Engine Updates

EXchess 7.17 (WB)
C++ source; mp; own GUI; FRC; limit strength; Win32/64, Linux32/64, Mac
- "I think it may have gained about 20-30 Elo over the previous version"
- a few bugs have been fixed related to time control and multi-threaded processing
https://sites.google.com/site/experimentalchessprogram/

Chess News

Bonanza (WB)
new chess variant program (Shogi only) by Kunihito Hoki and modified by HG Muller
http://hgm.nubati.net/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi (source code)
http://hgm.nubati.net/bonanza.zip (exe direct link)

ChessApplication 0.4 Chess GUI (UCI)
new chess GUI by Laurent Bernabé
Java source; cross-platform jar file
- uses Carballo chess engine for human/engine play
- also supports human/human play
http://sourceforge.net/projects/chessapppc/

Down/Problem Chess Websites

Alex WBTM homepage down for 54 days (a multimania site)
Bestia homepage down for 69 days (a 110mb.com site)
Bright homepage down for 45 days ("webspace-user is unknown")
Fianchetto homepage down for 69 days (502 error: bad gateway)
Hamsters homepage down for 33 days (not found)
Kiwi homepage down for 33 days (not found)
Lyapko Utilities homepage down for 69 days (a 110mb.com site)
Nejmet homepage down for 53 days (a multimania site)
Spark homepage down for 45 days ("webspace-user is unknown")
Tornado homepage down for 5 days (requires password for access)
T-Rex homepage down for 54 days (a multimania site)
Wing homepage down for 134 days (not found)

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

Avant Browser 2013, Build 115
free Windows web browser designed to expand Internet Explorer features
http://www.avantbrowser.com/

Meaning of Colors

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

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