Engine Updates

Jim Ablett Win/Linux builds
Pepito 1.59.2 (fix) JA (WB/UCI)
C source; Win32, Linux32
- fixed opening book usage
- Fixed Win32 crash on exit
http://homepages.tesco.net/henry.ablett/jims.html

Redqueen 0.6 (UCI)
1 commit(s) to the C++ source code (commits= 373), no new build
- 373: testing different material values; minor fixings
http://sourceforge.net/projects/redqueenchess

Jim Ablett Win/Linux builds
TSCP 1.81e JA (WB)
C source; Win32, Linux32
- fixed engine initialization bug under Winboard GUI
http://homepages.tesco.net/henry.ablett/jims.html

Chess News

ChessGUI 0.200 (WB/UCI)
a nice chess GUI / tournament manager by Matthias Gemuh; there is a separate download for a portable version
- fixed a typo; not an official release
http://www.hugedrive.com/published/WG/show.php?q=QklHTElPTg==-5c562245

Down/Problem Chess Websites

BBChess homepage down for 5 days
Frenzee homepage down for 32 days (permissions problem)
Igor Gorelikov Tools homepage down for 16 days (misconfigured)
Simplex homepage down for 14 days
Aristarch homepage back up

Wiki Changes

Chess Engine List
- added more download links for Yace
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

Vala/Genie software for Windows
Windows builds of software for the Vala/Genie language
- Vala/Genie 0.10.0 updated (compiler)
--- port GIR parser and writer to GIR version 1.2
--- update GLib bindings to 2.26 branch
--- bug fixes
http://live.gnome.org/Vala (Vala page)
http://live.gnome.org/Genie (Genie page)
http://code.google.com/p/valide/downloads/list (Windows downloads)

Meaning of Colors

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

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