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<title>Update Information: August 21, 2009</title>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>Posting by Ron, Saturday, August 22, 2009, 01:32:</em></p><p><p><span style="font-size:large;"><strong><span style="color:#090;">Security Warning Canceled: WildCat site</span></strong></span><br />
site has been repaired and is once again safe to visit</p>
<p><span style="font-size:large;"><strong>[url=http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:chess_engine_list]Engine Updates[/url]</strong></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#090;">Update: BremboCE 0.6 (WB)</span></strong><br />
engine updated after 7 years of no activity; Java jar file included<br />
- Rewritten in Java from version 0.4 that was written in C<br />
- Removed null move, hash tables and the external opening book<br />
- Fixed a bug in evaluating checkmate positions<br />
- Fixed a bug in evaluating king position in the end game<br />
- Fixed a bug with the level command from winboard<br />
- Added a simple internal opening book just to diversify the games<br />
- Added the recognition of draws for insufficient material to mate<br />
<a href="http://bremboce.cisana.com/download_en.php">http://bremboce.cisana.com/download_en.php</a></p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#090;">Update: BSC 3.7 (WB)</span></strong><br />
for Win32, Linux32/64 &amp; Solaris<br />
- LMR with no history counters and horizon ply=3: more selective<br />
- Delta pruning with SEE<br />
- Tuning extension and singular<br />
- fix bug in analyze xboard command<br />
<a href="http://translate.google.com/translate?js=y&amp;prev=_t&amp;hl=en&amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;u=http%3A%2F%2Fb0n0.free.fr%2Fbsc%2Fbsc.html&amp;sl=fr&amp;tl=en&amp;history_state0=">http://translate.google.com/translate?js=y&amp;prev=_t&amp;hl=en&amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;u=http%3A%2F%2Fb0n0.free.fr%2Fbsc%2Fbsc.htm...</a></p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#090;">Update: Chesley the Chess Engine 268 (WB)</span></strong><br />
download build for this version from Jim Ablett<br />
- Rewrite move ordering code along the lines Ed Schroder discusses at his website<br />
latest builds: 268(Win32/64), 241(Mac)<br />
<a href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/chesley/">http://sourceforge.net/projects/chesley/</a></p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#090;">Update: Protector 1.2.7 (UCI)</span></strong><br />
another 6 revisions to the source code today (rev. 31-&gt;37)<br />
no version update, but new builds for Win32/x64 &amp; Linux32/64<br />
- added more specialized builds<br />
- added VC project file<br />
<a href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/protector/">http://sourceforge.net/projects/protector/</a> (project site)<br />
latest builds are here (updated often):<br />
<a href="http://protector.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/protector/bin/">http://protector.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/protector/bin/</a> (bin files)</p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#f00;">New: Simplex (UCI)</span></strong><br />
newly available, but this is an old engine, replaced by Rocinante<br />
<a href="http://translate.google.com/translate?js=y&amp;prev=_t&amp;hl=en&amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.escacsrubi.com%2Fsimplex%2Fsimplex.html&amp;sl=es&amp;tl=en&amp;history_state0=">http://translate.google.com/translate?js=y&amp;prev=_t&amp;hl=en&amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.escacsrubi.com%2Fsimplex...</a><br />
<a href="http://www.escacsrubi.com/simplex/simplex.zip">http://www.escacsrubi.com/simplex/simplex.zip</a> (direct download)</p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#090;">Update: Jim Ablett Win builds</span></strong><br />
- <strong><span style="color:#090;">BremboCE 0.6 JA</span></strong> compiled Java exe for Win32<br />
- <strong><span style="color:#090;">Chesley 268 JA</span></strong> updated for Win32/x64<br />
- <strong><span style="color:#090;">JA logo collection</span></strong> updated<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:#666;">Info Only: Down chess websites</span></strong>  <img src="images/smilies/frown.png" alt=":-(" /><br />
<span style="color:#666;">Averno site down for 26 days<br />
Flux site down today<br />
Pierre site down for 59 days<br />
Spin Chess (unreleased) site down today</span><br />
<span style="color:#090;">WJChess site back up after being down for 2 days for site maintenance work</span> <img src="images/smilies/smile.png" alt=":-)" /></p>
<p><span style="font-size:large;"><strong>[url=http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:chess_news_list]Chess News[/url]</strong></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#090;">Update: ChessGUI 0.167</span></strong><br />
ChessGUI4Stick also updated<br />
- in tournament setup window, you can now select several engines at once.<br />
- in tournament setup window, you can now sort engines according to Elo or alphabetically. <br />
<a href="http://biglion.110mb.com/">http://biglion.110mb.com/</a><br />
<a href="http://w2410tmq9.homepage.t-online.de/">http://w2410tmq9.homepage.t-online.de/</a></p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#090;">Update: Kenny Dail downloads</span></strong><br />
PGN games updated<br />
- extragames.pgn.zip<br />
- slowtourn.pgn.zip<br />
<a href="http://www.sillygreenmonkey.com/chess/">http://www.sillygreenmonkey.com/chess/</a></p>
<p><span style="font-size:large;"><strong>Bonus Notifications</strong></span> (free stuff)</p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#090;">Update: Python 3.1.1</span></strong><br />
- The first bugfix release of the 3.1 series has been released<br />
<a href="http://www.python.org/">http://www.python.org/</a></p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#090;">Update: Thunderbird 2.0.0.23 Email</span></strong><br />
<a href="http://www.mozilla.com/thunderbird/">http://www.mozilla.com/thunderbird/</a></p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#090;">Update: Google Chrome 4.0.202.0 Beta Browser</span></strong><br />
<a href="http://www.google.com/intl/en/landing/chrome/beta/">http://www.google.com/intl/en/landing/chrome/beta/</a></p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#090;">Update: OpenOffice.org 3.1.1 RC2</span></strong><br />
<a href="http://download.openoffice.org/next/index.html">http://download.openoffice.org/next/index.html</a></p>
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