Engine Updates
Nothing new today

Chess News

Charlotte 1.0
Dr. Wael Deeb Opening Book for ChessGUI
- the book is in cgb format
http://www.mediafire.com/?efhpap9287cva9a (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

Jim Ablett homepage down today (no response in 60 seconds)
BabyChess homepage down for 57 days (404: page not found)
Bullucks homepage down today (no response in 60 seconds)
Frenzee homepage down for 290 days (purposely down until new engine release)
Loop homepage down for 38 days (it seems that Loop is a Fruit clone!)
Mscp homepage down for 3 days (no response in 60 seconds)
Pos homepage down today (no response in 60 seconds)
Bubble homepage back up
Firefly homepage back up
Loop clone evidence:
http://open-chess.org/download/file.php?id=351

Wiki Changes

Variants Engine List
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- added Jabba Knightmate to the 'Knightmate and Nightrider' section
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:variants_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

FileZilla Server 0.9.38
open source ftp server; most people do not require the server, just the client
http://filezilla-project.org/

Miranda IM 0.9.23
open source instant messaging program
http://www.miranda-im.org/

Notepad++ 5.9.2
open source programmer's editor. Recommended!
http://notepad-plus-plus.org/

Meaning of Colors

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

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