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Update Information: May 17, 2012

Ron — Fri, 18 May 2012 00:45:37 +0000

Posting by Ron, Friday, May 18, 2012, 00:45:

Engine Updates
Nothing new today

Chess News

Norm Pollock site
PGN, EPD & TXT Utility Suites and Opening Book PGN Databases
- updated PGN program: groupExtract (bugfix)
- updated PGN program: pairSimilar (adjusted meaning of "similar" to be consistent with "nameSimilar")
- updated PGN program: nameExtract (added output files for color played)
http://www.hoflink.com/~npollock/chess.html

Down/Problem Chess Websites

Bouquet homepage down for 2 days (a google.com site)
Chad's Chess homepage down for 18 days (provider has discontinued free website hosting)
ChessMind homepage down for 14 days ("Server not found")
Dann Corbit homepage down for 325 days
Surprise homepage down for 9 days (server is misconfigured)

Wiki Changes

Private Engine List
update by Ron Murawski
- added Tang
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:private_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

Auslogics Disk Defrag 3.4.3.0
free, extremely fast and effective disk defragmentation & optimization program; recommended
http://www.auslogics.com/en/software/disk-defrag

Auslogics Registry Cleaner 2.3.0.0
free Windows registry optimizer/cleaner; recommended
http://www.auslogics.com/en/software/registry-cleaner/

Comodo Dragon Internet Browser 19.0
Windows only; free; based on Google's Chrome browser, with improved security and privacy
stops cookies, no web spies, prevents browser download tracking, etc
http://www.comodo.com/home/browsers-toolbars/browser.php

Maxthon 3.3.8.2000
free IE-based web browser with many extra features and plugins
http://www.maxthon.com/

Network Scanner 5.4.3
free multi-threaded IP, NetBIOS & SNMP scanner; scans for listening TCP/UDP ports &
displays shared network resource types
http://www.softperfect.com/products/networkscanner/

PHP 5.4.4 RC 1
PHP 5.3.14 RC 1
PHP is a very popular open source scripting language mostly used for web applications
- these are *release candidates*
http://php.net/ (homepage)

TortoiseSVN 1.7.7
Win32/64 Subversion (version control system) client
http://tortoisesvn.net/

Meaning of Colors

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

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Update Information: May 16, 2012

Ron — Thu, 17 May 2012 00:24:55 +0000

Posting by Ron, Thursday, May 17, 2012, 00:24:

Engine Updates

Atlas 3.15 (UCI)
mp(2 cpus max); multiPV; Win32/64
http://sites.google.com/site/atlaschess/

Jim Ablett Win/Linux builds
GreKo 9.2 JA (WB/UCI)
C++ source; limit strength; Win32/64, Linux32/64, Android
- "faster Intel win64 compile added"
http://jimablett.net63.net/

Neurone XVI (WB)
Win32 only; requires .NET 2.0
Fixed:
- error in event time forfeit
Add on:
- removal of the block to depth 5. Now if Neurone detect possible and convenient to go at greater depths will do it (the block was moved to 10 play)
- code optimizations of the score rappresentation in tree
- keyword board renamed in showboard for Chessmaster compatibility
- new logo
Note:
- Only 32 bit version
http://www.lissandrello.it/?p=524#
http://www.g-sei.org/?p=281 (download)

Chess News

Checkers for Android 2.5.1
from Aart Bik
http://aartbik.blogspot.com/ (blog)
http://www.aartbik.com/MISC/android.html (download)

Lucas Chess 6.3 Beta 7
"play chess against the computer with increasing levels of difficulty and with a limited number of hints that are given by a chess tutor"
- this is a *beta* release
https://code.google.com/p/lucaschess/ (homepage)
https://code.google.com/p/lucaschess/downloads/list (download)

Down/Problem Chess Websites

Bouquet homepage down today (a google.com site)
Chad's Chess homepage down for 17 days (provider has discontinued free website hosting)
ChessMind homepage down for 13 days ("Server not found")
Dann Corbit homepage down for 324 days
Surprise homepage down for 9 days (server is misconfigured)

Wiki Changes

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

Bonus Notifications (recent releases of free stuff)

FeedDemon 4.1.0.0
free desktop RSS reader/manager for Windows
http://www.feeddemon.com/

HWINFO32/HWINFO64 3.96-1640
free system hardware information tool for Windows, system health monitoring, and benchmarks
http://www.hwinfo.com/ (homepage)
http://www.hwinfo.com/download32.html (download 32-bit)
http://www.hwinfo.com/download64.html (download 64-bit)

Meaning of Colors

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

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Update Information: May 15, 2012

Ron — Wed, 16 May 2012 01:27:15 +0000

Posting by Ron, Wednesday, May 16, 2012, 01:27:

Engine Updates

Bouquet 1 (UCI)
new engine by Jose Mº Velasco; maybe an IvanHoe derivative?
Win32/64
https://sites.google.com/site/chessbouquet/ (homepage)
https://sites.google.com/site/chessbouquet/descarga-bouquet-chess-engine (download)

Jim Ablett Win/Linux builds
GreKo 9.2 JA (WB/UCI)
C++ source; limit strength; Win32/64, Linux32/64, Android
http://jimablett.net63.net/

Strelka 5.5.1 (UCI)
Win32/64; a Houdini/Critter/Rybka/Stockfish derivative
- smaller exe file than 5.5
- translated: "Optimize yet perfect - you can not configure VS2010. The following plans - finally do MP version."
http://strelkachess.narod.ru/Strelka5.html (not translated)
http://translate.google.com/translate?js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Fstrelkachess.narod.ru%2FStre...

