Engine Updates
Nothing new today

Chess News

XBoard Alpha News
by HG Muller
- Editing the opening book aka: Editing a Polyglot opening book
- Playing moves from the PV aka: Playing PV moves in analysis mode
http://hgm.nubati.net/news.html (homepage)
http://hgm.nubati.net/news.html#tag-D3 (new section)
http://hgm.nubati.net/news.html#tag-D4 (new section)

Down/Problem Chess Websites

BabyChess homepage down for 28 days (404: page not found)
ChessMind homepage down for 4 days
Frenzee homepage down for 261 days (purposely down until new engine release)
Grizzly homepage down for 21 days (homepage is moving)
Loop homepage down for 9 days (serious clone accusation may have ended Loop)
MFChess homepage down for 15 days (no response in 60 seconds)
Typhoon homepage down for 8 days (engine download is available elsewhere)

Wiki Changes

GUI Protocol List
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- improved comment for PyChess
- improved comment for Slibo
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:gui_protocol_support_list

Native Engine List
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- added SparkChess (formerly flashCHESS)
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:native_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

Parted Magic 6.1
open source partition editor, virus/rootkit scanner, hard drive cloner, and hard drive & RAM tester; recommended
http://partedmagic.com/

Meaning of Colors

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

Engine List: http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:chess_engine_list
Chess News: http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:chess_news_list

NOTE: If you want me to track a website for you, please email me and I will add it.
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