Merry Christmas!

Engine Updates

Jim Ablett Win builds
- Typhoon 1.00 rev 358 b1 JA (WB) for Win32
http://homepages.tesco.net/henry.ablett/jims.html

Gray Matter r1587
C++ source; this is a source-code-only update
- default time per test suite position set to 10 secs
http://code.google.com/p/gray-matter/

Down/Problem chess websites
Smirf site down for 63 days
Warning: Lyapko site is an attack site and dangerous to visit

Chess News

Winboard 4.20091224 alpha
this is an *alpha* release
- new fix for Ployglot (UCI engines)
http://hgm.nubati.net/winboard.zip (direct download)

XBoard 4.20091224 alpha for Debian
this is an *alpha* release
- new fix for Ployglot (UCI engines)
http://hgm.nubati.net/xboard_4.devel~hgm-6_i386.deb (direct download)

Bonus Notifications (recent releases of free stuff)

Warnings:
- do not install unwanted toolbars, etc.
- alpha releases have new features; crashes and bugs are to be expected
- beta releases have new features; they may contain bugs or crash
- release candidate software may contain minor bugs; crashes are rare

Intel Processor Identification Utility 4.21
free cpu identifier
http://www.intel.com/support/processors/tools/piu/sb/CS-014921.htm

Meaning of Colors

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

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