Engine Updates

GFC 2 (WB)
Win 32; new build of an old engine
http://sites.google.com/site/chronosce/downloads

Protector 1.3.1b (UCI)
C source; Win32/64, Linux32/64
probably a bugfix to yesterday's release
http://sourceforge.net/projects/protector/ (project site)
http://protector.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/protector/bin/ (downloads)

Sjakk 17-Nov-2009 (WB)
Win32; own GUI
http://www.pvv.ntnu.no/~jacobbl/jacob/Sjakk/

Jim Ablett Win builds
- Crafty 23.0 JA (WB) for Win32/64
no real change; just compressed with UPX to escape false virus identification
http://homepages.tesco.net/henry.ablett/jims.html

Tornado 3.42a (UCI)
FRC; multi-pv; mp, Win32/64; limit strength
stealth update: book removed from engine download
http://www.tornadochess.de/ (homepage)
http://www.tornadochess.de/files/tornado_342a.zip (direct download)

Down chess websites
Alf site down for 12 days
Eden site down for 24 days
Fimbulwinter site down for 26 days (fixing viruses?)
GreKo site down for 25 days
Smirf site down for 25 days

Chess News

Shredder for Android phone
http://www.shredderchess.com/

Slibo (engine + GUI)
1 new commit(s) to the C++ source code (commits = 151), no new build
http://sourceforge.net/projects/slibo

Wiki Changes

FACE Tournament
- updates showing latest tournament results
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:tournaments:face

Bonus Notifications (recent releases of free stuff)

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

GParted 0.4.8-6
open source Gnome Partition Editor- resize, move, copy, check, label your hard drive's partitions
understands most file systems including all for Windows and Linux
the problem of resizing ntfs partitions has been solved
http://gparted.sourceforge.net/ (homepage)
http://sourceforge.net/projects/gparted/ (project page)
http://sourceforge.net/projects/gparted/files/gparted-live-testing/ (download)

Parted Magic 4.6
open source partition editor, virus/rootkit scanner, hard drive cloner, and hard drive & RAM tester
http://partedmagic.com/

PC Tools Firewall Plus 6.0.0.84
free firewall program; date says Sept 1, but the web page was updated Nov. 16
http://www.pctools.com/firewall/

Meaning of Colors

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

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