Engine Updates

Jim Ablett Win/Linux builds
CuckooChess 1.07 JA (UCI)
Java source; own GUI; uses Cuckoo hashing
- this is a Win32 compile of the Java code without the GUI
http://homepages.tesco.net/henry.ablett/jims.html

Jim Ablett Win/Linux builds
Ifrit j4.2 JA (UCI)
C++ source (Russian language comments); Win32/64, Linux 32/64
http://homepages.tesco.net/henry.ablett/jims.html

Jim Ablett Win/Linux builds
Protector 1.4.0 JA (UCI)
C source; Win32/64, Linux32/64
http://homepages.tesco.net/henry.ablett/jims.html

Chess News

Chess for Android 2.5.5, UCI Chess GUI
Aart Bik's free gui + chess engine for the Android phone
- ability to save games to SD card
- ability to define common UCI engine options in a pop-up window:
--- hash table size
--- ELO strength restriction
--- endgame tablebases formats (Nalimov, Gaviota, or Scorpio)
--- cache size
http://aartbik.blogspot.com/

Down/Problem Chess Websites

Aldebaran homepage down for 32 days (no response in 60 seconds)
Bubble homepage down for 2 days (no response in 60 seconds)
Fianchetto homepage down for 9 days (configuration error)
Frenzee homepage down for 154 days (webpage taken down until new engine release)
Genesis homepage down for 7 days
Sorgenkind homepage down for 20 days (no response in 60 seconds)
Usurper homepage down for 18 days
BSC homepage back up

Wiki Changes

Variants Engine List
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- added Nebiyu
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:variants_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

Adblock Plus 1.0.26 for Chrome beta
free, open source Chrome plugin that blocks most web advertisements
- this is a *beta* release
https://chrome.google.com/extensions/detail/cfhdojbkjhnklbpkdaibdccddilifddb

LibreOffice RC 4
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 6.4.1
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/

Meaning of Colors

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

Engine List: http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:chess_engine_list
Chess News: http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:chess_news_list

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