Engine Updates

Madchess 1.0 (UCI)
new engine by Erik Madsen; it is actually an update and renaming of its predecessor, RumbleMinze
C# source; requires .NET 3.5 or better; requires extra dlls (included)
- implemented incremental move generation
- implemented incrementally updated list of attackers
- fixed a bug involving storing / retrieving mate scores in the hashtable
"150 ELO stronger than its predecessor, RumbleMinze 1.0.33"
http://www.madchess.net/page/downloads.aspx

Chess News

Nothing new today

Down/Problem Chess Websites

Armageddon homepage down for 2 days (no response in 60 seconds)
Bestia homepage down for 2 days (a 110mb.com site)
Dann Corbit homepage down for 487 days
Igor Gorelikov Tools homepage down for 24 days (a 110mb.com site)
Lyapko Utilities homepage down for 2 days (a 110mb.com site)
O'Chess homepage down for 2 days (not found)
Powder homepage down today (project removed?)
Pyotr homepage down for 24 days (no response in 60 seconds)
Tony's Chess homepage down for 2 days (a 110mb.com site)
Tony Mokonen's files page down today (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

AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition 2013.2742
Free anti-virus, anti-spyware program with excellent protection for Win32/64
http://free.avg.com/us-en/download.prd-afh.line-2013

CCleaner 3.24.1850
free registry and file optimization/privacy/cleaning tool; thorough and effective: recommended
uninstalls programs, system restore, drive wiper, controls startup programs, context menus, etc
http://www.piriform.com/ccleaner (CCleaner homepage)
http://www.piriform.com/blog/2012/10/25/ccleaner-v324 (announcement)

JSDuck 4.3.1
open source JavaScript documentation generator
https://github.com/nene/jsduck

Vuze 4.8.0
open source Java-based BitTorrent client formerly known as Azureus
http://azureus.sourceforge.net/index.php

Meaning of Colors

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

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