Chess News

Popeye 4.61
open source chess problem solving with support for variant play
http://sourceforge.net/projects/popeye-chess/

Down/Problem Chess Websites

Arena homepage down today (no response in 60 seconds)
Belofte homepage down today (no response in 60 seconds)
Chad's Chess homepage down for 16 days (provider has discontinued free website hosting)
ChessMind homepage down for 12 days ("Server not found")
Dann Corbit homepage down for 323 days
Surprise homepage down for 8 days (server is misconfigured)

Wiki Changes

Chess Tutorials List
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- added Chess Opening Trainer
- added Chess Vision Trainer
- added another link for Lucas Chess
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:chess_tutorials_list

Bonus Notifications (recent releases of free stuff)

Autoruns 11.3
displays programs configured to run during system bootup or login, & the Windows processing order of these programs
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/default.aspx

AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition 2012.0.2176
Free anti-virus, anti-spyware program with excellent protection for Win32/64
http://free.avg.com/us-en/download.prd-afh.line-2012

Freemake Video Converter 3.0.2.9
convert 200+ video formats; cut/join/scale video; rip & burn DVDs; burn Blu-rays, upload to YouTube; more
http://www.freemake.com/free_video_converter/

µTorrent 3.1.3 stable (build 27220)
very popular and fast open source BitTorrent client
http://www.utorrent.com/ (homepage)
http://forum.utorrent.com/viewtopic.php?id=115600 (3.1.3 forum thread)

Meaning of Colors

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

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Update Information: May 14, 2012

Ron — Tue, 15 May 2012 01:09:19 +0000

Posting by Ron, Tuesday, May 15, 2012, 01:09:

Engine Updates

Jim Ablett Win/Linux builds
BagaturChess 1.2e JA (UCI)
Java source; mp
- Win32 build
http://jimablett.net63.net/

Jim Ablett Win/Linux builds
DiscoCheck 3.5 JA (UCI)
C source; Win32/64, Linux32/64, Android
http://jimablett.net63.net/

GreKo 9.2 (WB/UCI)
C++ source; limit strength; Win32
- "This is a refactoring version without any changes in search/eval.
A lot of code was cleaned up, to make in more compact and readable.
Elo/Knps formula was tuned a little, to make handicap levels more realistic.
Source code should be compiled with modern compilers, because some
features of new C++ Standard are used."
http://greko.110mb.com/index.html

Chess News

Lucas Chess 6.3 Beta 6
"play chess against the computer with increasing levels of difficulty and with a limited number of hints that are given by a chess tutor"
- this is a *beta* release
https://code.google.com/p/lucaschess/ (new homepage)
https://code.google.com/p/lucaschess/downloads/list (download)

Down/Problem Chess Websites

Chad's Chess homepage down for 15 days (provider has discontinued free website hosting)
ChessMind homepage down for 11 days ("Server not found")
Dann Corbit homepage down for 322 days
Surprise homepage down for 7 days (server is misconfigured)

Wiki Changes

Chess Engine List
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- MinkoChess: added missing Jim Ablett link
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:chess_engine_list

Chess Engine List
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- Surprise: added alternative download
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:chess_engine_list

Bonus Notifications (recent releases of free stuff)

FrostWire 5.3.6
open source, cross-platform Java-based BitTorrent peer-to-peer (P2P) client
http://www.frostwire.com/

JSDuck 3.10.3
open source JavaScript documentation generator
https://github.com/nene/jsduck

Parted Magic 2012_05_14
open source partition editor, virus/rootkit scanner, hard drive cloner, and hard drive & RAM tester; recommended
http://partedmagic.com/

SQLite 3.7.12
open source SQL database for programmers; small and fast
- "regularly scheduled maintenance release"
- "several new optimizations and bug fixes and upgrading is recommended"
- see the changelog for details
http://www.sqlite.org/ (homepage)
http://www.sqlite.org/news.html (update info)
http://www.sqlite.org/releaselog/3_7_12.html (changelog)

System Explorer 3.8.8
free; detailed info about Windows tasks, processes, modules, startups, IE addons, uninstallers, windows,
services, drivers, connections and opened files; graphs monitor usage of system resources in real-time
http://www.systemexplorer.net/

Meaning of Colors

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

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Update Information: May 13, 2012

Ron — Mon, 14 May 2012 01:14:00 +0000

Posting by Ron, Monday, May 14, 2012, 01:14:

Engine Updates

BagaturChess 1.2e (UCI)
Java source; mp
- 40 ELO stronger
- optimized search
- improved move ordering and search parameters
http://sourceforge.net/projects/bagaturchess/

DiscoCheck 3.5 (UCI)
not really new, Lucas Braesch has renamed his old DoubleCheck engine, but engine is updated
C source; Win32/64, Linux32/64, Mac64, Android
- no futility pruning of killer moves: scores equal in self-play, but slightly better in tactics
- futility and eval pruning now done also at PV nodes
- bugfix: returned the previous iteration move when mate found in certain cases
- bugfix: print_pv was calling move_to_string with illegal moves
- run_epd: run an EPD file, produce a nice report of missed positions and total score
- move_to_san added
- bugfix: calc_attacks was functionally incorrect, rewritten and speeded it up a little too
- improved evaluation of connected passed pawns
- "a new interesting feature of DiscoCheck is the EPD support, as documented in the readme.txt file!"
http://wbec-ridderkerk.nl/html/details1/DoubleCheck.html

Gibbon 2.57.a (UCI)
Win32
- a new Gibbon download is listed, but fails to download
http://perso.numericable.com/monique.marathee/gibbon_downloads_page.html

Jim Ablett Win/Linux builds
MinkoChess 1.3 JA (UCI)
C++ source; mp; Win32/64, Linux32/64, Android; supports Gaviota tablebases and Polyglot books; Fruit derivative; engine formerly named 'Umko'
- first time for Android build
http://jimablett.net63.net/

Sting SF has been removed from the Chess Engine List due to deliberate violation of GPL license

Chess News
Nothing new today

Down/Problem Chess Websites

Chad's Chess homepage down for 14 days (provider has discontinued free website hosting)
ChessMind homepage down for 10 days ("Server not found")
Dann Corbit homepage down for 321 days
Surprise homepage down for 6 days (server is misconfigured)

