Engine Updates

Julien Marcel Mac64 builds
- new build: StingSF3
http://julien.marcel.free.fr/macchess/Chess_on_Mac/Engines.html

Octochess r5190 (WB/UCI)
C++ source; mp; FRC; multi-PV; Win64, Linux64, Kindle
- fix a bug in the transposition table leading to bogus entries
- do not report f1g1 castling move as ambiguous in Fischer Random Chess with king on f1, rook on g1
- CECP: fix typo in detecting fischerrandom variant
- fix crash on startup if system's default locale is invalid
http://octochess.org/

Chess News

MangoPaola 2.2-2 Chess GUI (WB)
- this is a Debian release (.deb file)
http://mangocomputerca.blogspot.com.es/

Down/Problem Chess Websites

Alex WBTM homepage down for 40 days (a multimania site)
Aretar homepage down today ("connection was reset")
Bestia homepage down for 55 days (a 110mb.com site)
Bright homepage down for 31 days ("webspace-user is unknown")
Fianchetto homepage down for 55 days (502 error: bad gateway)
GreKo homepage down for 2 days (a 110mb.com site)
Hamsters homepage down for 19 days (not found)
Kiwi homepage down for 19 days (not found)
Lyapko Utilities homepage down for 55 days (a 110mb.com site)
Nejmet homepage down for 39 days (a multimania site)
Spark homepage down for 31 days ("webspace-user is unknown")
Toledo Nanochess homepage down for 4 days (a 110mb.com site)
T-Rex homepage down for 40 days (a multimania site)
Wing homepage down for 120 days (not found)

Wiki Changes

GUI Protocol List
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- Chessmaster: updated a broken link
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:gui_protocol_support_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

Nothing new today

Meaning of Colors

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

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