Engine Updates

Capa 0.1 beta 2 (WB)
1 new commit(s) to the Java source, (rev = 107), no new build
http://sourceforge.net/projects/capa/

Chesley the Chess Engine r298 (WB)
no build for this version yet
latest builds: r296 JA(Win32/64), 1.1(Mac)
http://sourceforge.net/projects/chesley/

Chronos 1.9.7 (WB)
not new, but an optimized build of the old version
http://sites.google.com/site/chronosce/news/chronos197optimized

Slibo (engine + GUI)
new commit(s) to the C++ source code (commits = 142)
http://sourceforge.net/projects/slibo

Tornado 3.42 (UCI)
FRC; multi-pv; mp, Win32/64; limit strength
- new big book from near 2 million games generated, new book format, don't use older books
- you can also add more games into the main book
- make book now very fast, with dynamic allocate memory and hashing keys, limit to 5 million games for 64 bit, and 1 million games for 32 bit
- book for chess960 removed, because there are not much games to generate a good book
- a lot of changes and bugfixes in search ,eval, time, move generation, next move, and many others minor stuff, can't listing all here
http://www.tornadochess.de/

Jim Ablett Win builds
- Chesley r296 JA (WB) for Win32/64
- Magnum r15 JA (UCI) for Win32
http://homepages.tesco.net/henry.ablett/jims.html

Chess News

FSTM 1.0.4 beta
Fermin Serrano's Tournament Manager for Winboard
http://sites.google.com/site/clonfsp/fstm

Kvetka 3.3.1 UCI Chess GUI
Intended for game viewing and analysis. Several plug-ins available.
Plugin "Print and copy" updated
- A bug with unremovable label "Generated by Kvetka" was fixed
http://kvetka.org/en/

SCID
update(s) to the source code today (patchset = 506)
no build for this version
http://sourceforge.net/projects/scid

Down chess websites
Alf site down for 3 days
Brutus site down for 17 days
Eden site down for 15 days
Fimbulwinter site down for 17 days (fixing viruses?)
GreKo site down for 16 days (404 error)
Smirf site down for 16 days
site back up

Note: George Lyapko site at 110mb has been free of infection for 3 days and seems safe to visit again.

Wiki Changes

Winboard FAQ, section 'F'
- fixed link for Jori's WBTM
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=winboard:faq:part_f

Links
- updated link to latest Vincent Lejeune ratings list
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:links

Bonus Notifications (recent releases of free stuff)

Note: Be careful not to install unwanted toolbars, etc.

Task Coach 0.76.0
open source todo manager
http://www.taskcoach.org/

Meaning of Colors

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

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