Wiki Changes

Chess Engine List
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- Chad's Chess: added alternative download link
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:chess_engine_list

Chess Logos List
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- 'Chessmaster 9000 / 10th Edition / Grandmaster Edition': minor comment revision
- added to Graham Banks logos: RumbleMinze, WChess
- 'CM 9000 - 10th Edition' renamed to 'Chessmaster Crunchtime'
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:chess_logos_list

GUI Protocol List
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- Chessmaster: added another link & revised comment
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:gui_protocol_support_list

SMP Engine List
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- 'Chessmaster - The King' renamed to 'Chessmaster Grandmaster Edition - The King'
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:smp_engine_list

Bonus Notifications (recent releases of free stuff)

Cobian Backup 11.2.0.556
free multi-threaded Win32/64 backup; supports ftp upload/download, compression, encryption, backup of locked files
http://www.educ.umu.se/~cobian/cobianbackup.htm

Cython 0.16
a Python-to-C translator / compiler; handles Python 2.3 to 3.2 syntax, inclusive
- first time listed here
http://cython.org/

Glary Utilities 2.45.0.1486
free; cleanup, repair, optimize and enhance your privacy & security, etc.
http://www.glaryutilities.com/gu.html

Greenshot 1.0
free, open source screenshot capture program for Windows
http://getgreenshot.org/

Task Coach 1.3.14
open source cross-platform desktop todo manager with task or calendar viewing, project tracking, etc
http://www.taskcoach.org/

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

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Update Information: May 12, 2012

Ron — Sun, 13 May 2012 01:50:33 +0000

Posting by Ron, Sunday, May 13, 2012, 01:50:

A very quiet day; all eyes are on the World Championship!

Engine Updates
Nothing new today

Chess News
Nothing new today

Down/Problem Chess Websites

Chad's Chess homepage down for 13 days (provider has discontinued free website hosting)
ChessMind homepage down for 9 days ("Server not found")
Dann Corbit homepage down for 320 days
Surprise homepage down for 5 days (server is misconfigured)

Wiki Changes

Chess Logos List
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- added Chessmaster logo link
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:chess_logos_list

Bonus Notifications (recent releases of free stuff)
Nothing new today

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

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Update Information: May 11, 2012

Ron — Sat, 12 May 2012 02:29:43 +0000

Posting by Ron, Saturday, May 12, 2012, 02:29:

Engine Updates

Portfish 2012 may 11 (UCI)
C# source; mp; requires .NET or Mono framework
"Portfish is the .Net port of Stockfish, functionally equal to Stockfish 2012 may 1, commit 2f47844c7c"
- assumption: Junior sends promotions according to the side to move (ucase/lcase)
- fact: Stockfish generally handles promotion lcase
- patch: handling position fen input moves always with lcase promotions
https://github.com/bpfliegel/Portfish
https://github.com/downloads/bpfliegel/Portfish/PortfishLatestRelease.zip (direct link)

Supra 11.3 (UCI)
Win32
- increased the reliability of the vertical filter
- increase of the speed of deep memory processes
http://suprachesssystem.com/ (English)
http://www.suprachesssytem.com/ (Portugese)

Chess News
Nothing new today

Down/Problem Chess Websites

Chad's Chess homepage down for 12 days (provider has discontinued free website hosting)
ChessMind homepage down for 8 days ("Server not found")
Dann Corbit homepage down for 319 days
Surprise homepage down for 4 days (server is misconfigured)

Wiki Changes
Nothing new today

Bonus Notifications (recent releases of free stuff)

Aptana Studio 3.1.2
web software development in an IDE supporting HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, CoffeeScript, Ruby, Rails, PHP and Python
w/ code assist, built-in debugging, Git intergration, built-in ftp, and more
http://www.aptana.com/

Calibre 0.8.51
cross-platform open source ebook manager for all popular ebook readers with format conversion,
news feeds, and integrated e-book viewer
http://calibre-ebook.com/

Git 1.7.10.2
free, open source distributed version control system
http://git-scm.com/

Glary Utilities 2.45.0.1481
free; cleanup, repair, optimize and enhance your privacy & security, etc.
http://www.glaryutilities.com/gu.html

JSDuck 3.10.1
open source JavaScript documentation generator
- yesterday's announcement was premature; today the executable is available
https://github.com/nene/jsduck

µTorrent 3.1.3 stable (build 27213)
very popular and fast open source BitTorrent client
http://www.utorrent.com/ (homepage)
http://forum.utorrent.com/viewtopic.php?id=115600 (3.1.3 forum thread)

Wise Registry Cleaner 7.21
free registry cleaner; cleans incorrect or obsolete registry information
http://www.wisecleaner.com/download.html

Notepad++ site has been hacked

Meaning of Colors

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

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FACE Ed12 Div3 - table after 869 games

Gerhard — Fri, 11 May 2012 05:40:19 +0000

Reply by Gerhard, Friday, May 11, 2012, 05:40:

... again i am out of town for about 2-3 weeks

1: Tornado 4.88 87.0 / 109 4306.25 2: Nemo 1.01beta 83.5 / 109 4208.50 3: Jonny 4.00 78.5 / 108 3927.75 4: ProDeo 1.74 63.5 / 108 3238.75 5: Bobcat 3.25 58.5 / 109 2957.50 6: SlowBlitz 2.10 54.5 / 109 2640.25 7: Ruffian 1.05 52.5 / 109 2507.25 8: Daydreamer 1.75ja 52.0 / 107 2624.25 9: Colossus 2008b 50.0 / 109 2528.25 10: Pseudo 0.70c 45.0 / 108 2279.75 11: ET 130108 43.5 / 107 2124.50 12: Hamsters 0.71 43.5 / 108 2221.00

13: Alfil 12.00 41.5 / 110 2044.75 14: Aristarch 4.50 39.5 / 110 1977.00 15: Trace 1.37a 38.5 / 109 1935.00 16: Movei 0.08.438 37.5 / 109 1790.75

