NOTE: My network was down for 2 days; it was not possible for me to do updates yesterday

Engine Updates

Capa 0.1 beta 2 (WB)
3 new commit(s) to the Java source, (rev = 158), no new release
rev 156: bug in Chessboard2DRenderer
rev 157: refactoring
rev 158: refactoring
http://sourceforge.net/projects/capa/

Kurt 0.9.2 beta update(WB/UCI)
C source; FRC; Win32/64
- several bugfix updates
http://home.arcor.de/steve-o13/kurt/kurt_0_9_2_update.zip

Jim Ablett Win/Linux builds
Kurt 0.9.2 beta update JA (WB/UCI)
C source; FRC; Win32/64, Linux32/64(JA)
- JA: "added a few small changes/snippets to the src code so it can compile under Linux"
http://homepages.tesco.net/henry.ablett/jims.html

Dann Corbit Win builds
- Kurt 0.9.2 beta update DC (WB/UCI) for Win64
C source; FRC; Win32/64
http://cap.connx.com/chess-engines/new-approach/kurt_0_9_2_beta.7z (direct link)

Neurone IV (WB)
Win32/64; requires .NET 3.5 or later
http://www.lissandrello.it/?p=524#
http://www.mrlissandrello.com/index.php?option=com_filecabinet&view=files&id=6

Jim Ablett Win/Linux builds
Redqueen 0.7 JA (UCI)
C++ source; Win32/64, Linux32/64
http://homepages.tesco.net/henry.ablett/jims.html

Redqueen 0.7 (UCI)
2 commit(s) to the C++ source code (commits= 433), no new build
- 432: using MVV-LVA instead of SEE to order moves
- 433: trying first ordering root moves using reduced pv search
http://sourceforge.net/projects/redqueenchess

Chess News

ChessGUI 0.203 (WB/UCI)
a nice chess GUI / tournament manager by Matthias Gemuh; there is a separate download for a portable version
- ChessGUI was allowing a third-party program (Pgn4Web) to access files while ChessGUI was still writing to them.
That bug was fixed in ChessGUI 0.200, making ChessGUI usable for online transmission of games.
- ChessGUI (since engine CPU load is being measured) could crash after thousands
or even just hundreds of games. This ChessGUI 0.203 fixes the very elusive bug.
"I therefore strongly recommend updating to ChessGUI 0.203 ! I consider it rock-solid."
http://biglion.110mb.com/
http://w2410tmq9.homepage.t-online.de/

Down/Problem Chess Websites

Cheops homepage down today (no response in 60 seconds)
Frenzee homepage down for 65 days (permissions problem)
NSVChess homepage down for 19 days (403 error: forbidden)

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

Auslogics Disk Defrag 3.1.9.160
free and extremely fast disk defragmentation & optimization program. Recommended
http://www.auslogics.com/en/software/disk-defrag

Auslogics Registry Cleaner 2.0.5.50
free Windows registry optimizer
http://www.auslogics.com/en/software/registry-cleaner/

BurnAware 3.0.7
CD/DVD/Blu-ray disc-burning software
- fixed bug with copying Audio CD
http://www.burnaware.com/burnaware_free.html (info)
http://www.burnaware.com/downloads.html (download)

Free Studio 4.9.12
free conversion from/to: DVD/CD, video & audio files; burn DVDs/CDs
http://www.dvdvideosoft.com/

IzPack 5.0.0 beta 3
free Java cross-platform installer for packaging, distributing and deploying applications
- this is a *beta* release
http://izpack.org/

Pidgin 2.7.4
open source chat program; works with almost all chat networks
http://www.pidgin.im/

SeaMonkey 2.0.9
SeaMonkey 2.1 beta 1
open source all-in-one Internet suite: browser, email, news feed, newsgroups, IRC chat, & html editor
- security and stability updates
http://www.seamonkey-project.org/

Meaning of Colors

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

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