Engine Updates

Ifrit m1.4 (UCI)
C++ source (Russian language comments); Win32/64, Linux 32/64
- rewrote the capture generator
- rewrote the king-in-check detector
- altered delta pruning
- LMR added to the root
http://translate.google.com/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fandchess2006.narod.ru%2F&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&sl=ru&tl=en
http://www.sdchess.ru/download_engines.htm (alt download site)

nanoSzachy 3.9 (WB)
Win32
- improved evaluation
- small changes in search
- optimizations for speed and size
http://www.kalisz.mm.pl/~pic/nanochess/

Chess News
Nothing new today

Down/Problem Chess Websites

Bubble homepage down for 3 days (this site is down more often than up)
Damas homepage down for 3 days ("Free Web Hosting Discontinued")
Dann Corbit homepage down for 93 days
GreKo homepage down for 13 days (a 110mb.com site)
Ildtiadar homepage down for 6 days

Wiki Changes

GUI Protocol List
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- updated Chess for Android info and added another link
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:gui_protocol_support_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

Adblock Plus 1.3.10 for Firefox
free, open source browser plugin that blocks most web advertisements
http://adblockplus.org/en/

Maxthon 3.2.0.600 Beta
free IE-based web browser with many extra features and plugins
- this is a *beta* release
http://www.maxthon.com/

Meaning of Colors

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

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Chess News: http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:chess_news_list

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