Engine Updates

ChessKISS 1.4 (WB)
Pascal (Delphi) source; Win32/64
http://meandmybits.blogspot.com/

Jim Ablett Win/Linux builds
DoubleCheck 2.2 JA (UCI)
C source; Win32/64, Linux32/64, Android
http://jimablett.net63.net/

Tornado 4.87 (UCI)
FRC; multi-pv; mp, Win32/64; limit strength
- play level increased up to 20 levels now
- book file name option added
- bugs in book generation fixed and generated a new bigger book
- draw scale in eval changed and add some more drawish material
- king pawn shelter for king safety changed, was not really right implemented
- hash table bug fixed
- lazy eval is removed, because its faster but nothing gain in Elo
- late move reduction parameter changed
http://sites.google.com/site/mychessengines/

Chess News

Olivier Deville's PGN collection
also a Polyglot book based on the 47,658 PGN games
"Games from 2001 to 2011"
- minimum Elo = 2530
- only long time control games
- no annotations
- no computer games
- no games under 20 moves
http://www.open-aurec.com/chesswar/download.html

Down/Problem Chess Websites

Asterisk homepage down for 27 days
Damas homepage down for 66 days ("Free Web Hosting Discontinued")
Dann Corbit homepage down for 156 days

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

IzPack 4.3.5
free Java cross-platform installer for packaging, distributing and deploying applications
http://izpack.org/

ToDoList 6.3
free todo list / calendar program with nestable todos, recurring reminders, Gantt charts, etc
http://www.abstractspoon.com/

Vala/Genie 0.14.1
Vala language resembles C# and Genie language resembles Python
the common language compiler outputs OO C code using the GObject library
not yet at version 1.0, but some large apps are written in Vala/Genie
this is the *stable* branch (not beta)
- add libwnck-3.0 bindings
- many bug fixes and binding updates
http://www.mail-archive.com/vala-list@gnome.org/msg07789.html (annoucement)
http://live.gnome.org/Vala (Vala info)
http://live.gnome.org/Genie (Genie info)

Meaning of Colors

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

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