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<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>Posting by Ron, Wednesday, October 28, 2009, 01:31:</em></p><p><p><span style="font-size:large;"><strong>Engine Updates</strong></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#555;">Capa 0.1 beta 2  (WB)</span></strong><br />
2 new commit(s) to the Java source, (rev = 101), no new build<br />
this project is getting active after being dormant since July<br />
<a href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/capa/">http://sourceforge.net/projects/capa/</a></p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#555;">Protector 1.2.9 (UCI)</span></strong><br />
2 revision(s) to the C++ source code today (current = rev. 107), no new build<br />
<a href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/protector/">http://sourceforge.net/projects/protector/</a> (project site)</p>
<p><span style="font-size:large;"><strong>Down chess websites</strong></span> <img src="images/smilies/frown.png" alt=":-(" /><br />
<span style="color:#444;">Brama site down today<br />
Brutus site down for 6 days<br />
Eden site down for 4 days<br />
Fimbulwinter site down for 6 days (fixing viruses?)<br />
GreKo site down for 5 days (403 error)<br />
LarsenVB site down today<br />
Smirf site down for 5 days<br />
Zebra Chess down for 21 days</span><br />
<span style="color:#090;">Crafty Chess Interface back up after being down 2 days <img src="images/smilies/smile.png" alt=":-)" /><br />
Frenzee site back up after being down for 18 days with no content</span> <img src="images/smilies/smile.png" alt=":-)" /></p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#555;">Note: GEOCITIES has closed.</span></strong><br />
There were a lot of free engines hosted there that may have disappeared forever!<br />
Here is the list of engines/utilities losing their geocities sites:<br />
- Lyapko utilities<br />
- WinMan<br />
- Ajedrez Táctico<br />
- Asterisk<br />
- Averno<br />
- Ax<br />
- Beaches<br />
- Bestia<br />
- Cecir<br />
- Chaturanga<br />
- Chispa<br />
- DanChess<br />
- Dchess<br />
- Diablo<br />
- Freyr<br />
- Golem<br />
- HeavyChess<br />
- Jupiter<br />
- Marquis<br />
- Mystery<br />
- Naum 4<br />
- Neurosis<br />
- Thinker<br />
- Thor'sHammer</p>
<p>I need to update the engine list to reflect this information!</p>
<p><span style="font-size:large;"><strong>Chess News</strong></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#090;">Norm Pollock Opening Book PGN Databases</span></strong><br />
new file added: GrandS.pgn<br />
- collection of games between players rated 2400+, 2007-present<br />
<a href="http://www.hoflink.com/~npollock/chess.html">http://www.hoflink.com/~npollock/chess.html</a></p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#555;">SCID</span></strong><br />
update(s) to the source code today (patchset = 504)<br />
no build for this version<br />
<a href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/scid">http://sourceforge.net/projects/scid</a></p>
<p><span style="font-size:large;"><strong>Wiki Changes</strong></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#090;">Links</span></strong><br />
- added Chess Programming Wiki link<br />
<a href="http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:links">http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:links</a></p>
<p><span style="font-size:large;"><strong>Bonus Notifications</strong></span> (recent releases of free stuff)</p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#090;">FileZilla 3.3.0 beta 1</span></strong><br />
open source ftp client. Recommended.<br />
this is a *beta* release<br />
<a href="http://filezilla-project.org/">http://filezilla-project.org/</a></p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#090;">Opera 10.01</span></strong><br />
open source web browser<br />
<a href="http://www.opera.com/">http://www.opera.com/</a></p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#090;">Mozilla Firefox 3.5.4 </span></strong><br />
open source web browser. Recommended.<br />
- fixed several security issues<br />
- fixed several stability issues<br />
- fixed some minor bugs<br />
<a href="http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/personal.html">http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/personal.html</a> (download)<br />
<a href="http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/3.5.4/releasenotes/">http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/3.5.4/releasenotes/</a> (release notes)</p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#090;">MyDefrag 4.2.4</span></strong><br />
free disk defragmentation program. Recommended.<br />
<a href="http://www.mydefrag.com/">http://www.mydefrag.com/</a></p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#090;">SeaMonkey 2.0</span></strong><br />
open source all-in-one Internet suite: browser, email, news feed, newsgroups, IRC chat, &amp; html editor<br />
- added a web newsfeed (RSS) reader<br />
<a href="http://www.seamonkey-project.org/">http://www.seamonkey-project.org/</a></p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#090;">Sysinternals Suite</span></strong><br />
free trouble-shooting utilities suite from Microsoft<br />
<a href="http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb842062.aspx">http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb842062.aspx</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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