Engine Updates
Nothing new today

Chess News

ChessGUI 0.236 (WB/UCI)
chess GUI / tournament manager by Matthias Gemuh; there is a separate download for a portable version
- it's official: 0.236 is the new version number
http://www.chessgui.com/
http://w2410tmq9.homepage.t-online.de/

Norm Pollock site
PGN & EPD Utility Suites and Opening Book PGN Databases
- updated PGN programs: embayes, embed
- new PGN database: topCCRL
http://www.hoflink.com/~npollock/chess.html

Down/Problem Chess Websites

Bubble homepage down for 2 days (this site is down more often than up)
Butterfly homepage down for 6 days
Damas homepage down for 19 days ("Free Web Hosting Discontinued")
Dann Corbit homepage down for 109 days
GreKo homepage down for 29 days (a 110mb.com site)
Ildtiadar homepage down for 22 days
Norbert Raimund Leisner List page down today

Wiki Changes

GUI Protocol List
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- refined info for Shredder
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:gui_protocol_support_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

Avira Free AntiVirus 12.0.0.855
free; highly-rated antivirus product (nagware); recommended
http://www.avira.com/en/avira-free-antivirus

Puppy Linux 'Wary Puppy 5.2'
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://bkhome.org/blog/?viewDetailed=02543 (announcement)
http://puppylinuxnews.org/ (news & download)
http://puppylinux.org/ (PuppyLinux homepage)

Meaning of Colors

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

Engine List: http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:chess_engine_list
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