Engine Updates

Deuterium 13.1.31.113 (WB)
Win32/64; supports Polyglot books
- "probably 40 to 60 Elo increase from previous version"
https://sites.google.com/site/deuteriumengine/files/deuterium

Jim Ablett Win/Linux/Android builds
Jim Ablett 'Final Bundle'
thank you, Jim for all of your work!
- all of Jim's compiles, logos, etc
- huge 3.5 GB download
- single self-extracting Windows exe file
http://jimablett.atwebpages.com/
- also available here in smaller files:
http://kirr.homeunix.org/chess/engines/Jim%20Ablett/

Chess News

ChessZone Magazine
free monthly chess magazine of annotated GM games
- #07, 2013
http://www.chesszone.org/magazine/magazine.html

Ordo 0.7
calculates relative ratings based on game results
- several small changes and clean-ups
- fixed a recent bug in the simulations
https://sites.google.com/site/gaviotachessengine/ordo

Down/Problem Chess Websites

Alex WBTM homepage down for 19 days (a multimania site)
Bestia homepage down for 34 days (a 110mb.com site)
Bright homepage down for 10 days ("webspace-user is unknown")
Chiron homepage down today (no response in 60 seconds)
ElTurco homepage down today (no response in 60 seconds)
Fianchetto homepage down for 34 days (502: bad gateway)
Lyapko Utilities homepage down for 34 days (a 110mb.com site)
Nejmet homepage down for 18 days (a multimania site)
Pawny homepage down today ("the server is too busy at the moment")
Spark homepage down for 10 days ("webspace-user is unknown")
Toledo Nanochess homepage down for 2 days (a 110mb.com site)
T-Rex homepage down for 19 days (a multimania site)
Wing homepage down for 99 days (not found)

Wiki Changes

GUI Protocol List
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- updated Jim Ablett links with WayBack Machine link
- C-Board: revised comment
- Slibo: revised comment
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:gui_protocol_support_list

Chess Logos List
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- updated Jim Ablett links with WayBack Machine link
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:chess_logos_list

Endgame Tablebases and Bitbases List
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- Edwards Tablebases for Crafty, etc: revised comment
- updated Jim Ablett links with WayBack Machine link
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:egtbs_list

Linux Engine List
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- updated Jim Ablett links with WayBack Machine link
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:linux_engine_list

Mobile Chess List
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- added 2nd last name for Pedro Castro Elgarresta
- updated Jim Ablett links with WayBack Machine link
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:mobile_chess_list

Native Engine List
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- updated Jim Ablett links with WayBack Machine link
- added Morphy Haskell CE
- added Morphy Javascript CE
- removed a Bob Hyatt link
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:native_engine_list

Variants Engine List
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- updated Jim Ablett links with WayBack Machine link
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:variants_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

MinGW (32/64-bit) Distro 11.0
open source distribution for Windows, by Stephan T Lavavej
- distro update: added new support for Win64 builds
http://nuwen.net/mingw.html

Parted Magic 2013_08_10
open source partition editor, virus/rootkit scanner, hard drive cloner, and hard drive & RAM tester; recommended
http://partedmagic.com/

Meaning of Colors

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

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