Engine Updates

Capa 0.1 beta 2 (WB)
3 new commit(s) to the Java source, (rev = 148), no new release
rev 146: refactoring added some generics, GameType, Board
rev 147: bugs
rev 148: comments
http://sourceforge.net/projects/capa/

Jim Ablett Win/Linux builds
Pyotr 0.6 amateur JA (WB)
Pyotr 2.6 novice JA (WB)
Java source; Win32 Excelsior Jet compiles
- recompiled both versions of Pyotr
- engine excutables now default to winboard mode (command-line switches not needed)
- increased default search depths & adjusted pawn piece square tables to encourage a pawn shield for king safety (Pyotr Amateur Edition)
- added all original source files and documents to package
http://homepages.tesco.net/henry.ablett/jims.html

Chess News

ChessGUI (WB/UCI)
a nice chess GUI / tournament manager by Matthias Gemuh; there is a separate download for a portable version
- latest interim release
http://www.hugedrive.com/published/WG/show.php?q=QklHTElPTg==-c2a7a3d3

Down/Problem Chess Websites

BBChess homepage down for 2 days
Frenzee homepage down for 29 days (permissions problem)
Igor Gorelikov Tools homepage down for 13 days (misconfigured)
Simplex homepage down for 11 days
Superchessengine homepage down for 6 days (Bibi, Fruit, GambitFruit, Movei, Naum, Patzer, Smash & Toga II)
Aristarch homepage back up
Armageddon homepage back up
ChessMind homepage back up

Wiki Changes

Linux Engine List
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- added Cassandre
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:linux_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

FBackup 4.4.218
free, simple backup program
http://www.fbackup.com/

Firefox 4.0 beta 6
open source browser. Recommended!
- this is a *beta* release
http://www.mozilla.com/ (homepage)
http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/all-beta.html (beta page)

Game Booster 2.0 beta 1
free; increases performance by temporarily shutting down background processes
and maximizing available RAM; Recommended!
- this is a *beta* release
http://www.iobit.com/gamebooster.html (homepage)
http://www.majorgeeks.com/Game_Booster_d5952.html (beta download)

IzPack 5.0.0 beta 1
free Java cross-platform installer for packaging, distributing and deploying applications
- this is a *beta* release
http://izpack.org/

Meaning of Colors

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

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