Update Information: May 10, 2012

Ron — Fri, 11 May 2012 00:59:28 +0000

Posting by Ron, Friday, May 11, 2012, 00:59:

Engine Updates

Jim Ablett Win/Linux builds
Ifrit m1.6 JA (UCI)
C++ source (Russian language comments); Win32/64, Linux32/64, Android
- ported source code to GCC
- new Android compile
http://jimablett.net63.net/

Portfish Beta 1 (UCI)
C# source; requires .NET or Mono framework
"Portfish is the .Net port of Stockfish, functionally equal to Stockfish 2012 may 1, commit 2f47844c7c"
- new download file: PortfishNet45_x64_testBuild.zip
this new build requires the latest .NET 4.5 framework
https://github.com/bpfliegel/Portfish
https://github.com/downloads/bpfliegel/Portfish/PortfishNet45_x64_testBuild.zip (direct link)

Purple Haze 2.0.3 (WB)
C++ source
- this is a source-code-only release
https://github.com/vinc/purplehaze

Chess News
Nothing new today

Down/Problem Chess Websites

Chad's Chess homepage down for 11 days (provider has discontinued free website hosting)
ChessMind homepage down for 7 days ("Server not found")
Dann Corbit homepage down for 318 days
Lokasoft down today (Chess Tiger, Ktulu, SmarThink, etc)
Surprise homepage down for 3 days (server is misconfigured)

Wiki Changes

Geko Page
update by Ron Murawski
- added GekoChess standalone chess engine + GUI for Win32
http://www.computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:engines:geko:index

Bonus Notifications (recent releases of free stuff)

FBackup 4.7.270
free, simple backup program for personal or commercial use
http://www.fbackup.com/

JSDuck 3.10.1
open source JavaScript documentation generator
https://github.com/nene/jsduck

OpenOffice 3.4.0
open source word processing, database, spreadsheet, chart, math formula editor, etc
OpenOffice (Apache), LibreOffice (Document Foundation), and Lotus Symphony (IBM) are essentially the same
http://www.openoffice.org/ (homepage)
http://www.openoffice.org/news/aoo34.html (announcement)

Opera 11.64
open source web browser: the most standards-compliant rendering
http://www.opera.com/ (homepage)
http://www.opera.com/browser/download/ (download)

PeaZip 4.5.1
open source cross-platform file and archive manager; available as portable app also
- create 7Z, ARC, BZ2, GZ, PAQ/ZPAQ, PEA, QUAD/BALZ, TAR, UPX, WIM, XZ, ZIP
- extract 150+ archive types: ACE, ARJ, CAB, DMG, ISO, LHA, RAR, UDF, etc.
http://peazip.sourceforge.net/ (homepage)
http://sourceforge.net/projects/peazip/files/4.5.1/ (4.5.1 download)

Python Tools for Visual Studio 1.5 Alpha
free, open source Python IDE plugin supporting CPython and IronPython; NumPy & SciPy;
parallel & clustering support; debugging; profiling; more
- this is an *alpha* release
- "Support for Djano! Create, Edit, Debug, Intellisense support for Django apps, FastCGI, ... "
http://pytools.codeplex.com/

Shedskin 0.9.2-2
Python to C++ compiler; compiler included in package
"a typical speedup of 2-200 times over standard CPython"
http://code.google.com/p/shedskin/

Meaning of Colors

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

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Update Information: May 9, 2012

Ron — Thu, 10 May 2012 01:01:04 +0000

Posting by Ron, Thursday, May 10, 2012, 01:01:

Engine Updates

EXchess 6.20 Beta (WB)
C++ source; Win32/64, Linux32/64, Mac; limit strength
- Dan Homan's own compiles for Win32/64, Linux32/64, and Mac
http://personal.denison.edu/%7Ehomand/EXchess.htm (homepage, no builds)
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/39167650/EXchess_v6.20beta.zip (direct link)

Jim Ablett Win/Linux builds
EXchess 6.20 Beta JA (WB)
C++ source; Win32/64, Linux32/64; limit strength
http://jimablett.net63.net/

Ifrit m1.6 (UCI)
C++ source (Russian language comments); Win32
- adjusted the constants in the evaluation
- disable printing of intermediate results to save time when playing blitz
- included razoring
- i'm trying to implement the principle - each of heuristics module
- in the header files added heuristics description from Wikipedia
- brought into line the name of the module name heuristics
- brought into compliance namespace name (used instead of the class) and the name of the module
- Jim Ablett builds are due shortly
http://translate.google.com/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&js=n&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&layout=2&eotf=1&a...

MinkoChess 1.3 (UCI)
C++ source; mp; Win32/64, Linux32/64; supports Gaviota tablebases and Polyglot books; Fruit derivative
- this engine is old Umko with a name change due to threat of copyright lawsuit
https://labraj.uni-mb.si/en/Chess_program_MinkoChess

Chess News

Lucas Chess 6.3 Beta 5
"play chess against the computer with increasing levels of difficulty and with a limited number of hints that are given by a chess tutor"
- this is a *beta* release
https://code.google.com/p/lucaschess/ (new homepage)
https://code.google.com/p/lucaschess/downloads/list (download)

Down/Problem Chess Websites

Chad's Chess homepage down for 10 days (provider has discontinued free website hosting)
ChessMind homepage down for 6 days ("Server not found")
ChestUCI homepage down today (a 110mb.com site)
Dann Corbit homepage down for 317 days
GreKo homepage down today (a 110mb.com site)
Surprise homepage down for 2 days (server is misconfigured)
Toledo Nanochess homepage down today (a 110mb.com site)

Wiki Changes

Linux Engine List
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- Umko: revised comment
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:linux_engine_list

Macintosh Engine List
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- Umko: revised comment
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:macintosh_engine_list

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

Bonus Notifications (recent releases of free stuff)

