Engine Updates

Hannibal 1.0 (UCI)
Win32/64
http://sites.google.com/site/edapostol/hannibal

Houdini 1.03a (UCI)
Win32/64, mp; Ippolit derivative
- bug-fix for the multi-PV analysis hanging in some positions
http://www.cruxis.com/chess/houdini.htm

Chess News

ChessGui 0.189 (WB/UCI)
a nice chess GUI / tournament manager by Matthias Gemuh; there is a separate download for a portable version
- bugfix release
http://w2410tmq9.homepage.t-online.de/
http://biglion.110mb.com/

SCID
PGN database program for creating opening books, also a Chess GUI
1 revision(s) to the C++ source code today (patchset = 597)
no build for this version
http://sourceforge.net/projects/scid

Down/Problem Chess Websites

Alex homepage down for 85 days ("Temporarily Unavailable")
Amundsen homepage down for 90 days (Permissions problem)
Bearded homepage down for 6 days
CuckooChess homepage down for 12 days
Feuerstein homepage down for 25 days (probably dead)
Numpty homepage closed until further notice (81 days)
SDChess homepage down for 11 days, but the narod site is up

Wiki Changes

Mobile Chess List
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- added Abaia
- improved link for Arberg Chess
- changed Glaurung comment
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:mobile_chess_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

Calibre 0.7.9
cross-platform open source ebook manager for all popular ebook readers with
format conversion, news feeds, and integrated e-book viewer
http://calibre-ebook.com/

Meaning of Colors

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

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