Engine Updates

Onno 1-2-6 (UCI)
Commercial; Win32/64; mp
- this update adds mp support
- update is free for current customers
http://www.onnochess.com/index.html

Chess News

Chess GUI (WB/UCI)
chess GUI / tournament manager for WB or UCI engines by Matthias Gemuh
- experimental build (exe file only)
http://www.hugedrive.com/published/WG/show.php?q=QklHTElPTg==-962ecf77 (direct link)

Harry Schnapp Opening Books
opening books for Arena, ChessBase, Aquarium & Shredder Classic; the 'Suite' downloads contain pgn files
- HS-Masterbook 2.0.ctg for Chessbase and Aquarium GUIs only
- some older ChessBase/Aquarium books have been removed
http://americanfoot.free.fr/echecs/hsbook.htm

SCID
PGN database program for creating opening books, also a Chess GUI
1 revision(s) to the C++ source code today (patchset = 584)
no build for this version
http://sourceforge.net/projects/scid

Down/Problem Chess Websites
Alex homepage down for 3 days ("Temporarily Unavailable")
Amundsen homepage down for 8 days
Betsy homepage down for 110 days
Blitzter homepage down for 45 days
Brama homepage down for 37 days
Colossus homepage down for 116 days
Dika homepage down for 38 days
Gosu homepage down for 43 days
Nesik homepage down for 22 days
Sinobyl homepage down for 62 days
Sissa homepage down for 4 days
Lyapko Utilities site back up after being down for 3 days
Tony's Chess homepage back up after being down for 3 days

Wiki Changes

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

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

CCleaner 2.31
free registry and file optimization/privacy/cleaning tool; thorough and effective: Recommended
http://www.ccleaner.com/

Cobian Backup 10.0.3.740
free multithreaded Win32/64 backup; supports ftp upload/download, compression, encryption, backup of locked files
http://www.educ.umu.se/~cobian/cobianbackup.htm

Ghostery 2.1
free Firefox addon; alerts you about web bugs, ad networks and tracking widgets
on every web page you visit; optionally block any trackers
http://ghostery.com/

Meaning of Colors

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

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