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<title>Update Information: April 5, 2010</title>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>Posting by Ron, Tuesday, April 06, 2010, 01:20:</em></p><p><p><span style="font-size:large;"><strong>Engine Updates</strong></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#555;">Butterfly 0.2.2 (WB)</span></strong><br />
C++ source; Win32/64<br />
- build for version 0.2.2 removed  buggy???<br />
<a href="http://sites.google.com/site/butterflychess/">http://sites.google.com/site/butterflychess/</a></p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#090;">Darmenios 0.3 (WB)</span></strong><br />
Win32/64<br />
- some ver.0.2 bugs fixed<br />
<a href="http://darczech.ovh.org/lpps/">http://darczech.ovh.org/lpps/</a></p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#555;">Plisk 0.2.1 (WB/UCI)</span></strong><br />
Win32/64, and AMD64<br />
- added Linux 32 build<br />
<a href="http://sites.google.com/site/pliskchess/">http://sites.google.com/site/pliskchess/</a></p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#090;">Simplex 0.9.3 (UCI)</span></strong><br />
C++ source with Spanish comments; Win32<br />
- renamed the engine to its original name Simplex.<br />
- Separated all sources and artifacts of debugging and experimentation.<br />
- Auto tuning (poor results).<br />
- Manual tuning.<br />
- I made some test to verify the stability of the engine.<br />
- porting to Linux (Open Suse 64 bits).<br />
<a href="http://www.escacsrubi.com/simplex/simplex_0_9_3.zip">http://www.escacsrubi.com/simplex/simplex_0_9_3.zip</a> (direct link)<br />
<a href="http://www.escacsrubi.com/simplex/simplex.html">http://www.escacsrubi.com/simplex/simplex.html</a> (homepage)</p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#555;">Jim Ablett Win builds</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="color:#090;">Slibo 0.5.1 JA (WB)</span></strong><br />
Win32/64 &amp; Linux32/64<br />
- fixed engine hang after game<br />
<a href="http://homepages.tesco.net/henry.ablett/jims.html">http://homepages.tesco.net/henry.ablett/jims.html</a></p>
<p><span style="font-size:large;"><strong>Chess News</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:large;"><strong><span style="color:#090;">WinBoard 4.4.3</span></strong></span><br />
- the latest release with lots of bugfixes<br />
<a href="http://www.open-aurec.com/wbforum/viewtopic.php?f=19&amp;t=50387">http://www.open-aurec.com/wbforum/viewtopic.php?f=19&amp;t=50387</a></p>
<p><span style="font-size:large;"><strong>Down/Problem Chess Websites</strong></span> <img src="images/smilies/frown.png" alt=":-(" /><br />
Amundsen homepage down for 5 days<br />
Betsy homepage down for 89 days<br />
Blitzer homepage down for 24 days<br />
Brama homepage down for 16 days<br />
Colossus homepage down for 95 days<br />
Kenny Dail (Mac) builds site down for 67 days<br />
Dika homepage down for 17 days<br />
Gosu homepage down for 22 days<br />
Igor Gorelikov Tools site down today<br />
Nesik homepage down today<br />
Pyotr homepage down today<br />
Sinobyl homepage down for 41 days<br />
<span style="color:#090;">Sjakk homepage back up after being down for 3 days <img src="images/smilies/smile.png" alt=":-)" /> </span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:large;"><strong>Wiki Changes</strong></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#090;">Variants Engine List</span></strong><br />
Thanks to Norman Raimund Leisner for updating the list<br />
- added Rival Chess<br />
<a href="http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:variants_engine_list">http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:variants_engine_list</a></p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#090;">Chess Engine List</span></strong><br />
- added Uralochka<br />
<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></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 />
</span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#090;"></span></strong></p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#090;">Calibre 0.6.46</span></strong><br />
cross-platform open source ebook manager for all popular ebook readers; format conversion; <br />
news feeds; integrated e-book viewer<br />
<a href="http://calibre-ebook.com/">http://calibre-ebook.com/</a></p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#090;">Defraggler 1.18</span></strong><br />
free file/directory defragmenter; it does not relocate files to increase Windows performance,<br />
but it works well in conjuction with other optimizing defrag programs<br />
<a href="http://www.piriform.com/defraggler">http://www.piriform.com/defraggler</a></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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