Engine Updates

Rodent 0.15 (UCI)
C source; Win32; based on Sungorus code
- tweaks and bugfixes
- better evaluation of King's pawn shield
- tweaks in opening book code (including optional verification by a short search and exclusion of infrequent alternatives)
- new primitive position learning algorithm (off by default)
http://www.koziol.home.pl/rodent.htm

Denis Mendoza Win64 builds
Rodent 0.15 DM (UCI)
C source; Win64
http://kirr.homeunix.org/chess/engines/Denis%20Mendoza/

Chess News

Nothing new today

Down/Problem Chess Websites

Armageddon homepage down for 3 days (no response in 60 seconds)
Chad's Chess homepage down for 28 days (provider has discontinued free website hosting)
ChessMind homepage down for 24 days ("Server not found")
Dann Corbit homepage down for 335 days
Tim Mann page down today (Winboard/Gnuchess4)

Wiki Changes

Chess Engine List
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- moved Magic to source-code-only list
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:chess_engine_list

GUI Protocol List
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- ChessBase: updated link and comments
- ChessGenius: updated link and comments
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:gui_protocol_support_list

Native Engine List
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- removed ChessBase note, it is now on GUI Protocol List page
- removed ChessGenius note, it is now on GUI Protocol List page
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:native_engine_list

Bonus Notifications (recent releases of free stuff)

Nothing new today

Meaning of Colors

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

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Chess News: http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:chess_news_list

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