Engine Updates

Update: Gray Matter 1528
this build is by Rajiv Bakulesh Shah & his team
- added variable timePerMove to help track time in Windows
- reset thread to invalid when it is destroyed
http://code.google.com/p/gray-matter/ (home page)
http://gray-matter.googlecode.com/files/gray.exe (direct download)

Update: Gray Matter 1530
- Moved time variable to source file to ensure no double definitions
Jim Ablett build is available
http://homepages.tesco.net/henry.ablett/jims.html (Jim's homepage)
http://www.mediafire.com/?jndkoed3jin (direct download)

Update: Dika 0.4209
http://translate.google.com/translate?js=n&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&u=htt...

Update: Numpty 0.4pr
"The latest version is probably 50 - 75 elo better than 0.3pr"
Features:
- added support for sudden death time control (G in y)
Bug fixes:
- several minor bugs in book code which could result in engine hang
- corrected root move number display
- corrected eval bug (black queen using white queen piece_square_table!)
- major bug in swap-off routine (returning reverse color's eval)
- error in value of queen promotion (+60cp)
- rare movegen bug (pawn giving check can be taken by ep!)
- rare incorrect result claims (eg pxp ep is possible to prevent checkmate!)
- premature termination at game conclusion (as far as I know!)
Other:
- added limited endgame condition checking in search
- added limited code optimisation - (speed increase c25%)
http://wbec-ridderkerk.nl/html/details1/Numpty.html (Leo)
http://uk.geocities.com/bloodhound66@btinternet.com/index.htm (homepage, no download)

New: Toga The Killer 1.0
new engine by 'cirebonb' based on Toga/Fruit, build by Denis P Mendoza
direct downloads:
http://www.computerchess.info/tdbb/phpBB3/download/file.php?id=633&sid=f698c83f422c... (source)
http://www.computerchess.info/tdbb/phpBB3/download/file.php?id=632&sid=f698c83f422c... (exe files)

Info Only: Capa
another 3 commits to the project today (commits = 66)
http://sourceforge.net/projects/capa/

Info Only: Down chess websites
The Crazy Bishop site has no content
Tarrasch Toy Engine site down

Chess GUI 110mb.com site back up after being down for 2 days
Matacz 110mb.com site back up after being down for 2 days
Omar site back up after being down for 1 day

Chess News

Update: Norm Pollock 40H PGN Utilities
"cleanTag" now fixes 2 problematic tag problems:
(1) tag values that end with 1 or more backslashes ("\") and
(2) White/Black tag values that end with 1 or more spaces (" ").
The unnecessary backslashes and spaces are removed.
http://www.hoflink.com/~npollock/chess.html

Info Only: SCID
another commit to the source code today (commits = 455)
http://sourceforge.net/projects/scid

Wiki Changes
Thanks to Norbert Raimund Leisner who makes most of these wiki changes!

GUI Protocol List
expanded Aquarium comment regarding Peshk@

Native Engine List
expanded Chessbase native engines to include: Comet, Crafty, EXchess, Faile, Hiarcs, List, Pharaon, Sjeng & Tao

Engine GUI List
added Mainsworthy

Gerhard Schwager's FACE Tournament
FACE Tournament
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:tournaments:division_8
Division 8 'possible new entries' added