Engine Updates

Fire 1.32 (UCI)
C source; Win32/64; Ippolit derivative
- user-config of material values now works as intended
http://users.telenet.be/chesslogik//fire.htm

Hiarcs not compatible with newer Mac OSX 10.7

Chess News

Stockfish 2.1.1 Opening Book
this is the same opening book available at Jim Ablett's site
http://www.stockfishchess.com/

Down/Problem Chess Websites

BabyChess homepage down for 47 days (404: page not found)
Frenzee homepage down for 280 days (purposely down until new engine release)
Grizzly broken promise (move to new homepage) not done after 40 days
Loop homepage down for 28 days (serious clone accusation has ended Loop!)
MFChess homepage down for 34 days (no response in 60 seconds)
Bestia homepage back up
CSBoard homepage back up
DreamChess homepage back up

Wiki Changes

Engine GUI List
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- added comment for Geko
- added Nero
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:engine_gui_list

GUI Protocol List
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- some minor editing for ChessPad 2
- GekoBoard moved to 'Discontinued / Faulty / Incomplete Chess GUIs' section
- some minor editing for José
- some minor editing for ChessVU
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:gui_protocol_support_list

Mobile Chess List
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- added ChessPad PGN Viewer
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:mobile_chess_list

PGN Reader/Viewer/Writer List
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- added ChessPad PGN Viewer
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:pgn_reader_viewer_writer_list

Play Chess Online List
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- added ChessFriends.com
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:play_chess_online_list

FACE Tournament
- some minor updates today by Gerhard
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

CCleaner 3.07
free registry and file optimization/privacy/cleaning tool; thorough and effective: recommended
http://www.ccleaner.com/
http://www.piriform.com/blog/2011/5/26/ccleaner-v307 (announcement)

Foxit Reader 5.0.1.0523
free pdf viewer; faster render than Adobe, less bloat; recommended
http://www.foxitsoftware.com/pdf/reader/

Git 1.7.5.3
free, open source distributed version control system
http://git-scm.com/ (homepage)
http://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/RelNotes/1.7.5.3.txt (release notes)

RingoJS 0.8 RC 1
JavaScript runtime written in Java, based on Mozilla Rhino
http://ringojs.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

NOTE: If you want me to track a website for you, please email me and I will add it.
ron _at_ computer-chess _dot_ org