Engine Updates

Hermann 2.5 (WB/UCI)
Win32/64, Linux32/64; FRC
http://www.nnuss.de/Hermann/

Jim Ablett Win builds
- Chesley r291 JA (WB) for Win32/64
- Dabbaba 2.62 wb JA (WB) for Win 32 only
- Stockfish 1.5.1 JA (UCI) for Win32/64
http://homepages.tesco.net/henry.ablett/jims.html

Protector 1.2.8 (UCI)
revision(s) to the source code today (current = rev. 85)
no new build
- pawn promotion code changed
- knight outpost code changed
http://sourceforge.net/projects/protector/ (project site)
latest builds are here:
http://protector.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/protector/bin/ (bin files)

Down chess websites
Averno geocities site down permanently, no more homepage
DanChess geocities site down permanently, no more homepage
Crafty Chess Interface site seems to be down every other day due to exceeding allowed bandwidth
Frenzee site has no content for 3 days
Zebra Chess down for 3 days
BBChess site back up

Note: GEOCITIES is closing on October 26, 2009.
There are a lot of free engines hosted there that might disappear forever!

Chess News

Kvetka 3.3.1 UCI Chess GUI
Intended for game viewing and analysis
Plugin "Print and copy" updated
- publish games and diagrams from Kvetka to the various forums
http://kvetka.org/en/

ChessX 0.6 GUI
PGN database program for Windows, Mac & Linux with WB/UCI engine support for analysis only (not for playing)
NOTE: project cannot handle large PGN files yet
- 2 new commits to the source, (rev = 985), no new build
http://sourceforge.net/projects/chessx/develop/

Wiki Changes

Chess Puzzle-Solving Software
- added Glarean Verlag
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:software_for_solving_ch...

Chess Logos List
- removed dead link for Arnaud Lohéac]
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:chess_logos_list

Bonus Notifications (recent releases of free stuff)

SeaMonkey 2.0 RC1 (Beta)
open source all-in-one Internet suite: browser, email, newsgroups, IRC chat, & html editor
http://www.seamonkey-project.org/

Meaning of Colors

Red = New
Green = Updated
Gray = Info Only

Engine List: http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:chess_engine_list
Chess News: http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:chess_news_list