Avira AntiVir Personal 12.0.0.1125 Free
free; highly-rated antivirus product (nagware); recommended
http://www.avira.com/en/avira-free-antivirus

Qt Creator IDE 2.5.0
open source cross-platform IDE for C/C++ and JavaScript
Features: syntax highlighting for many languages, plugins, version control, code completion, function call tips, more
although the IDE encourages using Qt libraries, the choice is not forced
http://qt.nokia.com/products/developer-tools
http://labs.qt.nokia.com/2012/05/09/qt-creator-2-5-0-released/ (annoucement)

Meaning of Colors

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

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Update Information: May 8, 2012

Ron — Wed, 09 May 2012 01:43:37 +0000

Posting by Ron, Wednesday, May 09, 2012, 01:43:

Engine Updates

EXchess 6.20 Beta (WB)
C++ source; Win32/64, Linux32/64, Mac, CB; limit strength
- this is a source-code-only release
- no executables, but a Jim Ablett release is expected soon
http://personal.denison.edu/%7Ehomand/EXchess.htm

Jim Ablett Win/Linux builds
Knightcap 2.4 JA (WB)
C source; Win32, Linux32
- this is an update to an older version
- book and eval learning not included
- Windows build compiled without Cygwin Ipc shared memory server dependency
- Winboard force mode implemented (now can use gui opening books)
- new Linux build (including 3D gui version)
http://jimablett.net63.net/

RumbleMinze 1.0.30 (UCI)
C# source; requires .NET 2.0 or better; requires extra dll (included)
http://www.rumbleminze.net/page/downloads.aspx

MinkoChess 1.0.0 (UCI)
new engine by Borko Boškovic (BBChess, Umko)
C++ source; Win32/64, Linux32/64; Polyglot books; Gaviota ebtbs
- "the current version has a rating around 2900 points"
https://labraj.uni-mb.si/en/Chess_program_MinkoChess

Chess News

Checkers for Android 2.5
from Aart Bik
http://aartbik.blogspot.com/ (blog)
http://www.aartbik.com/MISC/android.html (download)

JavaPairing 2.4
open source cross-platform chess pairings manager for Swiss events
http://sourceforge.net/projects/javapairing/ (project page)
http://javapairing.sourceforge.net/ (homepage)

Down/Problem Chess Websites

Chad's Chess homepage down for 9 days (provider has discontinued free website hosting)
ChessMind homepage down for 5 days ("Server not found")
Dann Corbit homepage down for 316 days
Surprise homepage down today (server is misconfigured)

Wiki Changes

Chess Logos List
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- added Dr. Axel Schumacher "Surak´s Computer-Chess Trophy logos
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:chess_logos_list

Engine GUI List
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- updated Geko link
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:engine_gui_list

GUI Protocol List
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- Shredder: revised comments
- GekoBoard: updated link
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:gui_protocol_support_list

Bonus Notifications (recent releases of free stuff)

PHP 5.4.3 Stable
PHP 5.3.13 Stable
PHP is a very popular open source scripting language mostly used for web applications
http://php.net/ (homepage)

TThrottle 5.60
Windows laptop utility to keep cpu/gpu temperature down by throtttling performance
- first time listed here
http://www.efmer.eu/boinc/

Skype 5.9.0.115
free cross-platform videophone/phone/instant messenger program
- first time listed here
http://www.skype.com/intl/en-us/home

Meaning of Colors

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

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FACE Ed12 Div3 - table after 739 games

Gerhard — Wed, 09 May 2012 01:18:22 +0000

Reply by Gerhard, Wednesday, May 09, 2012, 01:18:

1: Tornado 4.88 73.5 / 93 3112.25 2: Nemo 1.01beta 69.5 / 92 2967.00 3: Jonny 4.00 66.0 / 92 2816.75

4: ProDeo 1.74 56.0 / 91 2451.25 5: Bobcat 3.25 48.5 / 93 2095.50 6: SlowBlitz 2.10 46.0 / 93 1910.75 7: Daydreamer 1.75ja 45.0 / 91 1954.25 8: Ruffian 1.05 44.0 / 93 1798.75 9: Colossus 2008b 42.5 / 92 1832.25 10: ET 130108 38.0 / 91 1601.00 11: Hamsters 0.71 36.0 / 92 1566.25 12: Trace 1.37a 35.5 / 93 1483.75

13: Alfil 12.00 35.5 / 94 1521.25 14: Aristarch 4.50 35.0 / 94 1499.25 15: Pseudo 0.70c 34.0 / 92 1491.50 16: Movei 0.08.438 34.0 / 92 1378.25

Update Information: May 7, 2012

Ron — Mon, 07 May 2012 23:32:56 +0000

Posting by Ron, Monday, May 07, 2012, 23:32:

Engine Updates

new Geko homepage
http://www.computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:engines:geko:index

Chess News

Unorthodox Chess Openings
weird openings; mostly pgns
- collection is from old Yahoo Groups postings and compiled by Norbert Raimund Leisner
http://www.computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:download:index

Down/Problem Chess Websites

Chad's Chess homepage down for 8 days (provider has discontinued free website hosting)
ChessMind homepage down for 4 days ("Server not found")
Dann Corbit homepage down for 315 days
GreKo homepage down for 2 days (a 110mb.com site)
Revati homepage down today (no response in 60 seconds)
RumbleMinze homepage down for 5 days ("Server Error")

Wiki Changes

Engine GUI List
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- Delfi - comment revision
- added RumbleMinze - Tarrasch Chess GUI]
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:engine_gui_list

GUI Protocol List
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- too many changes for me to explain
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:gui_protocol_support_list

Native Engine List
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- WChess2000 for MCS: updated link
- ChessBase Notes: all the Peter Schreiner engines removed
- ChessGenius Classic Notes: updated links and comments
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:native_engine_list

Bonus Notifications (recent releases of free stuff)

