Engine Updates

Ifrit m1.5 (UCI)
C++ source (Russian language comments); Win32
- adjusted estimate
- adjusted LMR
- corrected futility pruning
http://http://translate.google.com/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&js=n&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&layout=2&e...
http://www.sdchess.ru/download_engines.htm (alt download site: SDChess)

Jim Ablett Win/Linux builds
Ifrit m1.5 JA (UCI)
C++ source (Russian language comments); Win32/64, Linux32/64
http://jim-ablett.co.de/

Chess News

Chess Engines for Android
- TSCP 1.81
http://www.aartbik.com/MISC/eng.html

Pgn-Extract GUI Interface
GUI interface by Ferdinand Mosca (Deuterium): controls commandline tool 'pgn-extract'
https://sites.google.com/site/deuteriumengine/downloads-1

Down/Problem Chess Websites

Bubble homepage down today (this site is down more often than up)
Butterfly homepage down for 12 days
Damas homepage down for 25 days ("Free Web Hosting Discontinued")
Dann Corbit homepage down for 115 days
GreKo homepage down for 35 days (a 110mb.com site)
Ildtiadar homepage down for 28 days

Wiki Changes

FACE Tournament
- updates: main page, participants, how it works, download page
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:tournaments:face

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

Ext JS 4.0.7 GPL
free version of the open source cross-browser JavaScript library for building rich internet applications
http://www.sencha.com/ (homepage)
http://www.sencha.com/products/extjs/ (info)
http://www.sencha.com/products/extjs/download/ (download)

PHP 5.4.0 Beta 2
PHP is a very popular open source scripting language mostly used for web applications
- this is a *beta* release
http://php.net/ (homepage)

Meaning of Colors

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

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