Engine Updates

Evolution Chess 0.6 (WB)
Win32
- engine and book updated
http://code.google.com/p/evolchess/

RedQueen 1.0.0 Beta (UCI)
C++ source; mp; Win32/64, Linux32/64
"A substantial Elo improvement"
- code clean up
- minor tweaks
- improved king safety (added contact checks + shelter)
- improved passed pawn code
- added pawn bad mobility knowledge
- added some elementary end game knowledge
- added some rules to fix material
- added the rule: "When ahead exchange pieces, when behind exchange pawns"
- fixed minor bug in the pawn hash table
- fixed bug in the function which verifies if a move retrieved from the hash is legal
- created new UCI parameters to adjust the play style
- added some UCI options from the specs (search nodes and search moves)
- fixed bug the time management routine
- improved aspiration window code in the search routine
- added futility pruning in the quiescence search
- other minor improvement in the search
http://sourceforge.net/projects/redqueenchess/files/redqueen-1.0.0/

Chess News
Nothing new today

Down/Problem Chess Websites

Bubble homepage down for 2 days (down again)
Crafty (webkikr site) homepage down for 2 days (no response in 60 seconds)
Dann Corbit homepage down for 68 days (broken computer!)
Matacz homepage down for 36 days (a 110mb.com site)
Mizar homepage down for 5 days ("domain has expired")

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

KDiff3 0.9.96
open source cross-platform diff program; recommended
http://sourceforge.net/projects/kdiff3/

Meaning of Colors

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

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