Engine Updates

ChessNovice R0.03 (WB)
new engine by David Shamgar Jeeves
jvm jar file for Win, Linux, Mac
http://sourceforge.net/projects/chessnovice/

Jim Ablett Win/Linux builds
Stockfish 2.3 JA (UCI)
C++ source; mp; FRC; Win32/64, Linux32/64, Android
- silent update, version number unchanged
- Intel compile removed from package
http://jimablett.net63.net/

Tucano 1.04 (WB)
C source; Win32, Linux32
- compatibility fixes: review of some variables declaration in order to make possible to compile for linux and hopefuly other systems (ARM, MAC); changes made mainly at bitboard.c and globals.h
- added a preprocessor test to not use BBIX structure when system has different size for unsigned int and unsigned short data types at bitboard.c
- implemented hash table size parameter -hash; also changed the default to be 64MB instead of 128MB which was the initial idea
- made a small optimization to keep king square as integer in the board.state structure; only recalculate when king moves
- fixed the perft time calculation, was using clock() method; changed to use the same functions as the search
- added the parameter "-nobook" to turn off the small internal opening book
- included Linux executable for Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
- added a .jpg image for program icon
https://sites.google.com/site/tucanochess/

Chess News

Nothing new today

Down/Problem Chess Websites

ChestUCI homepage down today (a 110mb.com site)
Dann Corbit homepage down for 448 days
FirstChess homepage down for 6 days (not found)
FSharpChess homepage down today (a codeplex.com site)
GreKo homepage down for 4 days (a 110mb.com site)
Mizar homepage down for 28 days ("domain has expired")
PolarChess homepage down for 13 days
Toledo Nanochess homepage down today (a 110mb.com site)
Tornado homepage down for 27 days (programmer has purposely removed his page)

Wiki Changes

GUI Protocol List
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- ChessBase: revised links and comments
- added icsDrone to list of Developable / Discontinued / Faulty / Incomplete Chess GUIs
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:gui_protocol_support_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

Notepad++ 6.1.8
open source programmer's editor (Windows only)
http://notepad-plus-plus.org/

qBittorrent 3.0.3
open source cross-platform Bittorrent client
http://www.qbittorrent.org/

TDM-GCC 4.7.1-2 (32bit) & 4.7.1 (64-bit)
open source GCC C/C++ 32/64-bit Native Portable Build and Development Environment for Windows
creates 32-bit OR 64-bit binaries, for any version of Windows since Windows 95
- quick bugfixes for yesterday's release
- "mingw32-make, gdb and dw2-core hotfixed 2012-09-16"
http://tdm-gcc.tdragon.net/

Vala/Genie 0.17.7 Beta
Vala language resembles C# and Genie language resembles Python
the common language compiler outputs OO C code using the GObject library
not yet at version 1.0, but some large apps are written in Vala/Genie
this is the *developmental* branch (beta)
http://www.mail-archive.com/vala-devel-list@gnome.org/msg00036.html (announcement)
http://live.gnome.org/Vala (Vala info)
http://live.gnome.org/Genie (Genie info)

Meaning of Colors

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

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