Engine Updates

FruitFly 1.1.1 (UCI)
C++ source; Win32; this is a Fruit 2.1 derivative
- aspiration search uses smaller margin, doesn't reduce pointlessly and opens more progressively
- complete rewrite which is what has taken me so long
- new material values; untuned
- king tropism; untuned
- tempo bonus; untuned
- superlinear interpolator; untuned
- blocked fianchetto penalty; untuned
- search: quite a bit taken (externally, I have not RE'd) Fruit 05/11/03; untuned by me
- sliding LMR as used by Rodent; untuned
- futility done at depth <= 3; untuned
- aspirated search; thanks Harald; untuned
- static nullmove; untuned
- double nullmove replaces verification search; untuned
- late move pruning; untuned
https://github.com/ZirconiumX/fruitfly (source repository is not updated)
http://www.thelumpit.net/fruitfly_11.zip (source direct link)
http://www.mediafire.com/?bpds1sg2819qfqv (José M Velasco build)

Chess News

Nothing new today

Down/Problem Chess Websites

Chiron homepage down today ("This website is offline")
Dann Corbit homepage down for 390 days
DeepDuke homepage down for 19 days (SourceForge project page is okay)
Denis Mendoza engine builds page down for 6 days (no response in 60 seconds)
Lucas Chess homepage down today (no response in 60 seconds)
Norbert Raimund Leisner List down for 6 days (no response in 60 seconds)
Pawny homepage down for 5 days (no response in 60 seconds)

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

Avant Browser 2012 Build 176
free web browser designed to expand Internet Explorer features
http://www.avantbrowser.com/

BurnAware 5.0.1
CD/DVD/Blu-ray disc-burning software
http://www.burnaware.com/burnaware_free.html (info)
http://www.burnaware.com/downloads.html (download)

Calibre 0.8.61
cross-platform open source ebook manager for all popular ebook readers with format conversion,
news feeds, and integrated e-book viewer
http://calibre-ebook.com/

TThrottle 5.80
free Windows laptop utility to keep cpu/gpu temperature down by throtttling performance
http://www.efmer.eu/boinc/

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

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