Engine Updates

TJchess 1.1 (WB/UCI)
Win32/64, Android; FRC; variants
there is a separate download for the 10x8 board version
first time for Win64 build
- fixed hash table usage bug
- added aspiration windows
- time management should be improved for conventional time control
- added support for loop chess variant (similar to crazyhouse)
- crazyhouse/loop chess only: further improved late move reductions
- code is now cross platform and can be compiled for Windows/Linux/Android
- started using profile guided optimization (pgo)
- added 64-bit versions (only a small speed gain over 32-bit)
- WinBoard protocol change: support "st" command
- UCI protocol changes:
--- support "movetime" command
--- support "depth" command
--- improved compliance to UCI spec (e.g. whitespace handling, case insensitivity)
http://tonyjh.com/chess/tjchess/

Virutor 1.02 (UCI)
Win32; requires several dll's (included)
- "most importantly a bug has been fixed, that caused the engine to output illegal moves in some rare cases"
https://sites.google.com/site/virutor/Home/windows

Chess News

ChessZone Magazine
free monthly chess magazine of annotated GM games
- #2, 2012
http://www.chesszone.org/magazine/magazine.html

Scid vs. PC 4.7 (WB)
open source fork of Scid project enhanced for playing chess
http://scidvspc.sourceforge.net/index.html (homepage)
http://sourceforge.net/projects/scidvspc/files/ (download)

Down/Problem Chess Websites

ChessAlex homepage is down for 54 days
Dann Corbit homepage down for 230 days

Wiki Changes

Chess Logos List
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- added DCP to Graham Banks' logos
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:chess_logos_list

GUI Protocol List
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- added Chess Explorer, a future GUI
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:gui_protocol_support_list

Lists Index Page
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- added Wayback Machine examples
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:index

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

FrostWire 5.3.2
open source, cross-platform Java-based BitTorrent peer-to-peer (P2P) client
- a quick bugfix for yesterday's release
http://www.frostwire.com/

Git 1.7.9
free, open source distributed version control system
http://git-scm.com/

System Explorer 3.8.0
free; detailed info about Windows tasks, processes, modules, startups, IE addons, uninstallers, windows,
services, drivers, connections and opened files; graphs monitor usage of system resources in real-time
http://www.systemexplorer.net/

Waterfox 10.0.1 (64-bit Browser)
64-bit version of Firefox browser
http://waterfoxproject.org/

Meaning of Colors

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

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