Groovy 2.0 Beta 3
open source jvm dynamic scripting language; it is a superset of the Java language
- this is a *beta* release
http://groovy.codehaus.org/ (homepage)

MySQL Community Server 5.5.24
free (Community Server Edition only!), cross-platform, very popular open source SQL database
http://www.mysql.com/downloads/mysql/ (download)
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.5/en/news-5-5-24.html (changelog)

Stickies 7.1d
free Windows reminder program using 'sticky' (persistent) yellow desktop windows; recommended
http://www.zhornsoftware.co.uk/stickies/

SumatraPDF 2.1.1
free, open-source minimalistic PDF/mobi/chm/djvu/cbr reader for Windows; it is a portable app
http://blog.kowalczyk.info/software/sumatrapdf/free-pdf-reader.html

µTorrent 3.1.3 stable (build 27167)
very popular and fast open source BitTorrent client
http://www.utorrent.com/ (homepage)
http://forum.utorrent.com/viewtopic.php?id=115600 (3.1.3 forum thread)

Meaning of Colors

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

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FACE Ed12 Div3 - table after 609 games

Gerhard — Mon, 07 May 2012 02:23:01 +0000

Reply by Gerhard, Monday, May 07, 2012, 02:23:

1: Tornado 4.88 59.5 / 77 2064.75 2: Nemo 1.01beta 58.5 / 76 2074.50 3: Jonny 4.00 53.5 / 76 1889.75

4: ProDeo 1.74 46.0 / 75 1662.00 5: Bobcat 3.25 41.0 / 76 1475.75 6: Daydreamer 1.75ja 37.0 / 75 1336.25 7: Colossus 2008b 36.5 / 76 1272.50 8: SlowBlitz 2.10 35.0 / 76 1202.25 9: Ruffian 1.05 35.0 / 76 1158.00 10: ET 130108 31.5 / 75 1108.25 11: Hamsters 0.71 31.5 / 76 1127.50 12: Pseudo 0.70c 30.5 / 75 1113.50

13: Trace 1.37a 30.0 / 77 1049.50 14: Alfil 12.00 28.5 / 78 1023.25 15: Aristarch 4.50 28.0 / 78 962.50 16: Movei 0.08.438 27.0 / 76 908.25

Update Information: May 6, 2012

Ron — Mon, 07 May 2012 00:44:37 +0000

Posting by Ron, Monday, May 07, 2012, 00:44:

Engine Updates

new Sissa homepage
http://evvoen.free.fr/SISSA/

Chess News

4-Man Edwards Tablebases
available from Jim Ablett site
- yesterday's 5-Man claim was in error; they are actually 4-Man Tables
http://jimablett.net63.net/
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/5047625/TB-4men.7z (direct link)

Down/Problem Chess Websites

Chad's Chess homepage down for 7 days (provider has discontinued free website hosting)
ChessMind homepage down for 3 days ("Server not found")
Dann Corbit homepage down for 314 days
Geko homepage down for 8 days (this Google site has disappeared)
GreKo homepage down today (a 110mb.com site)
iCE homepage down for 2 days ("Service Unavailable, Error 503")
RumbleMinze homepage down for 4 days ("Server Error")
Tippy Chess homepage down for 3 days (no response in 60 seconds)

Wiki Changes

Endgame Tablebases and Bitbases List
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- Edwards Tablebases link and comments updated
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:egtbs_list

Engine GUI List
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- more than two pages of diffs; too much for me to check
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:engine_gui_list

GUI Protocol List
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- added Fairy-Max
- added Fruit
- Geko: updated comment
- added GUIs for Phalanx
- added Pulsar
- added extra GUIs for Toga
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:gui_protocol_support_list

Links
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- revised comment for SSDF
- removed SzG Swiss
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:links

Native Engine List
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- revised ChessBase Notes
- revised ChessBase distributors comment
- added ChessBase technical support
- Peter Schreiner link and comment revised
- ChessGenius Classic Notes section totally revised
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:native_engine_list

Bonus Notifications (recent releases of free stuff)

Adobe Flash Player 11.2.202.235
free cross-platform flash video player
http://www.adobe.com/

EaseUS Todo Backup Free 4.5
free backup program w/many features: hard disk image, full/incremental/automatic file/folder backups, and disk clone
http://www.todo-backup.com/products/home/free-backup-software.htm

Pidgin 2.10.4
open source chat program; works with almost all chat networks
http://www.pidgin.im/ (homepage)
http://developer.pidgin.im/wiki/ChangeLog (changelog)
http://sourceforge.net/projects/pidgin/files/ (download)

ShedSkin 0.9.2 Examples
Python to C++ compiler; compiler included in package
"a typical speedup of 2-200 times over standard CPython"
- the usage examples are updated
http://code.google.com/p/shedskin/

Meaning of Colors

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

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

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Update Information: May 5, 2012

Ron — Sun, 06 May 2012 01:31:11 +0000

Posting by Ron, Sunday, May 06, 2012, 01:31:

Engine Updates

Jim Ablett Win/Linux builds
Knightcap 3.7d JA (WB)
C source; Win32, Linux32, Android; eval & book learning
- lots of bugfixes/patches applied (from NetBSD version)
- functions enabled: EGTB, Eval/Book learning
http://jimablett.net63.net/

Neurone XV (WB)
Win32 only; requires .NET 2.0
- non standard transposition table
- improved bonuses for the location of the rooks; now the bonus is given for both rooks in the seventh and octave (the first and second) line
- if enabled, Neurone resign only if the opponent has enough time
- improved understanding of the final management (moving the king and the rule of the square)
- small improvements to the graphical Splash form
- small improvements to the log file
- improved rook coordination
- new logo
http://www.lissandrello.it/?p=524#

Chess News

5-Man Edwards Tablebases
available from Jim Ablett site
http://jimablett.net63.net/
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/5047625/EGTB.7z (direct link)

