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<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>Posting by Ron, Friday, October 11, 2013, 00:12:</em></p><p><p><span style="font-size:large;"><strong>Engine Updates</strong></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#f00;">Fly By Knight 0.3.0 (WB)</span></strong><br />
new engine by Edward Sandor<br />
C++ source; Win32<br />
- discovered by Norbert Raimund Leisner<br />
- not really new, this is an older Jim Ablett compile that I missed<br />
<a href="http://github.com/E1219/flyByKnight">http://github.com/E1219/flyByKnight</a> (project)<br />
<a href="http://kirr.homeunix.org/chess/engines/Jim%20Ablett/FLYBYKNIGHT/flybyknight-0.3.0.zip">http://kirr.homeunix.org/chess/engines/Jim%20Ablett/FLYBYKNIGHT/flybyknight-0.3.0.zip</a> (direct link)</p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#090;">Maverick 0.51 (UCI)</span></strong><br />
C++ source; Win32/64<br />
- fix a nasty bug which in rare circumstance could cause a fatal crash<br />
- &quot;there is no real strength increase from the previous version&quot;<br />
<a href="http://www.chessprogramming.net/">http://www.chessprogramming.net/</a></p>
<p><span style="font-size:large;"><strong>Chess News</strong></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#090;">Crafty Chess Interface 8.01 (WB)</span></strong><br />
VB source; chess GUI for Crafty with nice wood board (requres VB6 run-time library)<br />
- includes Crafty 23.6<br />
- now supports WB engines written in Java (jar files)<br />
- other bugfixes<br />
<a href="http://nightmarechess.com/crafty/">http://nightmarechess.com/crafty/</a></p>
<p><span style="font-size:large;"><strong>Down/Problem Chess Websites</strong></span> <img src="images/smilies/frown.png" alt=":-(" /></p>
<p>Alex WBTM homepage down for 80 days (a multimania site)<br />
Bestia homepage down for 95 days (a 110mb.com site)<br />
GreKo homepage down for 10 days (a 110mb.com site)<br />
iNemesis homepage down for 3 days (domain has expired)<br />
Lyapko Utilities homepage down for 95 days (a 110mb.com site)<br />
Nejmet homepage down for 79 days (a multimania site)<br />
Toledo Nanochess homepage down for 26 days (a 110mb.com site)<br />
T-Rex homepage down for 80 days (a multimania site)<br />
<strong><span style="color:#f00;">Toga Returns homepage has been hacked and is dangerous to visit</span></strong></p>
<p><span style="font-size:large;"><strong>Wiki Changes</strong></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#090;">GUI Protocol List</span></strong><br />
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner<br />
- iNemesis: updated link to WayBack Machine link<br />
- iNemesis: added another comment and link<br />
<a href="http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:gui_protocol_support_list">http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:gui_protocol_support_list</a></p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#090;">Chess Tutorials List</span></strong><br />
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner<br />
- Chess Tutor: updated link to WayBack Machine link<br />
<a href="http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:chess_tutorials_list">http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:chess_tutorials_list</a></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 2014.4158</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-2014">http://free.avg.com/us-en/download.prd-afh.line-2014</a></p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#090;">PostgreSQL 9.3.1</span></strong><br />
open source SQL database for high performance and high availability applications<br />
<a href="http://www.postgresql.org/">http://www.postgresql.org/</a> (homepage)<br />
<a href="http://www.postgresql.org/about/news/1487/">http://www.postgresql.org/about/news/1487/</a> (announcement)</p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#090;">TThrottle 7.16</span></strong><br />
free Windows laptop utility to keep CPU/GPU temperature down by throtttling performance<br />
<a href="http://www.efmer.eu/boinc/">http://www.efmer.eu/boinc/</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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