Engine Updates

Alex 2.10 (WB/UCI)
Win32
http://home.comcast.net/~Normand_Blais/

Jim Ablett Win/Linux builds
Cassandre 0.25 JA (WB/UCI)
C++ source; Win32/64, Linux32/64
- fixed time allocation
- internal opening book now selectable via command line switch, '-book'
- Winboard PV display corrected
- castling bug corrected
- WB analyze mode added
- new 64-bit compiles
- new Linux compiles
http://homepages.tesco.net/henry.ablett/jims.html

Jim Ablett Win/Linux builds
GNUchess 5.07.941b JA (WB)
C source; Win32/64, Linux32/64
- latest development bugfixes/enhancements by Michel Van den Bergh
http://homepages.tesco.net/henry.ablett/jims.html

Protector 1.3.5 (UCI)
4 revision(s) to the C++ source code today (current = rev. 357), no new build
- search & hash change(s)
http://sourceforge.net/projects/protector/

Redqueen 0.6 (UCI)
8 commit(s) to the C++ source code (commits= 371), no new build
- 364: fixed razoring code
- 365: changed search parameters
- 366: changed search initial parameters; less agressive LMR at root nodes
- 367: changed search initial parameters; less agressive LMR at root nodes
- 368: changed search initial parameters; less agressive LMR at root nodes
- 369: some code re-fatoring; changed search parameters
- 370: some code re-fatoring; changed search parameters
- 371: implemented pawn on 7th rank extension; changed qsearch code
http://sourceforge.net/projects/redqueenchess

Chess News

ChessZone Magazine
Free monthly chess magazine of annotated GM games
- # 09, 2010
http://www.chesszone.org/magazine/magazine.html

Norm Pollock site
PGN & EPD Utility Suites and Opening Book PGN Databases
- new EPD file: R-Mates - collection of checkmates in 1 to 9 moves
http://www.hoflink.com/~npollock/chess.html

Down/Problem Chess Websites

Aristarch homepage down for 6 days
Armageddon homepage down today
BBChess homepage down today
ChessMind homepage down today (misconfigured)
Frenzee homepage down for 28 days (permissions problem)
Igor Gorelikov Tools homepage down for 12 days (misconfigured)
Simplex homepage down for 10 days
Superchessengine homepage down for 5 days (Bibi, Fruit, GambitFruit, Movei, Naum, Patzer, Smash & Toga II)
Pyotr homepage back up

Wiki Changes

Chess GUI List
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- added Lucas Chess
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:gui_protocol_support_list

Chess Tutorials List
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- added Lucas Chess
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:chess_tutorials_list

PGN Reader/Viewer/Writer List
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- added Lucas Chess
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:pgn_reader_viewer_writer_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

AM-DeadLink 4.3
free; detects dead and duplicate links in your browser bookmarks; supports all major browsers
http://aignes.com/deadlink.htm

BurnAware 3.0.5
CD/DVD/Blu-ray disc-burning software
http://www.burnaware.com/burnaware_free.html (info)
http://www.burnaware.com/downloads.html (download)

Calibre 0.7.18
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/

CodeLite 2.7.0.4375
excellent open source cross-platform IDE for all C/C++ compilers. Recommended
Features: syntax highlighting for many languages, plugins, version control, code completion, function call tips, etc.
http://codelite.org/ (homepage)
http://sourceforge.net/projects/codelite/files/ (download)

Fantom 1.0.55
open source language resembling Java & C#; code is portable to JVM, .NET CLR, or JavaScript
this cool OO/imperative/functional/concurrent language is relatively unknown
http://fantom.org/

Free Studio 4.9
free conversion from/to: DVD/CD, video & audio files; burn DVDs/CDs
http://www.dvdvideosoft.com/

HWiNFO32 3.60-946
free system hardware information tool, system health monitoring and benchmarks
http://www.hwinfo.com/ (homepage)
http://www.hwinfo.com/download32.html (download)

ID3 Renamer 4.0.7
free utility to rename music files
http://www.id3renamer.com/

Parted Magic 5.5
open source partition editor, virus/rootkit scanner, hard drive cloner, and hard drive & RAM tester. Recommended!
http://partedmagic.com/

Sysinternals Suite
free trouble-shooting utilities suite from Microsoft
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb842062.aspx

System Explorer 2.3.5
ree; detailed info about tasks, processes, modules, startups, IE addons, uninstallers, windows, services, drivers,
connections and opened files; graphs monitor usage of system resources in real-time
http://systemexplorer.mistergroup.org/

Task Coach 1.1.3
open source cross-platform todo manager with task or calendar viewing
http://www.taskcoach.org/

USBDeview 1.77
free utility to list all USB devices ever connected to computer; can uninstall any USB drivers local or remote
http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/usb_devices_view.html (homepage)
http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/usbdeview.zip (direct download)

Meaning of Colors

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

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