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<title>Update Information: December 25, 2009</title>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>Posting by Ron, Saturday, December 26, 2009, 01:18:</em></p><p><p><span style="font-size:large;"><strong>Engine Updates</strong></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#090;">OliThink 5.2.5 (WB)</span></strong><br />
C source; own GUI (Java version only); Win32/64, Linux32/64<br />
<a href="http://home.arcor.de/dreamlike/chess/index.html">http://home.arcor.de/dreamlike/chess/index.html</a></p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#555;">Jim Ablett Win builds</span></strong><br />
- <strong><span style="color:#090;">Prophet 2.0 b1 JA (WB)</span></strong> for Win32/64 &amp; 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:#555;">Holger Schluckebier Mac builds</span></strong><br />
- <strong><span style="color:#090;">Stockfish 1.6 Mac HS (UCI)</span></strong> for Mac<br />
<a href="http://www.leakyheap.de/macchess/">http://www.leakyheap.de/macchess/</a></p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#090;">Chesley the Chess Engine r314 (WB)</span></strong><br />
no build for this version yet, C++ source only<br />
latest builds: r311 JA(Win32/64), 1.1(Mac)<br />
<a href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/chesley/">http://sourceforge.net/projects/chesley/</a></p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#555;">Protector 1.3.2 (UCI)</span></strong><br />
3 revision(s) to the C++ source code today (current = rev. 179), 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/Problem chess websites</strong></span> <img src="images/smilies/frown.png" alt=":-(" /><br />
Smirf site down for 64 days<br />
<strong><span style="color:#f00;">Warning: Lyapko site is an attack site and dangerous to visit</span></strong></p>
<p><span style="font-size:large;"><strong>Chess News</strong></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#090;">Harry Schnapp books</span></strong><br />
Opening Books for Arena, ChessBase, Aquarium &amp; Shredder Classic<br />
- opening book 'HS-7moves.ctg' updated<br />
<a href="http://americanfoot.free.fr/echecs/hsbook.htm">http://americanfoot.free.fr/echecs/hsbook.htm</a></p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#555;">SCID</span></strong><br />
PGN database program for creating opening books, also a Chess GUI<br />
1 revision(s) to the C++ source code today (patchset = 533)<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>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 />
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<p><strong><span style="color:#090;">GeSHi 1.0.8.6</span></strong><br />
open source generic syntax highlighter for various PHP web systems<br />
supports more than 100 programming languages<br />
<a href="http://qbnz.com/highlighter/">http://qbnz.com/highlighter/</a> (homepage)<br />
<a href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/geshi/files/">http://sourceforge.net/projects/geshi/files/</a> (downloads)</p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#090;">Lunascape 6.0.1</span></strong><br />
free browser with all 3 major rendering enignes: IE (Trident)+Firefox (Gecko)+Chrome/Safari (Webkit)<br />
preview web pages side-by-side using the 3 different rendering engines<br />
<a href="http://www.lunascape.tv/">http://www.lunascape.tv/</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>
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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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<pubDate>Sat, 26 Dec 2009 01:18:29 +0000</pubDate>
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