Engine Updates

Jim Ablett Win/Linux builds
GnuChess 5.08 (WB)
this version of GnuChess (there are many) is by Antonio Ceballos, Simon Waters & Stuart Cracraft
- a quick port to Windows (msvc) of the src code (no build)
http://homepages.tesco.net/henry.ablett/jims.html (Jim's homepage)
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/5047625/gnuchess-508-src-ja.zip (direct link)

Dann Corbit Win64 builds
GnuChess 5.08 (WB)
this version of GnuChess (there are many) is by Antonio Ceballos, Simon Waters & Stuart Cracraft
the developers have chosen to ignore the contributions of Michel Van den Bergh,
so, unfortunately, GnuChess remains not fully Winboard compliant
http://cap.connx.com/chess-engines/new-approach/gnuchess-5.08.7z (direct link)

Jim Ablett Win/Linux builds
Protector 1.4.0 JA (UCI)
C source; Win32/64, Linux32/64
- this is a Win64 bugfix release (egtbs now work)
http://homepages.tesco.net/henry.ablett/jims.html (Jim's hoempage)
http://www.mediafire.com/?rhipen7svbf2ssp (direct link)

Chess News

Chess for Android 2.6
Aart Bik's free gui + chess engine for the Android phone
- improved the look: enhanced board colors/textures and new piece representations
http://aartbik.blogspot.com/

Down/Problem Chess Websites

Aldebaran homepage down for 38 days (no response in 60 seconds)
Fianchetto homepage down for 15 days (configuration error)
Frenzee homepage down for 160 days (webpage taken down until new engine release)
Genesis homepage down for 13 days
Sorgenkind homepage down for 26 days (no response in 60 seconds)
Usurper homepage down for 24 days

Wiki Changes

FACE Tournament
- more updates by Gerhard, mostly invloving new navigation between pages
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:tournaments:face

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

AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition 2011 (build 1204)
Free anti-virus, anti-spyware program with excellent protection for Win32/64
http://free.avg.com/us-en/download-avg-anti-virus-free (homepage)
http://free.avg.com/us-en/download.prd-afh (download)

OpenOffice 3.3.0
open source word processing, database, spreadsheet, chart, math formula editor, etc
it seems that Oracle wants to develop this program into a commercial product with enhanced features
although the development community is under advisement from Oracle to quit, it has ignored this advice
the development community has protected itself by forking the project as LibreOffice
take OpenOffice, delete all Oracle-owned trademark names, and the result is LibreOffice
http://download.openoffice.org/ (homepage)
http://development.openoffice.org/releases/3.3.0.html (release notes)

XAMPP 1.7.4 for Windows
open source web-server(Apache), database(MySQL) w/ admin, PHP, ftp server, Tomcat, & more
this is probably the easiest way to install a working PHP into Windows
http://www.apachefriends.org/en/xampp-windows.html

Meaning of Colors

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

Engine List: http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:chess_engine_list
Chess News: http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:chess_news_list

NOTE: If you want me to track a website for you, please email me and I will add it.