Engine Updates

GullChess 1.2 (UCI)
C++ source; Win32/64
- "movetime" UCI option added
- significantly improved evaluation
- refined search
- several minor bugfixes
- a number of versions were uploaded; please download one last time
http://sourceforge.net/projects/gullchess/

Chess News

Olivier Deville's PGN collection
also a Polyglot book based on the 42,810 PGN games
"Games from 2001 to 2011"
- minimum Elo = 2530
- only long time control games
- no annotations
- no computer games
- no games under 20 moves
http://www.open-aurec.com/chesswar/download.html

Down/Problem Chess Websites

Aldebaran homepage down for 72 days (no response in 60 seconds)
Aristarch homepage down for 4 days
Bearded homepage down for 19 days
Brutus homepage down for 18 days
ChessMind homepage down today (no response in 60 seconds)
Fianchetto homepage down for 49 days (configuration error)
Frenzee homepage down for 194 days (webpage down until new engine release)
Genesis homepage down for 47 days
Monik homepage down for 2 days
Sorgenkind homepage down for 60 days (no response in 60 seconds)
Usurper homepage down for 59 days

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

FBackup 4.5.241
free, simple backup program
http://www.fbackup.com/

Firefox 3.6.14
popular, free, open source browser. Recommended!
- fixed several security issues
- fixed several stability issues
http://www.mozilla.com/ (homepage)
http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/3.6.14/releasenotes/ (release notes)

Speccy 1.09
free system information tool
http://www.piriform.com/speccy (homepage)
http://www.piriform.com/blog/2011/3/1/speccy-v109 (announcement)

Thunderbird 3.1.8
Mozilla's excellent open source email program
http://www.mozillamessaging.com/en-US/thunderbird/ (homepage)

Wireshark 1.4.4
open-source network protocol analyzer (packet sniffer) for advanced users
http://www.wireshark.org/

Meaning of Colors

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

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

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