Engine Updates

Matthias Gemuh Win build
GarboChess 3.00 MG (UCI)
C++ source; Win32/64
https://github.com/glinscott/Garbochess-3/ (source code only)
http://www.chessgui.com/chess/Garbochess-300.zip (download expires in 24 hrs)

Neurone VIII (WB)
Win32 only; requires .NET 3.5 or later
Fixed:
- fixed bug in match/tournament mode; if Neurone exceeds the time limit, makes an illegal move in the next game
- 35% speed improvement
- redisplay post on moves
- 30% Speed improvement by alpha-beta pruning
- pin detection and evaluation
- better king developement in endgame
- if enabled, displays a summary of the game
http://www.lissandrello.it/?p=524#

Chess News

Lantern Chess 4.09 (WB/UCI)
Chess GUI by Mike Adams supporting WB & UCI for ICC online play/chat for Linux, Windows and Mac
http://www.lanternchess.com/ (homepage)
http://www.adammr.com/lanternhelp/lantern-help.html (help)

Norm Pollock site
PGN & EPD Utility Suites and Opening Book PGN Databases
- updated: PosBooks, EPD databases of neutral opening positions
- added: PosBookLarge.epd, 5735 opening positions
http://www.hoflink.com/~npollock/chess.html

Winglet tutorial
A step-by-step guide for writing and improving your own bitboard chess engine by Stef Luijten
- Stef continues writing his C++ tutorial
http://www.sluijten.com/winglet/

Down/Problem Chess Websites

Anaconda/Gromit homepage down for 2 days
Armageddon homepage down for 2 days
BabyChess homepage down for 94 days (404: page not found)
Dann Corbit homepage down for 16 days (broken computer!)
Dolphin homepage down today ("Account Has Been Suspended")
Frenzee homepage down for 327 days (purposely down until new engine release)
Superchessengine homepage down for 30 days (Bibi, Fruit, GambitFruit, Movei, Naum, Patzer, Smash & Toga II)
Matacz 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

Firefox 5.0.1
popular, free, open source browser; recommended!
http://www.mozilla.com/ (homepage)

KeePass Password Safe Professional Edition 2.16
open source password manager; manage your passwords securely
Professional Edition requires .NET framework
Classic Edition has fewer features but is adequate; does not require .NET framework
http://keepass.info/
http://keepass.info/compare.html (compare Classic vs Professional)

PostgreSQL 9.1 Beta 3
open source SQL database for high performance and high availability applications
- this is a *beta* release, not considered ready for production use
http://www.postgresql.org/ (homepage)
http://www.postgresql.org/about/news.1331 (announcement)

Scala IDE 2.0.0 Beta 8 with Scala 2.9.0.1/2.82 for Eclipse 3.6/3.7
Eclipse plugin supporting the Scala programming language
Scala is a powerful OO,imperative/functional jvm language for professional programmers w/Actors for concurrency
- this is a *beta* release
http://www.scala-ide.org/
http://www.scala-ide.org/2011/07/scala-ide-beta-8-available/ (announcement)

USBDeview 1.91
free utility to list all USB devices ever connected to computer; can uninstall any USB drivers local or remote
http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/usb_devices_view.html (homepage)
http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/usbdeview.zip (direct download)

WordPress 3.2.1
free, popular, open source website/blog creation using PHP & MySQL w/ many plugins & themes
http://wordpress.org/ (homepage)
http://wordpress.org/news/2011/07/wordpress-3-2-1/ (announcement)

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

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