Engine Updates

GNUchess5 5.50 (WB/UCI)
C source; Win32/64, Linux32/64, Mac64 & Android; bugfixed & improved by MVdB; MVdB version supports Gaviota tablebases
- "about 120 elo (+-20) stronger than Fruit 2.1 at 40/4 time control, 128Mb hash"
- "it is the first GNUchess5 which is substantially stronger than GNUchess6"
- this version is identical to recently released version 5.07.175b, it is just renumbered
http://hardy.uhasselt.be/Toga/gnuchess-release/

Chess News

Scid vs. PC 4.9 Chess GUI (WB)
open source fork of Scid project enhanced for playing chess
Win32, Mac & .tgz source for Linux
- this is a silent update, version number unchanged
http://scidvspc.sourceforge.net/index.html (homepage)
http://sourceforge.net/projects/scidvspc/files/ (downloads)

Down/Problem Chess Websites

Belofte homepage down for 37 days ("this site has been suspended")
ChestUCI homepage down for 32 days (a 110mb.com site)
Dolphin homepage down for 35 days (not found)
Igor Gorelikov Tools page down for 18 days (a 110mb.com site)
InmiChess homepage down for 32 days (no response in 60 seconds)
Pyotr homepage down for 32 days (not found)
Toledo Nanochess homepage down for 32 days (a 110mb.com site)

Wiki Changes

Engine GUI List
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- Gambit: added and removed links, revised comment
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:engine_gui_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 1.1.1 for Android
free, open source browser plugin that blocks most web advertisements
http://adblockplus.org/en/

Gedit 3.8.1
cross-platform open source text editor for programmers w/ syntax highlighting, remote editing, etc.
- Windows binary not updated, available as source code only
http://projects.gnome.org/gedit/index.html

Ghostery 0.10.0 for Opera
free browser addon; alerts you about web bugs, ad networks and tracking widgets on every web page you visit;
"See who's tracking your web browsing and block them"
http://www.ghostery.com/download

Java 7, Update 21
Java 6, Update 43
update of Java runtime and development kit (JRE or JDK)
- it is important to disable Java in your browser, or bad things may happen to you!
- "this release contains fixes for security vulnerabilities"
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/index.html (Java download)

Meaning of Colors

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

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

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