Engine Updates

Carballo 0.3 (UCI)
Java source; applet for online play; this release is revision 32
http://sourceforge.net/projects/carballo/

Crafty 23.1
silent source code update, no change to version number
bugfix is for allocating hash tables of size 2048MB or larger
ftp://ftp.cis.uab.edu/pub/hyatt/source/

Jim Ablett Win builds
- Frittle 0.5 JA (WB) for Win 32
http://homepages.tesco.net/henry.ablett/jims.html

RedQueen (UCI)
3 commit(s) to the C++ source code (commits= 87), no download yet
http://sourceforge.net/projects/redqueenchess

Down chess websites
Smirf site down for 30 days
Tarrasch GUI + Tarrasch Toy Engine site looks to be highjacked or dead
Flux site back up

Chess News

ChessZone Magazine
Free monthly chess magazine of annotated GM games
the new issue is out: "11,2009"
http://www.chesszone.org/magazine/magazine.html

Slibo (engine + GUI)
1 new commit(s) to the C++ source code (commits = 157), no new build
http://sourceforge.net/projects/slibo

Bonus Notifications (recent releases of free stuff)

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

AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition 9.0.709
Free anti-virus, anti-spyware program with excellent protection. Recommended.
32-bit program that runs on all modern Win systems including Win64
http://free.avg.com/us-en/download-avg-anti-virus-free-edition
direct download link (link is hard to find!)
http://free.avg.com/us-en/download-file-ins-afg-free

Meaning of Colors

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

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