Lucas Chess 6.3 Beta 4
"play chess against the computer with increasing levels of difficulty and with a limited number of hints that are given by a chess tutor"
https://code.google.com/p/lucaschess/ (new homepage)
https://code.google.com/p/lucaschess/downloads/list (download)

Patrick Buchmann Thematic books
- updated: B10-19.ctg Caro-Kann
http://americanfoot.free.fr/echecs/ctg-thematique.htm

Down/Problem Chess Websites

Cecir homepage down for 2 days (no response in 60 seconds)
Chad's Chess homepage down for 6 days (provider has discontinued free website hosting)
ChessMind homepage down for 2 days ("Server not found")
Dann Corbit homepage down for 313 days
Geko homepage down for 7 days (this Google site has disappeared)
iCE homepage down today ("Service Unavailable, Error 503")
Ildtiadar homepage down for 7 days (404 Not Found)
RumbleMinze homepage down for 3 days ("Server Error")
Tippy Chess homepage down for 2 days (no response in 60 seconds)

Wiki Changes

Native Engine List
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- WChess (DOS): added another link and revised comment
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:native_engine_list

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

Bonus Notifications (recent releases of free stuff)

Comodo Dragon Internet Browser 18.3
Windows only; free; based on Google's Chrome browser, with improved security and privacy
stops cookies, no web spies, prevents browser download tracking, etc
http://www.comodo.com/home/browsers-toolbars/browser.php

GIMP for Windows 2.8.0
Gnu Image Manipulation Program (GIMP); retouch photos, create drawings & renderings, etc.
- this build requires Win XP, SP 3 or better and a CPU with SSE instruction set
http://www.gimp.org/
http://gimp-win.sourceforge.net/stable.html (Windows builds)

MariaDB 5.3.7 Stable
open source fork of MySQL; completely compatible w/MySQL; w/extra db engines & extra features
"MariaDB is a binary drop-in replacement for MySQL"
MariaDB restores several significant features that Oracle has dropped from MySQL
- this is an update to an older version
http://kb.askmonty.org/ (homepage)
http://kb.askmonty.org/v/mariadb-versus-mysql-features (extra features)
http://kb.askmonty.org/en/mariadb-537-release-notes (release notes)

phpMyAdmin 3.5.1
web admin to view/change MySQL/MariaDB databases; interactive commandline SQL; import/export, etc.
http://www.phpmyadmin.net/home_page/index.php

Puppy Linux 'Slacko 5.3.3'
Puppy is a popular (#9) and easy-to-learn, easy-to-use Linux distribution
Open source, boots from a CD (your Windows installation is unchanged) w/ simple instruction manual
old, slow computers run very well using Puppy's all-in-memory Linux kernel
There are many versions of Puppy available, each with a specific purpose
You don't necessarily use the latest release, you use the version with the software you want
You will need to know how to burn a disk from an ISO image
- "Wary Puppy is intended to be our on-going commitment to older hardware."
- Racy Puppy is a mod of Wary Puppy, supporting the newest machines
- Slacko Puppy can use Puppy, Slackware, Salix, or Slacky software repositories
http://puppylinuxnews.org/ (news)
http://puppylinux.org/ (PuppyLinux homepage)
http://bkhome.org/blog/?viewDetailed=02814 (announcement)

Shedskin 0.9.2
Python to C++ compiler; compiler included in package
"a typical speedup of 2-200 times over standard CPython"
http://code.google.com/p/shedskin/

Meaning of Colors

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

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Update Information: May 4, 2012

Ron — Sat, 05 May 2012 01:53:45 +0000

Posting by Ron, Saturday, May 05, 2012, 01:53:

Engine Updates

Portfish Beta 1 (UCI)
new engine by Balint Pfliegel; it is a port of StockFish from C++ to C#
C# source; requires .NET or Mono framework
https://github.com/bpfliegel/Portfish
https://github.com/downloads/bpfliegel/Portfish/PortfishLatestRelease.zip (direct link)

Chess News
Nothing new today

Down/Problem Chess Websites

Cecir homepage down today (no response in 60 seconds)
Chad's Chess homepage down for 5 days (provider has discontinued free website hosting)
ChessMind homepage down today ("Server not found")
Dann Corbit homepage down for 312 days
Geko homepage down for 6 days (this Google site has disappeared)
Ildtiadar homepage down for 6 days (404 Not Found)
RumbleMinze homepage down for 2 days ("Server Error")
Tippy Chess homepage down today (no response in 60 seconds)

Wiki Changes

GUI Protocol List
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- Chess Commander: minor comment revisions, revised a link
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:gui_protocol_support_list

Bonus Notifications (recent releases of free stuff)

AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition 2012.0.2171
Free anti-virus, anti-spyware program with excellent protection for Win32/64
http://free.avg.com/us-en/download.prd-afh.line-2012

Calibre 0.8.50
cross-platform open source ebook manager for all popular ebook readers with format conversion,
news feeds, and integrated e-book viewer
http://calibre-ebook.com/

Eclipse 4.2M7
Eclipse 3.8M7
open source extensible IDE framework supporting plugins for almost all programming languages
w/ syntax highlighting, intellisense, code completion, templates, version control, more
- these are stable *Milestone* releases
http://www.eclipse.org/ (homepage)
http://download.eclipse.org/eclipse/downloads/drops/S-3.8M7-201205022000/ (3.8M7)
http://download.eclipse.org/eclipse/downloads/drops4/S-4.2M7-201205031800/ (4.2M7)

JSDuck 3.10.0
open source JavaScript documentation generator
https://github.com/nene/jsduck

VMware Player 4.0.3
free open source, cross-platform virtual machine emulator
run multiple operating systems at the same time on your PC
http://downloads.vmware.com/d/info/desktop_end_user_computing/vmware_player/4_0#product_downloads

Meaning of Colors

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

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Update Information: May 3, 2012

Ron — Fri, 04 May 2012 00:04:38 +0000

Posting by Ron, Friday, May 04, 2012, 00:04:

