Engine Updates

Bright 0.5c (UCI)
Win 32; smp, FRC; uses Scorpio egbbs; C++ source for perft
- all reported bugs fixed (frc, uci nps)
- eval/search refinements
- new book (creation) options,
- new default opening book (small)
http://members.ziggo.nl/allard.siemelink/bright/

Ifrit j2.7 (UCI)
C++ source (Russian language comments); Win32
- I tried to optimize the code
--- reduce the size of the hash entries - table
--- it's optimized variables
http://translate.google.com/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fandchess2006.narod.ru%2F&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&sl=ru&tl=en

Alex Lobanov Win64 builds
- OliThink 5.2.9x64 AL (WB) for Win64
http://rapidshare.de/files/48975337/OliThink529_x64.zip.html (direct download)

OliThink 5.2.9 (WB)
C source & Java source; own GUI (Java version only); Win32/64, Linux32/64
new Win64 build, probably the one by Alex Lobanov; Java version updated
http://home.arcor.de/dreamlike/chess/index.html

Protector 1.3.2 (UCI)
1 revision(s) to the C++ source code today (current = rev. 200), no new build
http://sourceforge.net/projects/protector/ (project site)

RedQueen 0.2 (UCI)
C++ source; Win32, Linux64
This the first build for Windows
http://sourceforge.net/projects/redqueenchess

Scorpio 2.4 (WB)
C++ source; Win32/64; mp; own endgame bitbases
- search and evaluation changes which hopefully improves it
- log files are automatically cleaned if more than 1000
- iterative search shuffled a bit in preparation for making recursive calls anywhere I want. Not finished yet
http://dshawul.googlepages.com/home (homepage)
http://wbec-ridderkerk.nl/html/details1/Scorpio.html (Leo download)

Sissa 1.0.0 (UCI)
C source (comments mostly in French with some English); Win32
- initial chess board represented by a two-dimensional array of 8x8 is replaced by an array of one dimension with 120 elements
- legality of moves is now tested during the search phase to increase the general speed
- hash value is now composed by two numbers of 32 bits to avoid collisions
- cleaning of the code
http://mnc.chez-alice.fr/SISSA/en/downloads.html

Spark 0.3a (UCI)
mp, Win32/64, Linux64, Mac64
no Linux builds for this version yet
- MP support added for all platforms (Windows 32, Windows 64, Mac OSX 64), Linux 64 version will follow later
- bug fixes (eval, occasional lockups)
http://members.ziggo.nl/allard.siemelink/spark/

Down/Problem chess websites
Amundsen homepage down for 4 days
Betsy homepage down for 5 days
Colossus homepage down for 11 days
Vicki homepage down for 3 days
Warning: Lyapko site is an attack site and dangerous to visit

Chess News

SCID
PGN database program for creating opening books, also a Chess GUI
2 revision(s) to the C++ source code today (patchset = 541)
no build for this version
http://sourceforge.net/projects/scid

Wiki Changes

Chess Engine List
- added Plywood
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:chess_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

AbiWord 2.8.1 rev 1
open source, cross-platform (Win/Mac/Linux) word processor resembling Microsoft Word
less bloated & opens faster than Microsoft Word or Open Office
http://www.abiword.com/

Task Coach 0.78.0
open source todo manager
http://www.taskcoach.org/

Meaning of Colors

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

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