Engine Updates

DoubleCheck 2.53 (UCI)
C source; Win64, Linux64
- move_ok: rewritten efficiently (first step to prepare the lazy move ordering)
- rook and bishop promotions can be disabled (in search, not perft) with SubPromotions in movegen.c
- gen_msl: precalculate SEE only for captures
http://wbec-ridderkerk.nl/html/details1/DoubleCheck.html (Leo page)

Julien Marcel Mac64 builds
- Viper
http://julien.marcel.free.fr/macchess/

Chess News

Norm Pollock site
PGN, EPD & TXT Utility Suites and Opening Book PGN Databases
- updated PGN program: tagFix (added output manifest file)
http://www.hoflink.com/~npollock/chess.html

Down/Problem Chess Websites

Aristarch homepage down for 3 days (no response in 60 seconds)
Asterisk homepage down for 94 days
ChessAlex homepage is down for 47 days
Dann Corbit homepage down for 223 days

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

GIMP 2.6.12
Gnu Image Manipulation Program (GIMP); retouch photos, create drawings & renderings, etc.
- now available as Windows32/64 builds
http://www.gimp.org/

Network Scanner 5.4.0
free multi-threaded IP, NetBIOS & SNMP scanner; scans for listening TCP/UDP ports &
displays shared network resource types
http://www.softperfect.com/products/networkscanner/

Meaning of Colors

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

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