Engine Updates

Butcher 1.64 (WB)
Win32/64, Linux32/64, DOS; engine also known as 'Rzeźnik'
http://republika.pl/markol4/

Chess News
Nothing new today

Down/Problem Chess Websites

Chad's Chess homepage down for 4 days (provider has discontinued free website hosting)
Dann Corbit homepage down for 311 days
FirstChess source code page down for 4 days
Geko homepage down for 5 days (this Google site has disappeared)
GreKo homepage down for 2 days (a 110mb.com site)
Ildtiadar homepage down for 5 days (404 Not Found)
RDChess homepage down today (no response in 60 seconds)
RumbleMinze homepage down today ("Server Error")

Wiki Changes

Engine GUI List
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- added another link for Bringer
- added Chess Informant Expert
- added PGN Mentor
- added CLIM
- added CSBoard
- added another link for KnightCap
- added link and comment for MiniMAX
- removed Freeware.de by Shareware.de SVW GmbH
- added Bauer & Schweitzer GbR (DelphiMAX)
- added Ruffian
- 'Thinker - ThinkerBoard GUI' changed to 'Thinker - ThinkerBoard'
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:engine_gui_list

GUI Protocol List
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- renamed CLIM-Chess to CLIM
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:gui_protocol_support_list

Myrddin
- John Merlino seems to be having problems; he's converting Myrddin to bitboards
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:engines:myrddin:index

Native Engine List
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- added WhOOPSIE ChESS
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:native_engine_list

Bonus Notifications (recent releases of free stuff)

GIMP 2.8.0
GIMP for Windows 2.6.12
Gnu Image Manipulation Program (GIMP); retouch photos, create drawings & renderings, etc.
http://www.gimp.org/
http://gimp-win.sourceforge.net/stable.html (Windows builds)

PHP 5.4.2 Stable
PHP 5.3.12 Stable
PHP is a very popular open source scripting language mostly used for web applications
http://php.net/ (homepage)

SumatraPDF 2.1
free, open-source minimalistic PDF/mobi/chm/djvu/cbr reader for Windows; it is a portable app
http://blog.kowalczyk.info/software/sumatrapdf/free-pdf-reader.html

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

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Update Information: May 2, 2012

Ron — Thu, 03 May 2012 00:20:29 +0000

Posting by Ron, Thursday, May 03, 2012, 00:20:

Engine Updates
Nothing new today

Chess News

Chess Engines for Android
- added DoubleCheck 3.4 (UCI)
http://www.aartbik.com/MISC/eng.html

Olivier Deville's PGN collection
also a Polyglot book based on all the PGN games
"Games from 2001 to 2011"
- minimum Elo = 2530
- only long time control games
- no annotations
- no computer games
- no games under 20 moves
- Olivier updates this collection monthly
http://www.open-aurec.com/chesswar/download.html

Kvetka 3.14.2 Chess GUI (UCI)
designed for game viewing and analysis; several plug-ins available; available in a portable version
- "essentially a stability update"
http://kvetka.org/en/

Down/Problem Chess Websites

Chad's Chess homepage down for 3 days (provider has discontinued free website hosting)
Dann Corbit homepage down for 310 days
FirstChess source code page down for 3 days
Geko homepage down for 4 days (this Google site has disappeared)
GreKo homepage down today (a 110mb.com site)
Ildtiadar homepage down for 4 days (404 Not Found)

Wiki Changes

GUI Protocol List
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- WinBoard and XBoard: changed a link and minor comment revisions
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:gui_protocol_support_list

Bonus Notifications (recent releases of free stuff)

C Containers Library
C library to perform STL-like duties (containers, iterators, etc) with nice usage syntax
this is a proposed addition to the standard C library
- silent update, no version change (no version numbering at all)
- make sure you download the ccl.pdf doc file for usage instructions
http://code.google.com/p/ccl/downloads/list

Drupal 7.14
open source PHP-based content management platform for easy website creation
- older 6.26 version also updated
http://drupal.org/home

FreeFileSync 5.3
open source Win32/64 & Linux folder comparison and synchronization tool; recommended
http://sourceforge.net/projects/freefilesync/

Git 1.7.10.1
free, open source distributed version control system
http://git-scm.com/

ICQ 7M
audio/video/text chat w/ connectivity to Facebook, Google+, Twitter, etc for desktop & mobile
http://www.icq.com/en

Java 6, Update 32
update of Java runtime and development kit (JRE or JDK)
- new update to an older version of Java
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/index.html

LibreOffice 3.5.3
cross platform open source fork of OpenOffice project; word processing, chart, spreadsheet, database, etc.
http://www.documentfoundation.org/ (homepage)

Miro 5.0
open source HD video player with 6,000+ free Internet TV shows
http://www.participatoryculture.org/

Wise Registry Cleaner 7.17
free registry cleaner; cleans incorrect or obsolete registry information
http://www.wisecleaner.com/download.html

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

Update Information: May 1, 2012

Ron — Wed, 02 May 2012 00:19:15 +0000

Posting by Ron, Wednesday, May 02, 2012, 00:19:

Engine Updates
Nothing new today

Chess News
Nothing new today

Down/Problem Chess Websites

Chad's Chess homepage down for 2 days (provider has discontinued free website hosting)
Dann Corbit homepage down for 309 days Geko homepage down for 2 days
FirstChess source code page down for 2 days
Geko homepage down for 3 days (this Google site has disappeared)
Ildtiadar homepage down for 3 days (404 Not Found)
Sting homepage down today (no response in 60 seconds)

Wiki Changes

Native Engine List
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- added Chess (DOS) by M.C. Rakaska
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:native_engine_list

Bonus Notifications (recent releases of free stuff)

KeePass Password Safe Professional Edition 2.19
open source password manager; manage your passwords securely
Professional Edition requires .NET or Mono framework
Classic Edition has fewer features but is adequate; does not require .NET framework
http://keepass.info/
http://keepass.info/compare.html (compare Classic vs Professional)

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