Engine Updates

Jim Ablett Win/Linux builds
Betsabé II 1.02 JA (WB)
C source w/ Spanish comments & var names; Win32, Linux32; this is a MiniMAX derivative
http://jimablett.hostwebs.com/

Jim Ablett Win/Linux builds
Zeta Dva 0164 JA (WB)
C source; Win32/64, Linux32/64
- these are faster builds than those on the Zeta page (below)
http://jimablett.hostwebs.com/

Zeta Dva 0.1.6.4 (WB)
C source; Win32/64, Linux32/64
- new builds for Win32/64
- yesterday's Linux64 build refreshed
- opening book (Polyglot .bin) support
- added book.bin by Dann Corbit
- fixes in loading fen positions
- fixes in hashing
- code cleanup
https://github.com/smatovic/zeta_dva
direct links:
https://github.com/smatovic/zeta_dva/blob/master/bin/zeta_dva_0164_win32.exe?raw=true (Win32)
https://github.com/smatovic/zeta_dva/blob/4596e9d05eb0f8bb07a3cbd68e4d9750399c9838/bin/zeta_dva_0164_win64.exe?raw=true (Win64)

Chess News

Kvetka 3.9.1 Chess GUI (UCI)
designed for game viewing and analysis; several plug-ins available; available in a portable version
http://kvetka.org/en/

Writing your own chess program (Winglet)
A step-by-step guide for writing and improving your own bitboard chess engine by Stef Luijten
- for programmers
- lots more info added today including code
http://www.sluijten.com/winglet/

XBoard 4.5.2 beta
by HG Muller
- this is a source code "developers release"
ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/xboard/

Down/Problem Chess Websites

BabyChess homepage down for 2 days (404: page not found)
Bearded homepage down for 60 days
Darmenios homepage down today (502: bad gateway)
Frenzee homepage down for 235 days (purposely down until new engine release)
Grizzly homepage down today (password protected)
Sorgenkind homepage down for 101 days
Typhoon homepage down for 27 days (no response in 60 seconds)
Usurper homepage down for 100 days (no response in 60 seconds)

Wiki Changes

Download page
- made some more corrections here and on the details page too
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:download:index

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

Audacity 1.3.13 beta
popular open source sound editor/recorder
this is a *beta* release
http://audacity.sourceforge.net/

Groovy++ 0.4.200
open source jvm language; it appears to be a superset of the Java language
this is an extension to the standard Groovy jvm language; it supports better runtime efficiency using static typing
http://code.google.com/p/groovypptest/downloads/list

Speccy 1.10
free system information tool
http://www.piriform.com/speccy (homepage)
http://www.piriform.com/blog/2011/4/11/speccy-v110 (announcement)

Wireshark 1.5.1
open-source network protocol analyzer (packet sniffer) for advanced users
http://www.wireshark.org/

Meaning of Colors

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

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