Engine Updates

Deep Saros 2.3f (UCI)
C source; mp; Win32/64, Linux64; Ippolit/Toga/Glaurung derivative
http://deepsaros.jimdo.com/

Zeta Dva 0.1.6.4 (WB)
C source; Win32/64, Linux32/64
- new source code
- new build is for Linux64 only
- opening book (Polyglot .bin) support
- added book.bin by Dann Corbit
- fixes in loading fen positions
- fixes in hashing
- code cleanup
"Linux64 executable is present, Win32/64 by Jim Ablett will follow"
https://github.com/smatovic/zeta_dva

Chess News

ChessZone Magazine
free monthly chess magazine of annotated GM games
- # 4, 2011
http://www.chesszone.org/magazine/magazine.html

LittleBlitzer 2.71 (UCI)
Windows tournament manager program for UCI chess engines at fast time controls by Nathan Thom
- fixed calculation of adjudication by score loss
- PGN and EPD files used for opening positions may now have spaces in their paths
- fixed ambiguity in algebraic notation used (e.g. Rdd4 instead of R3d4)
- added number of opening positions to results display
- fixed output of first move as white
http://kimiensoftware.com/littlethought/littleblitzer.php

Writing your own chess program
A step-by-step guide for writing and improving your own bitboard chess engine by Stef Luijten
- for programmers
- Part I is now available
http://www.sluijten.com/winglet/

Down/Problem Chess Websites

BabyChess homepage down today (404: page not found)
Bearded homepage down for 59 days
Frenzee homepage down for 234 days (purposely down until new engine release)
Sorgenkind homepage down for 100 days
Typhoon homepage down for 26 days (no response in 60 seconds)
Usurper homepage down for 99 days (no response in 60 seconds)
Naum homepage back up, it was down for 3 days

Wiki Changes

Download page
- made a small correction here and on the details page too
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:download:index

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

KeePass Password Safe Professional Edition 2.15
cross-platform open source password manager; manage your passwords securely
Professional has more features than Classic but requires .NET/Mono framework
http://keepass.info/
http://keepass.info/compare.html (Classic vs Professional)

Meaning of Colors

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

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