Engine Updates

Firenzina 2.2.2 SGVAD (UCI)
C source; mp; Win64; supports Robbobase egtbs; engine is based on Fire, which is an IvanHoe derivative
- this is another 64-bit recompile that is more optimized
- only for recent cpus with SSE4.2 and hardware popcount
http://dgusev.cs.edinboro.edu/GameDev/Chess/firenzina.html

NG-Play 8.2 (WB)
C source; Win32
- implemented delta & futility pruning
http://users.otenet.gr/~yggeorgo/

Chess News

Crafty Chess Interface 7.1
VB source; chess GUI for Crafty with nice wood board by Valters Baumanis (requres VB6 run-time library)
- includes Crafty 23.5
- new homepage (see below)
http://nightmarechess.com/crafty/

Hiarcs Chess Explorer 1.3 Chess GUI (UCI)
Commercial; FRC; Win32, Mac32; mp
- free update for paying customers
- Hiarcs engine *not* updated
http://www.hiarcs.com/

Down/Problem Chess Websites

Akkad homepage down for 76 days (not found)
Bestia homepage down for 14 days (a 110mb.com site)
Deep Saros homepage down for 76 days (not found)
Jim Ablett main page down for 3 days (use JA secondary page)
Lyapko Utilities page down for 14 days (a 110mb.com site)

Zeta Dva and Zeta OpenCL GPU engines
have been discontinued and website repository and blog removed

Warning: Inmi site has been hacked and is unsafe to visit
AVG antivirus: 'Exploit Blackhole Exploit Kit [type 2389]'
Kaspersky antivirus: 'object is infected'

Wiki Changes

Chess Engine List
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- Slow Chess: changed a link
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:chess_engine_list

Chess Engine List
update by Ron Murawski
- Slow Chess: reverted the link
- Zeta Dva: moved to Retreated Engine List
- Zeta OpenCL: moved to Retreated Engine List
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:chess_engine_list

GUI Protocol List
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- intro paragraph expanded and more links added
- SmartBoard-WB: minor editing change
- Winboard Chronos Adapter: some links changed, comment revision
- some invisible whitespace changes
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:gui_protocol_support_list

SMP Engine List
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- added Firenzina
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:smp_engine_list

Variants Engine List
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
-Chancellor: removed comment
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:variants_engine_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

Avira AntiVir Personal 13.0.0.3185 Free
free; highly-rated antivirus product with very annoying pop-up ads accompanying virus signature updates
http://www.avira.com/en/avira-free-antivirus

Java 7, Update 17
Java 6, Update 43
update of Java runtime and development kit (JRE or JDK)
- it is important to disable Java in your browser, or bad things may happen to you!
- "this release contains fixes for security vulnerabilities"
- is it possible that Oracle is starting to take security seriously?
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/index.html (Java download)

UltraVNC 1.1.8.2
open source, cross-platform remote desktop; can view/control Win, Linux, or Mac
http://www.uvnc.com/ (homepage)
http://www.uvnc.com/downloads/ultravnc.html (download)

Meaning of Colors

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

Engine List: http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:chess_engine_list
Chess News: http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:chess_news_list

NOTE: If you want me to track a website for you, please email me and I will add it.
ron _at_ computer-chess _dot_ org