Engine Updates

Cheng3 1.07 (UCI)
C++ source; Win32/64, Linux64, Mac64; Gaviota egtbs
- some more minor tweaking
- more aggressive futility pruning
- added support for personalities
- replaced old ugly precomputed zobrist table (~400kB of source code saved, ~200kB binary)
- recompiled opening book due to change in zobrist hashes (now cheng3.cbk instead of cheng3.binbook)
- Win builds by Jim Ablett
- new Linux64 build
- new Mac64 build
- (assume ~+20-30 elo over previous version)
http://www.vlasak.biz/cheng

ChessKISS 1.5 (WB)
Pascal (Delphi) source; Win32/64
- lots of changes, see homepage
http://meandmybits.blogspot.com/

Jim Ablett Win/Linux builds
Dabbaba 4.18 JA (WB)
Win32, Linux32
http://jimablett.net63.net/

Macromix 2.01 (UCI)
Win32
http://www.sdchess.ru/download_engines.htm (SDChess)

Tony Mokonen Win builds
SamChess 1.0 TM (WB)
Win32
- MinGW32 4.5.2 PGO compile
- basic Winboard 2 support added
http://www.3dkingdoms.com/chess/sam/samchess.html (SamChess homepage)
http://www3.telus.net/tmokonen/SamChessMinGW_32.rar (direct link)

Chess News

ChessZone Magazine
free monthly chess magazine of annotated GM games
- #1, 2012
http://www.chesszone.org/magazine/magazine.html

Polyglot 1.4w29
Fonzy Bluemers version of Fabien Letouzey's UCI to WB adapter called 'Polyglot '
- fix: don't parse info strings
http://www.geenvis.net/

Tony Mokonen Win builds
SamChess KM12 TM (WB)
SamChess engine by Jonathan Kreuzer
KnightMate modifications and compile by Tony Mokonen
- Knightmate-only engine
- now sends proper character to underpromote to Commoner
- log output modified to print M for Commoner and K for King
http://www3.telus.net/tmokonen/SamChess-KM12.rar (direct link)

Down/Problem Chess Websites

Asterisk homepage down for 79 days
ChessAlex homepage is down for 32 days
Chess0 homepage down for 6 days ("domain has expired")
Dann Corbit homepage down for 208 days

Wiki Changes

ECO/NCO Cross Reference
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- added more books
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:eco_nco_xref

GUI Protocol List
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- Chess Informant Expert: revised comment
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:gui_protocol_support_list

Play Chess Online List
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- Crow: removed from list
- N Schach: removed from list
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:play_chess_online_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

Process Hacker 2.27
open source; examine & manipulate running Windows processes & services
http://processhacker.sourceforge.net/

Meaning of Colors

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

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