time scanner
http://www.clamwin.com/

FeedDemon 4.0.0.20
free desktop RSS reader/manager for Windows
http://www.feeddemon.com/

Firefox 3.6.13
open source browser. Recommended!
- fixed several security issues
- fixed several stability issues
http://www.mozilla.com/ (homepage)
http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/3.6.13/releasenotes/ (release notes)

Free Studio 5.0.2
free conversion from/to: DVD/CD, video & audio files; burn DVDs/CDs
http://www.dvdvideosoft.com/

Game Booster 2.1
free; increases performance by temporarily shutting down background processes
and maximizing available RAM; Recommended!
http://www.iobit.com/gamebooster.html (homepage)
http://www.majorgeeks.com/Game_Booster_d5952.html (download)

Git 1.7.3.3
free, open source distributed version control system
http://git-scm.com/
http://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/RelNotes/1.7.3.3.txt (release notes)

ImgBurn 2.5.3.0
free CD / DVD / HD DVD / Blu-ray burning application
http://www.imgburn.com/

jEdit 4.4
open source programmer's text editor; supports many languages; extensive plugins
http://www.jedit.org/

Komodo Edit 6.0.3
free cross-platform programmer's editor for JavaScript, Perl, PHP, Python, Ruby and Tcl
http://www.activestate.com/komodo-edit/downloads

LibreOffice RC 1
cross platform open source fork of OpenOffice project; word processing, chart, spreadsheet, database, etc.
"The OpenOffice.org trademark is owned by Oracle Corporation"
"Since Oracle's takeover of Sun Microsystems, the [OpenOffice] Community has been under 'notice to quit'"
- this is a *release candidate*
http://www.documentfoundation.org/download/

Lunascape 6.3.4
free browser with all 3 major rendering engines: IE(Trident)+Firefox(Gecko)+Chrome/Safari(Webkit)
developers can preview web pages side-by-side using the 3 different rendering engines
http://www.lunascape.tv/

Miranda IM 0.9.12
open source instant messaging program
http://www.miranda-im.org/

OpenOffice 3.3.0 RC 7
open source word processing, database, spreadsheet, chart, math formula editor, etc
there is fear that Oracle will attempt to change this program into a commercial product
this is a *release candidate*
http://download.openoffice.org/ (homepage)
http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Feature_Freeze_Testing_3.3 (new features)
http://download.openoffice.org/all_beta.html (info & download)

PHP 5.3.4
PHP 5.2.15
PHP is a very popular open source web language
- these are *stable* releases
http://php.net/ (homepage)

Programmer's Notepad 2.2
open source programmer's editor and lightweigt IDE with syntax highlighting
- this is a *stable* release
http://www.pnotepad.org/

Python 3.2 beta 1
popular open source scripting language
this is a *beta* release
http://www.python.org/ (homepage)
http://www.python.org/download/releases/3.2/ (more info)

RJ TextEd 7.01
free programmer's text editor; unicode, spell-checking, code-completion, remote editing, etc
http://www.rj-texted.se/index.htm (homepage)
http://www.rj-texted.se/download.htm (download page)

SeaMonkey 2.0.11
open source all-in-one Internet suite: browser, email, news feed, newsgroups, IRC chat, & html editor
http://www.seamonkey-project.org/

SQLite 3.7.4
open source SQL database for programmers; small and fast
- "a regularly scheduled bi-monthly maintenance release"
http://www.sqlite.org/ (homepage)
http://www.sqlite.org/news.html (update info)

Sysinternals Suite
free trouble-shooting utilities suite from Microsoft
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb842062.aspx

System Explorer 2.4.1
free; detailed info about tasks, processes, modules, startups, IE addons, uninstallers, windows, services, drivers,
connections and opened files; graphs monitor usage of system resources in real-time
http://systemexplorer.mistergroup.org/

Task Coach 1.2.6
open source cross-platform todo manager with task or calendar viewing
http://www.taskcoach.org/

Wise Registry Cleaner Free 5.87
free registry cleaner; cleans incorrect or obsolete registry information
http://www.wisecleaner.com/download.html

Meaning of Colors

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

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