Engine Updates

Chesley the Chess Engine r289 (WB)
no build for this version yet
latest builds: r288 JA(Win32/64), 1.1(Mac)
- Add simple lazy evaluation with a 2 pawn margin
- Miscellaneous code clean up
http://sourceforge.net/projects/chesley/

ChessV 0.94(WB)
this is a chess variants playing program converted to WB by HG Muller
http://samiam.org/chessv/ (download)

GnuChess5 5.07.5b MVdB (WB)
latest Win32 bugfixed version by Michel Van den Bergh with C source
http://alpha.uhasselt.be/Research/Algebra/Toga/gnuchess-release/

Down chess websites
Armageddon site down today
Averno site down for 64 days
Smash site back up
Zchess2 site back up

Chess News

ChessPad 2.0.1 (WB/UCI) GUI
PGN game viewer, editor, annotator, diagrammer, opening book database, or play chess engines
http://www.wmlsoftware.com/chesspad2.html

Cutechess-cli 0.1.8 (WB/UCI)
commandline tool for running non-GUI engine vs engine WB/UCI chess tournaments
http://koti.mbnet.fi/~ilaripih/bin/cutechess-cli-win32.zip (Win32)
http://koti.mbnet.fi/~ilaripih/bin/cutechess-cli-linux64.tar.gz (Linux64)
http://koti.mbnet.fi/~ilaripih/bin/cutechess-cli-osx.zip (Mac)

free HIARCS 12.1 Chessbase opening book in ctg format
23MB book zipped, 66 MB unzipped
http://www.hiarcs.com/

Wiki Changes

Myrddin
- expanded expectations for next release (todo list)
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:engines:myrddin:index

Bonus Notifications (recent releases of free stuff)

CCleaner 2.24.1010
free system optimization, privacy and cleaning tool. Thorough and effective.
http://www.ccleaner.com/

CDBurnerXP 4.2.6.1669 Beta
open source CD / DVD / Blu-ray buring software. Recommended
this *beta* release requires .NET framework and Media Format 9.0 Update.
http://cdburnerxp.se/en/download (homepage)
http://download.cdburnerxp.se/cdbxp_setup_4.2.6.1669.exe (direct download)
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=79BC3B77-E02C-4AD3-AACF-A7633F... (.NET)
http://hem.bredband.net/download3/wmfdist.exe (Media Format 9.0)

FreeFileSync 2.3
open source folder comparison and synchronization tool. Recommended.
http://sourceforge.net/projects/freefilesync/

Wise Registry Cleaner Free 4.83.223
free registry cleaner. Cleans incorrect or obsolete registry information.
http://free-registry-cleaner.wisecleaner.com/