Engine Updates

ProChess 102 A (UCI)
Visual Basic source; Win32
- "more than 100 elo point of improvement over the previous version"
- first time release of source code
http://www.g-sei.org/pro-chess/

Chess News

Lucas Chess 7.0 dev 5
"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)

Down/Problem Chess Websites

Bestia homepage down for 3 days (a 110mb.com site)
Dann Corbit homepage down for 488 days
Igor Gorelikov Tools homepage down for 25 days (a 110mb.com site)
Lyapko Utilities homepage down for 3 days (a 110mb.com site)
O'Chess homepage down for 3 days (not found)
Powder homepage down for 2 days (project removed?)
Pulsar homepage down today (not found)
Pyotr homepage down for 25 days (no response in 60 seconds)
Tony's Chess homepage down for 3 days (a 110mb.com site)

Wiki Changes

GUI Protocol List
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- Crafty Chess Interface: added two more links
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:gui_protocol_support_list

Play Chess Online List
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- added Nightmare Online
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:play_chess_online_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

Adblock Plus 1.3 for Chrome
free, open source browser plugin that blocks most web advertisements
http://adblockplus.org/releases/adblock-plus-13-for-google-chrome-released (announcement)
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/cfhdojbkjhnklbpkdaibdccddilifddb (direct link)

Calibre 0.9.4
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/

Feng Office 2.2.1
free web-based open source collaboration platform
management of: project tasks, billing, documents, communication, scheduling, electronic information, etc.
- only the 'Community Edition' is free
http://www.fengoffice.com/web/
http://sourceforge.net/projects/opengoo/files/fengoffice/ (download)

VirtualBox 4.2.4
open source, general-purpose, full virtualizer for x86 and AMD64/Intel64 hardware
runs on Windows, Linux, Macintosh and OpenSolaris as host
install several guest operating systems onto the same computer
http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Guest_OSes (list of guest operating systems)
https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Changelog (changelog)
http://www.virtualbox.org/ (homepage)

Meaning of Colors

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

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

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