Engine Updates

SlowChess 2.960e (WB/UCI)
modification of original SlowChess 2.96 by Jonathan Kreuzer
this modification is by Alexander Schmidt to play Chess960 (FRC)
Win32; limit strength; FRC
- at startup SlowChess now calculates the estimated strength on the hardware it is actually running
- no source code
http://chessengines.wordpress.com/category/download/

Chess News

Chess Engine List
update by Ron Murawski
- fixed a typo
- removed extraneous pipe character
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:chess_engine_list

Down/Problem Chess Websites

Belofte homepage down for 27 days ("this site has been suspended")
ChestUCI homepage down for 22 days (a 110mb.com site)
Dolphin homepage down for 25 days (not found)
GreKo homepage down today (no response in 60 seconds)
Igor Gorelikov Tools page down for 8 days (a 110mb.com site)
InmiChess homepage down for 22 days (no response in 60 seconds)
Pyotr homepage down for 22 days (not found)
Toledo Nanochess homepage down for 22 days (a 110mb.com site)

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

OS4 13.4
Debian/Xubuntu-based Linux distro; customized XFCE desktop; #17 in popularity
http://www.os4online.com/

Python 3.3.1
Python 3.2.4
Python 2.7.4
popular open source programming language
http://www.python.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