Engine Updates
Nothing new today

Chess News

XBoard 4.6.2 (WB/UCI)
build your own XBoard from source code
- this probably contains a quick bugfix to the recent release
http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/xboard/

Rebel 12
old DOS native engine
http://www.top-5000.nl/cp.htm (Ed Schroder site)

Socrates 3.0
old DOS native engine
http://www.top-5000.nl/cp.htm (Ed Schroder site)

test v1.sh
new Linux shell script by Giuseppe Canella (Butterfly)
"Runs an n-game match between two engines, with alternating colors loads the specified position from a epd file, the script uses Nthread. Use Bayeselo to estimate ratings"
http://code.google.com/p/butterfly-chess-engine/downloads/list

Down/Problem Chess Websites

Bestia homepage down for 2 days (a 110mb.com site)
Dann Corbit homepage down for 295 days
Lyapko Utilities homepage down for 2 days (a 110mb.com site)
Tony's Chess homepage down for 2 days (a 110mb.com site)

Wiki Changes

ECO/NCO Cross Reference
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- Unorthodox Openings Newsletter: revised comment
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:eco_nco_xref

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

JSDuck 3.9.0
open source JavaScript documentation generator
https://github.com/nene/jsduck

Maqetta Preview 5.01
open source visual authoring system of HTML5 user interfaces - in the browser
this is a *preview* version (beta)
http://maqetta.org/

Notepad++ 6.1.1
open source programmer's editor; recommended
http://notepad-plus-plus.org/

System Explorer 3.8.7
free; detailed info about Windows tasks, processes, modules, startups, IE addons, uninstallers, windows,
services, drivers, connections and opened files; graphs monitor usage of system resources in real-time
http://www.systemexplorer.net/

Meaning of Colors

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

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