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<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>Posting by Ron, Wednesday, July 10, 2013, 01:00:</em></p><p><p><span style="font-size:large;"><strong>Engine Updates</strong></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#555;">Cheese Opening book 1.1</span></strong><br />
- new book<br />
<a href="http://cheesechess.free.fr/en/index.html">http://cheesechess.free.fr/en/index.html</a></p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#555;">Tony Mokonen Windows builds</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="color:#090;">Giuchess 1.0 TM (WB)</span></strong><br />
C source; Win32<br />
- requires external cygwin dll (included in package)<br />
<a href="http://tmokonen.net84.net/GiuChess-1.0.rar">http://tmokonen.net84.net/GiuChess-1.0.rar</a> (direct link)</p>
<p><span style="font-size:large;"><strong>Chess News</strong></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#090;">Chess Engines for Android in Chessbase format</span></strong><br />
Aart Bik's collection of engines that run on commercial Chessbase Android Chess GUI<br />
- version 1.0.3 of engines package is available<br />
<a href="http://www.aartbik.com/MISC/android.html">http://www.aartbik.com/MISC/android.html</a></p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#090;">Chess for Android 4.2 (WB/UCI)</span></strong><br />
Aart Bik's free gui + chess engine for the Android<br />
<a href="http://aartbik.blogspot.com/">http://aartbik.blogspot.com/</a> (blog)<br />
<a href="http://www.aartbik.com/MISC/android.html">http://www.aartbik.com/MISC/android.html</a> (homepage and download)</p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#f00;">Gperft 1.0.1</span></strong><br />
new perft program by Paul Byrne<br />
<a href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/bxoogxwkbncxd68/gperft.zip">https://www.dropbox.com/s/bxoogxwkbncxd68/gperft.zip</a> (direct link)</p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#090;">600,000 Test Positions</span></strong><br />
FEN files are from Steven J Edwards (direct links for all)<br />
<a href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/w6cpi2x2nfl7zrc/checkmates.fen">https://www.dropbox.com/s/w6cpi2x2nfl7zrc/checkmates.fen</a> (Checkmates)<br />
<a href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/3z1htwf0rh9hvrh/matein1.fen">https://www.dropbox.com/s/3z1htwf0rh9hvrh/matein1.fen</a> (Mate in 1)<br />
<a href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/2ehactdxade5fw2/matein2.fen">https://www.dropbox.com/s/2ehactdxade5fw2/matein2.fen</a> (Mate in 2)<br />
<a href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/0e6v61x4so4cd9x/matein3.fen">https://www.dropbox.com/s/0e6v61x4so4cd9x/matein3.fen</a> (Mate in 3)<br />
<a href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/ge1xo1vu2gl039y/matein4.fen">https://www.dropbox.com/s/ge1xo1vu2gl039y/matein4.fen</a> (Mate in 4)<br />
<a href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/3cr8rdhgg723hya/stalemates.fen">https://www.dropbox.com/s/3cr8rdhgg723hya/stalemates.fen</a> (Stalemates)</p>
<p><span style="font-size:large;"><strong>Down/Problem Chess Websites</strong></span> <img src="images/smilies/frown.png" alt=":-(" /></p>
<p>Bestia homepage down for 2 days (a 110mb.com site)<br />
Fianchetto homepage down for 2 days (502: bad gateway)<br />
Flux homepage down for 2 days (not found)<br />
Lyapko Utilities homepage down for 2 days (a 110mb.com site)<br />
Wing homepage down for 67 days (not found)</p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#555;">AdaChess homepage is now considered dead, it will no longer be tracked.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="color:#555;">Armageddon homepage is now considered dead, it will no longer be tracked.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="color:#555;">JavaRival homepage is now considered dead, it will no longer be tracked.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="color:#555;">PowerChess PGN Databases page is now considered dead, it will no longer be tracked.</span></strong></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;">Akka 2.2.0</span></strong><br />
open source library for Scala or other JVM languages; gives developers a simpler programming<br />
model to develop highly reliable asynchronous, non-blocking applications for concurrent or<br />
parallel operation using Actors, STM &amp; Transactors; multi-core scalable and fault-tolerant<br />
<a href="http://akka.io/">http://akka.io/</a> (homepage)</p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#090;">Clonezilla Live 2.1.2-20 Stable</span></strong><br />
open source system image backup/restore (Live) or multicast new system images (SE)<br />
<a href="http://clonezilla.org/">http://clonezilla.org/</a><br />
<a href="http://clonezilla.org/news.php">http://clonezilla.org/news.php</a> (release notes)</p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#090;">Flash Player 11.8.800.94</span></strong><br />
free cross-platform flash video player<br />
<a href="http://www.adobe.com/">http://www.adobe.com/</a></p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#090;">Groovy 2.1.6</span></strong><br />
open source jvm dynamic scripting language; it is a superset of the Java language<br />
<a href="http://groovy.codehaus.org/">http://groovy.codehaus.org/</a> (homepage)</p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#090;">qBittorrent 3.0.10</span></strong><br />
open source cross-platform Bittorrent client<br />
<a href="http://www.qbittorrent.org/">http://www.qbittorrent.org/</a></p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#090;">Shockwave Player 12.0.3.133</span></strong><br />
allows you to view interactive web content like games, business presentations, entertainment, and advertisements from your web browser<br />
(displays web content that has been created using Adobe Director)<br />
<a href="http://www.adobe.com/products/shockwaveplayer.html">http://www.adobe.com/products/shockwaveplayer.html</a> (shockwave homepage)<br />
<a href="http://get.adobe.com/shockwave/">http://get.adobe.com/shockwave/</a> (download)</p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#090;">SUPER Video Converter 2013 build 56</span></strong><br />
free multimedia encoder/converter and player<br />
<a href="http://www.erightsoft.com/SUPER.html">http://www.erightsoft.com/SUPER.html</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>
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<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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