Engine Updates
Nothing new today

Chess News

Arasan Test Suite 14 draft
a very good epd test suite (175 positions)
- silent update today
- this is a *beta* release
http://www.arasanchess.org/arasan14.epd (direct link)

WinBoard/XBoard 4.6.0 (WB/UCI)
the original Chess GUI; more features/options that any other free chess GUI
http://www.gnu.org/software/xboard/user_guide/UserGuide.html (user guide)
http://www.gnu.org/software/xboard/whats_new/4.6.0/index.html (what's new)
http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/xboard/ (Xboard source tarballs)
http://hgm.nubati.net/WinBoard-4.6.0.exe (Winboard direct link)

Down/Problem Chess Websites

Dann Corbit homepage down for 258 days
GreKo homepage down for 3 days (a 110mb.com site)
Michel Van den Bergh site down for 13 days (not found)
Rick48 homepage down today ("502 error: Bad Gateway")

Wiki Changes

Chess Logos List
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- added Ziggy to Graham Banks list
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:chess_logos_list

GUI Protocol List
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- Pirat: updated links
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

GNUplot 4.6
open source, cross platform, command-line driven, 2D/3D graphing/plotting
http://www.gnuplot.info/ (homepage)
http://www.gnuplot.info/announce.4.6.0 (announcement)

IronPython 2.7.2
free, open source Python for .NET/Mono; use Visual Studio or MonoDevelop for easy development
Windows: requires .NET 4.0 or Silverlight 4; Linux: requires Mono 2.10.1 / MoonLight
http://ironpython.net/ (homepage)
http://ironpython.codeplex.com/releases/view/74478 (announcement)

Meaning of Colors

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

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