Engine Updates

SharpChess2 2.52 (WB)
C# source; Win32 by Peter Hughes, released in 2006
- this is not a new release, it was missing from the Chess Engine List!
- there is another, unrelated SharpChess engine by Albert Bertilsson
http://sharpchess.com/ (homepage)
http://sourceforge.net/projects/sharpchess/ (project page)
ftp://peterhughes.org/ (author's ftp page)

Chess News

Arasan 13 Testsuite
epd testsuite from Jon Dart
- testsuit updated and corrected
http://www.arasanchess.org/arasan13.epd (direct link)

Winglet tutorial
A step-by-step guide for writing and improving your own bitboard chess engine by Stef Luijten
- Stef continues writing his C++ tutorial
http://www.sluijten.com/winglet/

Down/Problem Chess Websites

BabyChess homepage down for 54 days (404: page not found)
Bestia homepage down today (no response in 60 seconds (110mb.com) )
ChessAlex homepage down today (no response in 60 seconds (110mb.com) )
Frenzee homepage down for 287 days (purposely down until new engine release)
Loop homepage down for 35 days (it seems that Loop is a Fruit clone!)
MFChess homepage down for 41 days (no response in 60 seconds)
Bullucks homepage back up
Pos homepage back up
Loop clone evidence:
http://open-chess.org/download/file.php?id=351

Wiki Changes

Engine GUI List
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- corrected link for SharpChess 2
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:engine_gui_list

Linux Engine List
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- changed comment info for Deep Saros
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:linux_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

AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition 2011 (build 1382)
Free anti-virus, anti-spyware program with excellent protection for Win32/64
http://free.avg.com/us-en/download-avg-anti-virus-free (homepage)
http://free.avg.com/us-en/download.prd-afh (download)

CCleaner for Mac Beta 1
free file optimization/privacy/cleaning tool; thorough and effective
for Mac OSX 10.5 and 10.6, along with all current versions of Firefox and Safari
http://www.piriform.com/blog/2011/6/2/ccleaner-for-mac-released (anouncement)

System Explorer 2.8.2
free; detailed info about tasks, processes, modules, startups, IE addons, uninstallers, windows, services, drivers,
connections and opened files; graphs monitor usage of system resources in real-time
http://www.systemexplorer.net/

TortoiseSVN 1.6.16
Win32/64 Subversion (version control system) client
http://tortoisesvn.net/

Wireshark 1.6.0 RC 2
open-source network protocol analyzer (packet sniffer) for advanced users
- this is a *release candidate*
http://www.wireshark.org/

Meaning of Colors

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

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