Engine Updates

Protector 1.3.5 (UCI)
1 revision(s) to the C++ source code today (current = rev. 304), no new build
- eval change(s)
http://sourceforge.net/projects/protector/ (project site)

Chess News

ChessGUI 0.194 (WB/UCI)
a nice chess GUI / tournament manager by Matthias Gemuh; there is a separate download for a portable version
- feature request "Small Grid Font Size" fulfilled under "GUI Preferences"
- bugfix: some options in "GUI Preferences" were not being saved
- book creation has been enhanced
http://biglion.110mb.com/
http://w2410tmq9.homepage.t-online.de/

ChessZone Magazine
Free monthly chess magazine of annotated GM games
- # 08, 2010
http://www.chesszone.org/magazine/magazine.html

Down/Problem Chess Websites

Akiba homepage down today
Alex homepage down for 100 days
Amundsen homepage down for 105 days (Permissions problem)
Bearded homepage down for 21 days
Feuerstein homepage down for 40 days (probably dead)
Fianchetto homepage down today
Igor Gorelikov Tools homepage down for 4 days
Pyotr homepage down for 4 days
Smash homepage down for 2 days
Armageddon homepage back up

Wiki Changes
Nothing new today

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

CDBurnerXP 4.3.7
open source CD / DVD / Blu-ray burning software. Recommended
this program requires .NET framework; Media Format 9.0 update required if using WMA format
http://cdburnerxp.se/en/download (homepage & download)

GParted Live 0.6.2
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)

Python 3.2 alpha 1
popular open source scripting language
http://www.python.org/ (homepage)
http://www.python.org/download/releases/3.2/ (more info)

RJ TextEd 6.60 beta 1
free programmer's text editor; unicode, spell-checking, code-completion, remote editing, etc
this is a *beta* release
http://www.rj-texted.se/index.htm (homepage)
http://www.rj-texted.se/download.htm (download page)

Meaning of Colors

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

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