Engine Updates

Nothing new today

Chess News

Kvetka 3.16 Chess GUI (UCI)
designed for game viewing and analysis; several plug-ins available; available in a portable version
- same GUI version number
- updated plugin: 'Analysis'
http://kvetka.org/en/

Lucas Chess 7.0 dev 3
"play chess against the computer with increasing levels of difficulty and with a limited number of hints that are given by a chess tutor"
Open source (Python); Win32
- this is a *developmental* (beta) release
https://code.google.com/p/lucaschess/ (homepage)
https://code.google.com/p/lucaschess/downloads/list (download)

Norm Pollock site
PGN, EPD & TXT Utility Suites and Opening Book PGN Databases
- updated PGN tools: maintenance release
http://www.hoflink.com/~npollock/chess.html

Numbit source code
written in Visual Basic
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/50057407/NumBit-B00.rar

XBoard Alpha News
new and experimental features for the next release by HG Muller
- new section: "Switching to a better plot library" ie: Cairo instead of Athena
http://hgm.nubati.net/news.html

Down/Problem Chess Websites

Aristarch homepage down for 4 days (no response in 60 seconds)
Dann Corbit homepage down for 467 days
GreKo homepage down for 4 days (a 110mb.com site)
Igor Gorelikov Tools homepage down for 4 days (a 110mb.com site)
Pulchess homepage down today (server not found)
Pyotr homepage down for 4 days (no response in 60 seconds)

EnginMax homepage is now considered dead, it will no longer be tracked.
Mizar homepage is now considered dead, it will no longer be tracked.
PolarChess homepage is now considered dead, it will no longer be tracked.
Tornado homepage is now considered dead, it will no longer be tracked.

Wiki Changes

Chess Engine List
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- added an alternative source code link for FirstChess
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:chess_engine_list

GUI Protocol List
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- C-Board: added more 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

Calibre 0.9.1
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/

Meaning of Colors

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

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NOTE: If you want me to track a website for you, please email me and I will add it.
ron _at_ computer-chess _dot_ org