Engine Updates

ArabianKnight 0.97 (WB)
Java source; own GUI; Win32
- some changes in transposition tables
- some bugs fixed
- some small changes in GUI
http://wbec-ridderkerk.nl/html/details1/ArabianKnight.html

Jim Ablett Win builds
- Arabian Knight 0.97 JA (WB) for Win32
http://homepages.tesco.net/henry.ablett/jims.html

Capa 0.1 beta 2 (WB)
1 new commit(s) to the Java source, (rev = 111), no new build
- personality implementation
http://sourceforge.net/projects/capa/

FireBird 1.01 (UCI)
this is an Ippolit derivative
there is no source code included: this may be an illegal release!
- major changes to SMP (to prevent occasional exception error/timeout)
- changes to NMR Smooth Scaling
- Null Move verification default = true
- verification reduction default = 7
- GetNumberOfConsoleInputEvents -> _kbhit
http://www.cyclonechess.com/firebird.htm

Protector 1.3.2 (UCI)
1 revision(s) to the C++ source code today (current = rev. 222), no new build
- eval change(s)
http://sourceforge.net/projects/protector/ (project site)

Chess News

Horizon Programmer's Page
the page has been updated, removing old, bad links and adding newer stuff
--- Chess Engines with C/C++ source code
- Diablo removed, source code is no longer available
- OliThink added
- Scorpio added
- Stockfish added
--- Utilities and Tools for Chess
- removed Lyapko Utilities link (website is periodically infected with dangerous software)
- removed Fonzy's Polyglot (outdated)
--- Free Editors and IDEs
- added NetBeans
--- Free C/C++ Compilers
- WGG System64 (GCC): changed bad link to point to my own pages. I will be hosting this project for now.
http://www.horizonchess.com/pmwiki.php?n=Main.Programming

ChessX 0.6 GUI (WB/UCI)
PGN database program for Windows, Mac & Linux with engine support for analysis only (not for playing)
NOTE: project cannot handle large PGN files yet
3 new commit(s) to the C++ source, (rev = 993), no new build
- refactoring: move engine list to separate class
- refactoring: separate class for EngineData
- refactoring: save/restore engine data in appropriate class
http://sourceforge.net/projects/chessx/develop/

Down/Problem chess websites
Amundsen homepage down for 22 days
Ares homepage down for 13 days
Betsy homepage down for 32 days
Colossus homepage down for 38 days
Kenny Dail (Mac) builds site down for 10 days
Omar homepage down today
Typhoon homepage down for 16 days
BigLion homepage back up
Matacz homepage back up

Wiki Changes

Chess Engine List
- added Ruffian
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 occasionally crash
- release candidate software may contain minor bugs; crashes are rare

MPlayer 2010-02-06
open source media player for Windows
http://mulder.dummwiedeutsch.de/home/?page=projects#mplayer

System Explorer 2.0.8
free; detailed info about tasks, processes, modules, startups, IE addons, uninstallers, windows, services, drivers,
connections and opened files; performance graphs monitor usage of system resources in real-time
http://systemexplorer.mistergroup.org/

WPG System64 1.99.1
open source; a 64-bit Native Portable Build and Development Environment for Windows
64-bit tools for programmers: C/C++/Fortran/Java/PHP/Perl/Python, etc
Can build 32-bit and/or 64-bit apps
Comes with portable versions of CodeBlocks and CodeLite. Recommended!
- new web address
http://www.horizonchess.com/wpg64/

Meaning of Colors

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

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