Engine Updates

Houdini 1.5 (UCI)
Win32/64, mp; multiPV; Ippolit derivative
"about 35 Elo"
- improved search and evaluation
- Gaviota Table Base support
http://www.cruxis.com/chess/houdini.htm

Jim Ablett Win/Linux builds
Scorpio 2.7 JA (WB)
C++ source; Win32/64, Linux 32/64; mp; own endgame bitbases
- last minute changes include aggressive futility & lmr
- failed singular extension tests
http://homepages.tesco.net/henry.ablett/jims.html (Jim Ablett)
https://github.com/dshawul/scorpio (source repository)
http://wbec-ridderkerk.nl/html/details1/Scorpio.html (Leo Dijksman page)

Chess News
Nothing new today

Down/Problem Chess Websites

Akiba homepage down for 5 days (404 error)
ChessAlex homepage down for 17 days (404 error)
ChessMind homepage down today (no response in 60 seconds)
Frenzee homepage down for 118 days (webpage taken down until new engine release)
NSVChess homepage down for 74 days (403 error: forbidden)
Holger Schluckebier Mac builds homepage down for 54 days (internal server error)
Sjakk homepage down today (no response in 60 seconds)
Armageddon homepage back up

Wiki Changes

Chess GUI List
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- added Chess Auto Buddy
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:gui_protocol_support_list

Linux Engine List
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- added general link to Jim Ablett's page and removed multiple listing of it for several engines
- added Chess One
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:linux_engine_list

Engine GUI List
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- added note that Echoboard is no longer available as a GUI for ChessOne & OBender
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:engine_gui_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

Drupal 6.20
open source PHP-based content management platform for websites
http://drupal.org/home
http://drupal.org/node/999422 (release notes)

Groovy 1.7.6
Groovy 1.8 beta 3
open source jvm dynamic scripting language; it appears to be a superset of the Java language
http://groovy.codehaus.org/
http://jira.codehaus.org/secure/ReleaseNote.jspa?projectId=10242&version=16749 (release notes)

MySQL 5.5.8
free (Community Server Edition only!), and very popular open source SQL database
http://www.mysql.com/downloads/mysql/ (download)
http://forums.mysql.com/read.php?3,399280,399280 (changes)

µTorrent 2.2 (build 23769)
open source BitTorrent client
http://www.utorrent.com/

Meaning of Colors

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

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