Engine Updates

Strelka 5 (WB/UCI)
a Stockfish/Ippolit/Houdini/Critter-inspired engine by Yuriy Osipov
Win32
http://translate.google.com/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&js=n&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&layout=2&eotf=1&a...

Chess News

Kvetka 3.12.1 Chess GUI (UCI)
designed for game viewing and analysis; several plug-ins available; available in a portable version
- new plugin "Endgame Bases"
http://kvetka.org/en/

Down/Problem Chess Websites

Bubble homepage down for 3 days (this site is down more often than up)
Butterfly homepage down for 7 days
ChessMind homepage down today (no content)
Damas homepage down for 20 days ("Free Web Hosting Discontinued")
Dann Corbit homepage down for 110 days
GreKo homepage down for 30 days (a 110mb.com site)
Ildtiadar homepage down for 23 days

Wiki Changes

SMP Engine List
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- added Chiron
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:smp_engine_list

Variants Engine List
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- added Chiron
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

GParted Live 0.9.1-5
open source Gnome Partition Editor - resize, move, copy, check, label your hard drive's partitions
understands most file systems including all for Windows and Linux
http://gparted.sourceforge.net/ (homepage)
http://sourceforge.net/projects/gparted/ (project page)

Meaning of Colors

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

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