Engine Updates

Deuterium 11.02.29.107 (WB)
Win32
- bug fixes on time control setting when game is started from setboard command
- tune search reductions and evaluation
- added lazy eval
- added delta prunning in qsearch
- added bad move history heuristics
- modify good move history heuristics
- added support for winboard nps command
- disable kibitz option in .ini file, from now on have to rely on winboard GUI
http://sites.google.com/site/deuteriumengine/

SharpChess2 2.6 (WB)
C# source; Win32/64; requires DotNet Framework version 4.0 (or later)
- binary available as setup/install file only
http://sharpchess.com/ (homepage)
https://github.com/PeterHughes/SharpChess (source code)

Chess News

Jim Ablett Android build
Arasan 13.4 (WB/UCI) for Android
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/5047625/arasan-134-android-ja.zip (direct link)

Bihasa 2.1 (WB)
variant engine for playing Capablanca and Gothic Chess on a 10x8 board size
by Deuterium author Ferdinand Mosca
http://sites.google.com/site/deuteriumengine/downloads-1

Kvetka 3.13 Chess GUI (UCI)
designed for game viewing and analysis; several plug-ins available; available in a portable version
- main Kvetka program updated
- plugin "Extended engine output" updated
- plugin "Endgame Bases" updated
http://kvetka.org/en/

Makulit 1.0 (WB)
variant engine for playing Xiangqi (Chinese Chess)
by Deuterium author Ferdinand Mosca
http://sites.google.com/site/deuteriumengine/downloads-1

Down/Problem Chess Websites

Asterisk homepage down for 41 days
Damas homepage down for 80 days ("Free Web Hosting Discontinued")
Dann Corbit homepage down for 170 days

Wiki Changes

Endgame Tablebases and Bitbases List
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- Patzer Bitbases link updated
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:egtbs_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 2.0.1 for Firefox
free, open source browser plugin that blocks most web advertisements
- a quick bugfix for yesterday's release
http://adblockplus.org/en/

Digital Mars D Compiler 2.057
free compiler for Win32, Linux32, FreeBSD32 & Mac; an interesting OO language
- this is the newer version of D, the older version is 1.072
http://www.digitalmars.com/d/download.html

Macrium Reflect Free 5.0.4175
Windows32/64 disk imaging; free edition has full image backups/restores only and only for private use
http://www.macrium.com/reflectfree.asp

Meaning of Colors

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

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