Engine Updates
Nothing new today

Chess News

Stockfish 2.1.1 Official Opening Book
book by Salvo Spitaleri
http://jimablett.hostwebs.com/
http://www.multiupload.com/EAKRDRUWOO (direct link)

Winboard TM beta
latest Winboard plus a built-in tournament manager
- this is a *beta* release, meant for testing
http://talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?topic_view=threads&p=407289&t=39092&sid=63625852b783d6c5f65b307663d71698 (announcement)
http://hgm.nubati.net/WinBoard-4.5TM.exe (direct link)

Down/Problem Chess Websites

Aristarch homepage down for 2 days (no response in 60 seconds)
BabyChess homepage down for 38 days (404: page not found)
Frenzee homepage down for 271 days (purposely down until new engine release)
Grizzly broken promise (move to new homepage) not done after 31 days
Loop homepage down for 19 days (serious clone accusation may have ended Loop)
MFChess homepage down for 25 days (no response in 60 seconds)
Pyotr homepage down today (no response in 60 seconds)

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 3.2.1 RC 1
popular open source scripting language
- this is a *release candidate*
http://www.python.org/ (homepage)
http://www.python.org/download/releases/3.2.1/ (more info)

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.
ron _at_ computer-chess _dot_ org