Engine Updates

Macromix 0.4 (UCI)
Win32; by Valeriy Pererodov
http://www.sdchess.ru/download_engines.htm (SD Chess)

Milady 2.72 (WB)
Win32; requires .NET 2.0 or better
- improved move ordering (hanging pieces)
- no eval > Beta condition to enter in nullmove
- NullScore < (Alpha - c1) for nullmove threat condition
- distance to pawn promotion re-activated for some endings
http://milady-chess.blogspot.com/

Redqueen 0.7.5 (UCI)
C++ source; Win32/64, Linux32/64; uses pthreads library
"this version is about 54 Elo points better than the previous release"
- improved king safety & passed pawn evaluation
- fixed backward pawn evaluation
- improvement on game phase calculation
- piece Square table values are now incrementally updated
- minor improvement in time allocation function
- refactored move selection code
http://sourceforge.net/projects/redqueenchess/

Chess News

SCID
PGN database program for creating opening books, also a Chess GUI
3 revision(s) to the C++ source code today (patchset = 610)
- no build for this version
http://sourceforge.net/projects/scid

Down/Problem Chess Websites

Frenzee homepage down for 82 days (webpage taken down until new engine release)
NSVChess homepage down for 36 days (403 error: forbidden)
Prophet site down for 6 days ("This domain name expired on 11/01/2010 and is pending renewal or deletion")
Holger Schluckebier Mac builds homepage down for 16 days (internal server error)
Muse homepage back up
Pawny homepage back up
SEE 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

Filezilla Client 3.3.5 RC 1
open source ftp client. Recommended.
- this is a *release candidate*
http://filezilla-project.org/

Meaning of Colors

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

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