Engine Updates

ChessKISS 1.3a (WB)
Pascal source; Win32/64
- added 64-bit build
"the 64 bits version of ChessKISS is not faster than the 32 bits ..., well is even slower"
http://meandmybits.blogspot.com/2011/09/x64-release.html (announcement)
http://www.mediafire.com/?icy7a21aj1jwk4e (builds)
http://www.mediafire.com/?a8uvit1temgp0vj (source)

Evolution Chess 0.6.14 (WB)
C++ source; Win32
- opening book updated
- added downloads for required dlls: http://code.google.com/p/evolchess/wiki/RequiredFilesWin32
time control:
- bugfix
evaluation:
- end game distinction
- king safety
- piece placement
- blocked rook
- king running from rank1 (opening issue)
- piece on wider center
- B > N > 3 pawns
search:
- search prev. iterations move first then captures
move generation:
- use stl::vector
- weighted moves
http://code.google.com/p/evolchess/

Ifrit m1 (UCI)
C++ source (Russian language comments); Win32
- rewrote move generator to use magic-bitboards
- corrected coefficient estimates
http://translate.google.com/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fandchess2006.narod.ru%2F&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&sl=ru&tl=en

Komodo 3 (UCI)
Win32/64, Linux32/64, Mac
no change to engine
- new Polyglot book by Salvo Spitaleri
http://komodochess.com/

Source Code Only List

Zeta OpenCL 0.918 (UCI)
this is an experimental, source-code-only engine that uses a GPU (128 threads)
special requirements: Linux64 with AMD OpenCL SDK or NVidia OpenCL SDK
this is not a complete chess engine yet: no ep or castling moves
- code cleanup
- added alphabeta pruning
- added move ordering
http://zeta-chess.blogspot.com/2011/09/zeta-0918-developer-release.html (announcement)
https://github.com/smatovic/Zeta/tree/zeta_nvidia_0918 (source)

Chess News

ChessZone Magazine
free monthly chess magazine of annotated GM games
- #09, 2011
http://www.chesszone.org/magazine/magazine.html

Down/Problem Chess Websites

Bubble homepage down for 4 days (site is down often)
Dann Corbit homepage down for 83 days
GreKo homepage down for 3 days (a 110mb.com site)
Matacz homepage down for 51 days (a 110mb.com site)
Pyotr homepage down for 5 days

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

Paint.NET 3.5.9 Beta
very nice free image and photo editing software (paint program); recommended
- this is a *beta* release
http://www.getpaint.net/

SeaMonkey 2.4 Beta 3
open source all-in-one Internet suite: browser, email, news feed, newsgroups, IRC chat, & html editor
- this is a *beta* release
http://www.seamonkey-project.org/

SumatraPDF 1.8
free, open-source minimalistic PDF reader for Windows; it is a portable app
http://blog.kowalczyk.info/software/sumatrapdf/free-pdf-reader.html

Task Coach 1.2.26
open source cross-platform desktop todo manager with task or calendar viewing, project tracking, etc
http://www.taskcoach.org/

Meaning of Colors

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

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