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<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>Posting by Ron, Saturday, October 13, 2012, 00:48:</em></p><p><p><span style="font-size:large;"><strong>Engine Updates</strong></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#090;">Godel 2.3.7 (WB/UCI)</span></strong><br />
Win32/64, Linux32/64<br />
- added UCI protocol; not tested too much, so Winboard protocol is recommended<br />
- fixed time management bugs, in special the easy move technique and losing the game by time in incremental time control<br />
- many changes in the searc; now Godel prunes a bit more and uses the TT in the qsearch<br />
- many parameters of the evaluation have been optimized<br />
- Godel is a bit faster<br />
<a href="https://sites.google.com/site/godelchessengine/home">https://sites.google.com/site/godelchessengine/home</a></p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#090;">Rebel 6.0 (WB/UCI)</span></strong><br />
Ed Schröder's program from 1994, old DOS version modified to run on Win32<br />
Win32<br />
- this engine is donationware; all proceeds will benefit the Warchild charity<br />
<a href="http://www.top-5000.nl/donationware.htm">http://www.top-5000.nl/donationware.htm</a></p>
<p><span style="font-size:large;"><strong>Chess News</strong></span></p>
<p>Nothing new today</p>
<p><span style="font-size:large;"><strong>Down/Problem Chess Websites</strong></span> <img src="images/smilies/frown.png" alt=":-(" /></p>
<p>ChestUCI homepage down today (a 110mb.com site)<br />
Dann Corbit homepage down for 474 days<br />
Igor Gorelikov Tools homepage down for 11 days (a 110mb.com site)<br />
Pyotr homepage down for 11 days (no response in 60 seconds)<br />
Toledo Nanochess homepage down today (a 110mb.com site)<br />
Vicki homepage down today (no response in 60 seconds)</p>
<p><span style="font-size:large;"><strong>Wiki Changes</strong></span></p>
<p>Nothing new today</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;">- 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;">AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition 2013.2740</span></strong><br />
Free anti-virus, anti-spyware program with excellent protection for Win32/64<br />
<a href="http://free.avg.com/us-en/download.prd-afh.line-2013">http://free.avg.com/us-en/download.prd-afh.line-2013</a></p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#090;">Ruby 1.9.3-p286</span></strong><br />
popular scripting language, often used with Rails library<br />
<a href="http://www.ruby-lang.org/en/">http://www.ruby-lang.org/en/</a></p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#090;">SeaMonkey 2.13.1</span></strong><br />
open source all-in-one Internet suite: browser, email, news feed, newsgroups, IRC chat, &amp; html editor<br />
<a href="http://www.seamonkey-project.org/">http://www.seamonkey-project.org/</a></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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