Engine Updates

IvanHoe 999950r (UCI)
IvanHoe 999950t (UCI)
C source; Win32/64 Linux 32/64; Ippolit derivative
- these are Franklin Titus builds
http://chess.cygnitec.com/engine/ivanhoe/

Chess News

ChessMaude 1.14 (WB)
Winboard compatible Chess GUI & 1600-1700 Elo native engine (Tyrell) for humans to play against
http://home.comcast.net/~Normand_Blais/

ChessX 0.7 GUI (WB/UCI)
PGN database program for Windows, Mac & Linux with engine support for analysis only (not for playing)
2 new commit(s) to the C++ source, (rev = 1069), no new build
http://sourceforge.net/projects/chessx/

Crafty Chess Interface 6.1
VB source; chess GUI for Crafty with nice wood board by Valters Baumanis (requres VB6 run-time library)
- includes Crafty 23.4
http://valters-and.co.cc/crafty/gui.php
http://h1.ripway.com/valters/crafty/interface.htm

SCID
PGN database program for creating opening books, also a Chess GUI
2 revision(s) to the C++ source code today (patchset = 616)
no build for this version
http://sourceforge.net/projects/scid

Down/Problem Chess Websites

Frenzee homepage down for 88 days (webpage taken down until new engine release)
NSVChess homepage down for 42 days (403 error: forbidden)
Prophet site down for 12 days ("This domain name expired on 11/01/2010 and is pending renewal or deletion")
Holger Schluckebier Mac builds homepage down for 22 days (internal server error)
Jin GUI homepage back up

Wiki Changes
Nothing new today

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

Python 2.7.1 RC 1
Python 3.1.3 RC 1
popular open source scripting language
these are *release candidates*
http://www.python.org/ (homepage)
http://www.python.org/download/releases/2.7.1/ (2.7.1)
http://www.python.org/download/releases/3.1.3/ (3.1.3)

VLC 1.1.5
open source multimedia player (audio/video)
http://www.videolan.org/

Meaning of Colors

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

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