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<title>Update Information: August 23, 2011</title>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>Reply by Tony Mokonen, Wednesday, August 24, 2011, 02:59:</em></p><p><p>Yes, I was a bad boy, I did a silent update.  The change was to try and get the search depth to display properly.  I did a similar change in the DevC compile.</p>
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<dc:creator>Tony Mokonen</dc:creator>
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<title>Update Information: August 23, 2011</title>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>Posting by Ron, Wednesday, August 24, 2011, 02:39:</em></p><p><p><span style="font-size:large;"><strong>Engine Updates</strong></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#555;">BagaturChess 1.1.2 (UCI)</span></strong><br />
Java source; Win32/64; mp<br />
- readme file updated, no changes to any other files<br />
<a href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/bagaturchess/">http://sourceforge.net/projects/bagaturchess/</a></p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#555;">Tony Mokonen Win32 builds</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="color:#090;">DoubleCheck 1.3.1 TM (UCI)</span></strong><br />
C source; Win32<br />
- silent update, version number unchanged<br />
<a href="http://www3.telus.net/tmokonen/DoubleCheck131_x32.rar">http://www3.telus.net/tmokonen/DoubleCheck131_x32.rar</a> (direct link)<br />
<a href="http://www3.telus.net/tmokonen/DoubleCheck131DevC.rar">http://www3.telus.net/tmokonen/DoubleCheck131DevC.rar</a> (MinGW build)</p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#090;">Supra 3.2 (UCI)</span></strong><br />
Win32<br />
<a href="http://suprachesssystem.com/">http://suprachesssystem.com/</a> (Portugeuse)<br />
<a href="http://www.suprachesssystem.com/">http://www.suprachesssystem.com/</a> (English)</p>
<p><span style="font-size:large;"><strong>Chess News</strong></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#090;">ChessGUI 0.232 (WB/UCI)</span></strong><br />
chess GUI / tournament manager by Matthias Gemuh; there is a separate download for a portable version<br />
- an important detail in TLCV support fixed<br />
<a href="http://www.chessgui.com/chess/ChessGUI.zip">http://www.chessgui.com/chess/ChessGUI.zip</a> (direct link)</p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#090;">Norm Pollock site</span></strong><br />
PGN &amp; EPD Utility Suites and Opening Book PGN Databases<br />
- new Program: epdMaterial - extracts records based on a user-specified &quot;material_list&quot;<br />
Example: epdMaterial alpha.epd rnRkbpppQKqPRPPPNR<br />
<a href="http://www.hoflink.com/~npollock/chess.html">http://www.hoflink.com/~npollock/chess.html</a></p>
<p><span style="font-size:large;"><strong>Down/Problem Chess Websites</strong></span> <img src="images/smilies/frown.png" alt=":-(" /></p>
<p>Bubble homepage down for 9 days (no response in 60 seconds)<br />
Dann Corbit homepage down for 58 days (broken computer!)<br />
Matacz homepage down for 25 days (a 110mb.com site)<br />
Monik homepage down for 4 days (&quot;This Account Has Been Suspended&quot;)<br />
Smaug homepage down for 29 days</p>
<p><span style="font-size:large;"><strong>Wiki Changes</strong></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#090;">Endgame Tablebases and Bitbases List</span></strong><br />
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner<br />
- improved the comments and descriptions<br />
<a href="http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:egtbs_list">http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:egtbs_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;"><br />
- 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;">Java 6, Update 27</span></strong><br />
update of Java runtime and development kit (JRE or JDK)<br />
- new update to older version of Java (some people consider Java 7 a beta release)<br />
<a href="http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/index.html">http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/index.html</a></p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#090;">PHP 5.3.8</span></strong><br />
PHP is a very popular open source scripting language mostly used for web applications<br />
- this patches a serious security problem<br />
&quot;All users are strongly encouraged to upgrade to PHP 5.3.8.&quot;<br />
<a href="http://php.net/">http://php.net/</a> (homepage)</p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#090;">PostgreSQL 9.1 RC 1</span></strong><br />
open source SQL database for high performance and high availability applications<br />
- this is a *release candidate*, almost ready for production use<br />
&quot;contains fixes for all known outstanding issues reported on the betas of version 9.1&quot;<br />
<a href="http://www.postgresql.org/">http://www.postgresql.org/</a> (homepage)<br />
<a href="http://www.postgresql.org/about/news.1341">http://www.postgresql.org/about/news.1341</a> (announcement)</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>
<p><strong><span style="color:#555;">NOTE: If you want me to track a website for you, please email me and I will add it.<br />
ron _at_ computer-chess _dot_ org</span></strong></p>
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<pubDate>Wed, 24 Aug 2011 02:39:44 +0000</pubDate>
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<dc:creator>Ron</dc:creator>
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