Engine Updates

Tinapa 1.01 (UCI)
C++ source; mp; FRC; Win32; Stockfish derivative
Stockfish derivative engine by Chris Formula
- the only difference from Stockfish is in null move pruning (one line of changed code)
http://www.open-chess.org/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=406 (info)
http://www.open-chess.org/download/file.php?id=46 (source)
http://www.open-chess.org/download/file.php?id=45 (exe)

Vajolet 0.34.2 (UCI)
C# source; Win32; requires chesslib.dll
some people couldn't find the new files, here are direct links
http://vajolet.googlecode.com/svn-history/r43/trunk/vajolet/ConsoleApplication1/bin/Release/ConsoleApplication1.exe
http://vajolet.googlecode.com/svn-history/r43/trunk/vajolet/ConsoleApplication1/bin/Debug/chesslib.dll

Chess News

ChessX 0.7 GUI (WB/UCI)
PGN database program for Windows, Mac & Linux with engine support for analysis only (not for playing)
2 new commit(s) to the C++ source, (rev = 1044), no new build
- 1043: add basic NAG editing
- 1044: add new files for adding NAG feature
http://sourceforge.net/projects/chessx/

Down/Problem Chess Websites

Alex homepage down for 76 days ("Temporarily Unavailable")
Amundsen homepage down for 81 days (Permissions problem)
CuckooChess homepage down for 3 days
Feuerstein homepage down for 16 days (probably dead)
Numpty homepage closed until further notice (72 days)
SDChess homepage down for 2 days
Aristarch homepage back up

Wiki Changes

Links
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- Pairings Managers: added JavaPairing
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:links

Chess Engine List
- corrected Vajolet entry (UCI engine, not WB)
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

GParted Live 0.6.1
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
http://gparted.sourceforge.net/ (homepage)
http://sourceforge.net/projects/gparted/ (project page)
http://sourceforge.net/projects/gparted/files/gparted-live-testing/ (download)

Meaning of Colors

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

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