Engine Updates

Arabian Knight 1.47 (WB)
Java source; own GUI; mp
version 1.46:
- free pawn value changed
version 1.47:
- free pawn value changed
http://wbec-ridderkerk.nl/html/details1/ArabianKnight.html (Leo page)

Jim Ablett Win/Linux builds
Betsabé II 1.08c JA (WB)
C source w/ Spanish comments & var names; Win32, Linux32; this is a MiniMAX derivative
- bugs fixed in Winboard protocol, now seems to work well with BookThinker, (opening book)
http://jim-ablett.co.de/

Evolution Chess 0.6.11 (WB)
C++ source; Win32; libgcc_s_dw2-1.dll and libstdc++-6.dll are required to run on Windows XP
- better time management
http://code.google.com/p/evolchess/

Ziggurat 0.18 (UCI)
Win64; requires a SSE4 CPU (fast popcount type) to run
- evaluation parameters tuned and exposed via the UCI setoption interface
http://mysite.verizon.net/vze16nq0r/index.html

Chess News

Cutechess-cli 0.4.1 (WB/UCI)
an open-source, cross-platform commandline interface to run engine-engine games
Win32, Linux32/64 & Mac
- bugfix for Win32 version, other versions unchanged
http://koti.mbnet.fi/~ilaripih/bin/
http://repo.or.cz/w/sloppygui.git (source)

Down/Problem Chess Websites

Armageddon homepage down today (no response in 60 seconds)
Crafty (webkikr.com page) down today (no response in 60 seconds)
Dann Corbit homepage down for 79 days
Ildtiadar homepage down today ("502 Bad Gateway")
Matacz homepage down for 47 days (a 110mb.com site)
Pyotr homepage down today

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

Maqetta Preview 3
open source visual authoring system of HTML5 user interfaces - in the browser
this is a *preview* version (beta)
http://maqetta.org/

Meaning of Colors

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

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