Engine Updates
Nothing new today

Chess News

ChessGUI 0.233 (WB/UCI)
chess GUI / tournament manager by Matthias Gemuh; there is a separate download for a portable version
- if desired, ChessGUI 0.233 will automatically replay games with unfair book openings
http://www.chessgui.com/
http://w2410tmq9.homepage.t-online.de/

Chess for Android 3.0 (UCI)
Aart Bik's free gui + chess engine for the Android phone
- the possibility to play engine tournaments from both sides of any external book in PGN format
- layout and formatting improvements in the UCI analysis output window; light grey board color
- relaxed FEN parsing to accept non-standard, but frequently occurring omissions in the FEN string
- ability to view simple cross-table while tournament is in progress
http://aartbik.blogspot.com/
http://www.aartbik.com/MISC/android.html

WinBoard/XBoard 4.6.0 Info
new info page by HG Muller about new pre-release version 4.6.0
http://hgm.nubati.net/news.4.6.0.html (new info page)
http://hgm.nubati.net/WinBoard-4.5TM.exe (direct link to 4.6.0 download)

Down/Problem Chess Websites

Dann Corbit homepage down for 65 days (broken computer!)
Matacz homepage down for 32 days (a 110mb.com site)
Mizar homepage down today

Wiki Changes

Chess Engine List
- added Chispa alt download links
- added Betsy alt download link
- added Frenzee alt download link
- noted that Fusch site downloads don't work
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:chess_engine_list

Variants Engine List
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- added SMIRF
- added links for: AICE, Chispa, Frenzee, Hermann, & Spike
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:variants_engine_list

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

Puppy Linux 'Wary 5.1.4'
Open source, boots from a CD (your Windows installation is unchanged) w/ simple instruction manual
old, slow computers run very well using Puppy's all-in-memory Linux kernel
There are many versions of Puppy available, each with a specific purpose
You will need to know how to burn a disk from an ISO image
Puppy is an easy-to-learn, easy-to-use Linux distribution for Windows users. Recommended.
You don't necessarily use the latest release, you use the version with the software you want
- "Wary Puppy is intended to be our on-going commitment to older hardware."
http://distro.ibiblio.org/quirky/wary-5.1.4/release-Wary-5.1.4.htm (announcement)
http://puppylinuxnews.org/ (news & download)
http://puppylinux.org/ (PuppyLinux homepage)

Wise Registry Cleaner Free 6.15
free registry cleaner; cleans incorrect or obsolete registry information
http://www.wisecleaner.com/download.html

Meaning of Colors

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

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