Engine Updates

CuckooChess 1.11 (UCI)
Java source; Win32/64, Linux32/64, Mac32/64; own GUI; uses Cuckoo hashing
http://web.comhem.se/petero2home/javachess/index.html

Chess News

ChessZone Magazine
free monthly chess magazine of annotated GM games
- # 6, 2011
http://www.chesszone.org/magazine/magazine.html

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 63 days (404: page not found)
Frenzee homepage down for 296 days (purposely down until new engine release)
Loop homepage down for 44 days (it seems that Loop is a Fruit clone!)
Typhoon homepage back up
Loop clone evidence:
http://open-chess.org/download/file.php?id=351

Wiki Changes

Chess Engine List
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- added note that last Hermann release was for Windows only
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:chess_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

RSSOwl 2.1 Beta
open source, cross-platform Java RSS newsreader
- this is a *beta* release
http://www.rssowl.org/

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