Engine Updates

Fly By Knight 0.3.0 (WB)
new engine by Edward Sandor
C++ source; Win32
- discovered by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- not really new, this is an older Jim Ablett compile that I missed
http://github.com/E1219/flyByKnight (project)
http://kirr.homeunix.org/chess/engines/Jim%20Ablett/FLYBYKNIGHT/flybyknight-0.3.0.zip (direct link)

Maverick 0.51 (UCI)
C++ source; Win32/64
- fix a nasty bug which in rare circumstance could cause a fatal crash
- "there is no real strength increase from the previous version"
http://www.chessprogramming.net/

Chess News

Crafty Chess Interface 8.01 (WB)
VB source; chess GUI for Crafty with nice wood board (requres VB6 run-time library)
- includes Crafty 23.6
- now supports WB engines written in Java (jar files)
- other bugfixes
http://nightmarechess.com/crafty/

Down/Problem Chess Websites

Alex WBTM homepage down for 80 days (a multimania site)
Bestia homepage down for 95 days (a 110mb.com site)
GreKo homepage down for 10 days (a 110mb.com site)
iNemesis homepage down for 3 days (domain has expired)
Lyapko Utilities homepage down for 95 days (a 110mb.com site)
Nejmet homepage down for 79 days (a multimania site)
Toledo Nanochess homepage down for 26 days (a 110mb.com site)
T-Rex homepage down for 80 days (a multimania site)
Toga Returns homepage has been hacked and is dangerous to visit

Wiki Changes

GUI Protocol List
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- iNemesis: updated link to WayBack Machine link
- iNemesis: added another comment and link
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:gui_protocol_support_list

Chess Tutorials List
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- Chess Tutor: updated link to WayBack Machine link
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:chess_tutorials_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

AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition 2014.4158
free anti-virus, anti-spyware program with excellent protection for Win32/64
http://free.avg.com/us-en/download.prd-afh.line-2014

PostgreSQL 9.3.1
open source SQL database for high performance and high availability applications
http://www.postgresql.org/ (homepage)
http://www.postgresql.org/about/news/1487/ (announcement)

TThrottle 7.16
free Windows laptop utility to keep CPU/GPU temperature down by throtttling performance
http://www.efmer.eu/boinc/

Meaning of Colors

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

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