Engine Updates

Jim Ablett Win/Linux builds
Ifrit j4.3 JA (UCI)
C++ source (Russian language comments); Win32/64, Linux 32/64
http://jimablett.hostwebs.com/

Chess News

ChessGUI 0.213 (WB/UCI)
chess GUI / tournament manager by Matthias Gemuh; there is a separate download for a portable version
- only openings from a book were fine in ChessGUI 0.212, so ChessGUI 0.213 is a bugfix
http://biglion.110mb.com/
http://w2410tmq9.homepage.t-online.de/

Winboard Chess GUI 4.5.0
- a new Mac build by 'DarkLord42'
http://www.gnu.org/software/xboard/whats_new/4.5.0/ (new features)
http://www.mediafire.com/file/58fbed365r3z8mu/Xboard%204.5.0-macintel.zip (Mac download)

Down/Problem Chess Websites

Aldebaran homepage down for 50 days (no response in 60 seconds)
Fianchetto homepage down for 27 days (configuration error)
Frenzee homepage down for 172 days (webpage down until new engine release)
Genesis homepage down for 25 days
Sorgenkind homepage down for 38 days (no response in 60 seconds)
Usurper homepage down for 37 days
BabyChess 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

BurnAware 3.1.3
CD/DVD/Blu-ray disc-burning software
http://www.burnaware.com/burnaware_free.html (info)
http://www.burnaware.com/downloads.html (download)

Ext JS 3.3.1
free version of the open source cross-browser JavaScript library for building rich internet applications
http://www.extjs.com/
http://www.sencha.com/

Groovy++ 0.4.155
open source jvm language; it appears to be a superset of the Java language
this is an extension to the standard Groovy jvm language; it supports better runtime efficiency using static typing
http://code.google.com/p/groovypptest/downloads/list

IronPython 2.7 beta 2
free, open source Python; uses Visual Studio for easy .NET development
this is a *beta* release
http://ironpython.net/ (homepage)
http://ironpython.codeplex.com/releases/view/60193 (announcement + download)

MySQL Community Server 5.5.9
free (Community Server Edition only!), and very popular open source SQL database
http://www.mysql.com/downloads/mysql/ (download)

Meaning of Colors

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

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