Engine Updates

EveAnn 1.71 (WB)
Win32
- some optimizations and changes in eval
http://webs.ono.com/a.valverde/eveann.htm

Jim Ablett Win/Linux/Android builds
Rodent 0.18 JA (UCI)
C source; Win32/64; Linux32/64, Android; limit strength; based on Sungorus code
- rather embarrassing bugfix in static exchange evaluation
- evaluation of hanging pieces (inspired by DiscoCheck - thx Lucas Braesch and long live open source)
- passed pawn eval taking into account blockage and control of the stop square (finally works!)
- improved time management (easy move and some safeguards triggered by extreme time shortage)
- marginally better move ordering (a side effect of quiescence search tt entries left after looking for an easy move)
- asm popcount for 32-bit architectures (5% speedup)
http://www.pkoziol.cal24.pl/rodent/rodent.htm

Chess News

ChessGUI 0.240k (WB/UCI)
Chess GUI/tournament manager by Matthias Gemuh; there is a separate download for a portable build
- addresses the resign problem
- available as a portable build too
http://w2410tmq9.homepage.t-online.de/ (secondary link)
http://biglion.bplaced.net/ (homepage and download)

ChessZone Magazine
free monthly chess magazine of annotated GM games
- #01, 2013 (January issue)
http://www.chesszone.org/magazine/magazine.html

Down/Problem Chess Websites

Akkad homepage down for 46 days (not found)
Bestia homepage down for 11 days (a 110mb.com site)
ChestUCI homepage down today (a 110mb.com site)
Deep Saros homepage down for 46 days (not found)
Lyapko Utilities homepage down for 11 days (a 110mb.com site)
Merlin homepage down for 17 days (503 error: service unavailable)
Parrot homepage down today (misconfigured server)
Toledo Nanochess homepage down today (a 110mb.com site)

Warning: Inmi site has been hacked and is unsafe to visit
AVG antivirus: 'Exploit Blackhole Exploit Kit [type 2371]'
Kaspersky antivirus: 'object is infected'

Wiki Changes

Chess Engine List
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- Kenny ClassIQ: updated version number
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:chess_engine_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

Data Crow 3.9.20
free, open source media manager/cataloger for movies, books, music, software, etc.
http://www.datacrow.net/ (homepage)
http://sourceforge.net/projects/datacrow/ (project page)

UltraDefrag 6.0.0, RC 2
open source defrag program for Windows
- this is a *rlease candidate*
http://ultradefrag.sourceforge.net/en/index.html

Meaning of Colors

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

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