Engine Updates

Ifrit j3.6 (UCI)
C++ source (Russian language comments); Win32
- touched Futility pruning
- touched Razoring
http://translate.google.com/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fandchess2006.narod.ru%2F&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&sl=ru&tl=en

Protector 1.3.5 (UCI)
1 revision(s) to the C++ source code today (current = rev. 307), no new build
- eval & search change(s)
http://sourceforge.net/projects/protector/

Redqueen 0.5 (UCI)
1 commit(s) to the C++ source code (commits= 336), no new build
- 335: improved move ordering
http://sourceforge.net/projects/redqueenchess

Chess News

Norm Pollock site
PGN & EPD Utility Suites and Opening Book PGN Databases
- new EPD program: epdMove - used in conjunction with "pgn-Extract" by
David Barnes; together they process a pgn file and output the epd
positions at a user-specified ply (half-move)
- bufixes: epdList, epdRemove
- change: epdEnd - name of output file changed
http://www.hoflink.com/~npollock/chess.html

Down/Problem Chess Websites

AICE homepage down today
Alex homepage down for 107 days
Amundsen homepage down for 112 days (Permissions problem)
Bearded homepage down for 28 days
Feuerstein homepage down for 47 days (probably dead)
Shredder homepage down today
Sibyl homepage down today
Brainless homepage back up

Wiki Changes

Chess GUI List
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- moved Glaurung GUI to the discontinued list
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:gui_protocol_support_list

Endgame Tablebases and Bitbases List
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- some comment changes and a new alternate link for Nalimov egtbs
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:egtbs_list

Chess Engine List
- added link for Czech Engine List
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

AIMP 2.61 Build 583
free audio player with audio converter, recorder, and tag editor; Internet radio & more
http://translate.google.com/translate?js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.aimp.ru%2F&sl=ru&...

ID3 Renamer 4.0.4
free utility to bulk rename music files
http://www.id3renamer.com/

Task Coach 1.0.9
open source cross-platform todo manager with task or calendar viewing
- quick bugfix for Aug 6 release; fixes a fatal error
http://www.taskcoach.org/

Meaning of Colors

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

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