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<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>Posting by Ron, Monday, January 06, 2014, 00:08:</em></p><p><p><span style="font-size:large;"><strong>Engine Updates</strong></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#090;">Testina 3c (UCI)</span></strong><br />
Basic source (Italian names and comments); Win32<br />
- no source code available for this release<br />
<a href="http://www.g-sei.org/testina/">http://www.g-sei.org/testina/</a></p>
<p><span style="font-size:large;"><strong>Chess News</strong></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#f00;">Chess Front</span></strong><br />
play online chess for free<br />
- new website!<br />
<a href="http://www.chessfront.com/">http://www.chessfront.com/</a></p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#090;">Chess Hero 2.5</span></strong><br />
free chess trainer; produces test positions from PGN files<br />
compares your best move to your favorite WB/UCI chess engine's choice<br />
<a href="http://innokuo.altervista.org/chesshero.html">http://innokuo.altervista.org/chesshero.html</a></p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#090;">Norm Pollock site</span></strong><br />
PGN, EPD &amp; TXT Utility Suites and Opening Book PGN Databases<br />
- updated PGN programs: nameResult, nameExtract<br />
- withdrawn PGN programs: eloFill, tagNull<br />
<a href="http://www.hoflink.com/~npollock/chess.html">http://www.hoflink.com/~npollock/chess.html</a></p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#090;">XBoard Alpha News</span></strong><br />
HG Muller is adding new features to Winboard<br />
- new section: 'Bitbase adjudication'<br />
<a href="http://hgm.nubati.net/news.html">http://hgm.nubati.net/news.html</a></p>
<p><span style="font-size:large;"><strong>Chess Programming Blogs</strong></span></p>
<p>Arasan: <a href="http://arasanchess.org/blog.shtml">http://arasanchess.org/blog.shtml</a><br />
iCE: <a href="http://macechess.blogspot.de/2014/01/1659.html">http://macechess.blogspot.de/2014/01/1659.html</a></p>
<p><span style="font-size:large;"><strong>Wiki Changes</strong></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#090;">FACE Tournament</span></strong><br />
- getting ready for edition 14 of the tournament<br />
- changed pages: face, participants, history, edition 1-10, edition 11-later, edition 13<br />
<a href="http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:tournaments:face">http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:tournaments:face</a></p>
<p><span style="font-size:large;"><strong>Bonus Notifications (recent releases of free stuff)</strong></span></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:#555;">Python 3.4.0, Beta 2</span></strong><br />
popular open source programming language<br />
- this is a *beta* release<br />
<a href="http://www.python.org/">http://www.python.org/</a> (homepage)</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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