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<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>Posting by Ron, Wednesday, June 02, 2010, 02:42:</em></p><p><p><span style="font-size:large;"><strong>Engine Updates</strong></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#555;">Jim Ablett Win builds</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="color:#090;">Protector 1.3.5 JA (UCI)</span></strong><br />
C source; Win32/64, Linux32/64 <br />
<a href="http://homepages.tesco.net/henry.ablett/jims.html">http://homepages.tesco.net/henry.ablett/jims.html</a></p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#090;">Protector 1.3.5 (UCI)</span></strong><br />
C source; Win32/64, Linux32/64 <br />
<a href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/protector/">http://sourceforge.net/projects/protector/</a> (project site)</p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#555;">Redqueen 0.4 (UCI)</span></strong><br />
1 commit(s) to the C++ source code (commits= 230), no new build<br />
- 230: search functions improvement<br />
<a href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/redqueenchess">http://sourceforge.net/projects/redqueenchess</a></p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#555;">Tiffanys 0.5 (WB)</span></strong><br />
3 revision(s) to the Java source code today (current = rev. 68), no new build<br />
- 66: rollback<br />
- 67: rollback step 2<br />
- 68: rollback<br />
<a href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/tiffanys/">http://sourceforge.net/projects/tiffanys/</a> (project site)</p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#090;">Tornado 3.6 (UCI)</span></strong><br />
FRC; multi-pv; mp, Win32/64; limit strength<br />
- many changes and bug fixes everywhere in the source<br />
- new eval hash added, eval and pawn hash table used by all threads<br />
- probe to Nalimov Tablebases code complete rewritten<br />
<a href="http://sites.google.com/site/mychessengines/">http://sites.google.com/site/mychessengines/</a></p>
<p><span style="font-size:large;"><strong>Chess News</strong></span><br />
Nothing new today <img src="images/smilies/frown.png" alt=":-(" /></p>
<p><span style="font-size:large;"><strong>Down/Problem Chess Websites</strong></span> <img src="images/smilies/frown.png" alt=":-(" /><br />
Alex homepage down for 39 days (&quot;Temporarily Unavailable&quot;)<br />
Amundsen homepage down for 44 days<br />
Brama homepage down for 73 days<br />
Dika homepage down for 74 days<br />
Flux homepage down for 12 days<br />
Frenzee homepage down today<br />
InmiChess homepage down today (again)<br />
Mizar homepage down for 6 days (no download page)<br />
Mscp homepage down for 3 days<br />
Nesik homepage down for 48 days<br />
Numpty homepage closed until further notice (35 days)<br />
Sissa homepage down for 40 days<br />
Vicki homepage down today<br />
Wilhelm homepage down for 23 days<br />
Xadreco homepage down for 3 days (for maintainance)<br />
<span style="color:#090;">Dann Corbit site back up after being down for 3 days <img src="images/smilies/smile.png" alt=":-)" /><br />
Xadreco homepage back up after being down for 3 days <img src="images/smilies/smile.png" alt=":-)" /> </span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:large;"><strong>Wiki Changes</strong></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#090;">Engine GUI List</span></strong><br />
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner<br />
- added Haudrix Chess for Crafty, GnuChess &amp; Sjeng<br />
- dropped Mayura Chess for Sjeng engine<br />
<a href="http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:engine_gui_list">http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:engine_gui_list</a></p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#090;">Play Chess Online List</span></strong><br />
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner<br />
- added Free Internet Correspondence Games Server<br />
<a href="http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:play_chess_online_list">http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:play_chess_online_list</a></p>
<p><span style="font-size:large;"><strong>Bonus Notifications</strong></span> (recent releases of free stuff)</p>
<p><span style="color:#f00;">Warnings:<br />
- 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<br />
</span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#090;">AmoK CD/DVD Burning 1.10</span></strong><br />
free, simple music/data-burning program without unneeded extras (players, cover designers, etc.)<br />
<a href="http://www.amok.am/en/freeware/amok_cd-dvd_burning/">http://www.amok.am/en/freeware/amok_cd-dvd_burning/</a></p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#090;">GParted 0.5.2-11</span></strong><br />
open source Gnome Partition Editor- resize, move, copy, check, label your hard drive's partitions<br />
understands most file systems including all for Windows and Linux<br />
this is probably a quick bugfix for yesterday's release<br />
<a href="http://gparted.sourceforge.net/">http://gparted.sourceforge.net/</a> (homepage)<br />
<a href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/gparted/">http://sourceforge.net/projects/gparted/</a> (project page)<br />
<a href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/gparted/files/gparted-live-testing/">http://sourceforge.net/projects/gparted/files/gparted-live-testing/</a> (download)</p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#090;">RSSOwl 2.0.5</span></strong><br />
open source Java RSS newsreader<br />
<a href="http://www.rssowl.org/">http://www.rssowl.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>
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