Engine Updates

Atlas 3.25 (UCI)
mp (2 cpus max); multiPV; Win32/64
http://sites.google.com/site/atlaschess/

Mainsworthy 124 (WB)
C++ source; Win32
- at the moment the download link does not work -- I'm sure Leo will fix it
http://wbec-ridderkerk.nl/html/details1/Mainsworthy.html (Leo page)
http://wbec-ridderkerk.nl/html/downloada/mainsworthy/ReBornMainsworthy124.zip (direct link)

Mediocre 0.5 (UCI)
Java source
- futility pruning working, should give a noticeable strength increase
- added tapered eval and some significant changes to evaluation
- major background changes in the build process
- "Should be noticably stronger than the previous version"
- "I rewrote a big chunk of the evaluation"
http://mediocrechess.sourceforge.net/ (project)
http://mediocrechess.blogspot.com/ (blog)

Mike Leany: "Barring any unforeseen circumstances, I should release Vapor v0.02 ("Deja Vu") sometime in the coming weeks."

Chess News

Nothing new today

Down/Problem Chess Websites

Bestia homepage down for 4 days (a 110mb.com site)
BlackBishop homepage down today (no response in 60 seconds)
ChessOK (commercial) homepage down today (no response in 60 seconds)
Dann Corbit homepage down for 400 days
DeepDuke homepage down for 29 days (SourceForge project page is okay)
Lovelace homepage down today (no response in 60 seconds)
Lyapko Utilities homepage down for 4 days (a 110mb.com site)
Mscp homepage down for 3 days
Smash homepage down for 4 days (no response in 60 seconds)
Tony's Chess homepage down for 4 days (a 110mb.com site)

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 178
free web browser designed to expand Internet Explorer features
http://www.avantbrowser.com/

Django 1.4.1
high-level, rapid development Python-based web framework
https://www.djangoproject.com/

Git 1.7.11.4
free, open source distributed version control system
http://git-scm.com/

Greenshot 1.0.0.1970 Unstable
free, open source screenshot capture program for Windows
- this is an unstable (*beta*) release
http://getgreenshot.org/

Meaning of Colors

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

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