Engine Updates

Arasan 14.0 (WB/UCI)
C++ source; own GUI, mp, uses Gaviota egtbs; Win32/64, Linux, Mac
http://www.arasanchess.org/ (homepage)
http://talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?topic_view=threads&p=453535&t=42736&sid=4905de39302232ad7283ede79357788d (changelog)

Gaviota 0.85.1 (WB/UCI)
Win32/64, Linux32/64, Android; mp; own egtbs
- "critical bug fix"
http://sites.google.com/site/gaviotachessengine/ (homepage)
http://sites.google.com/site/gaviotachessengine/download (download)

GnuChess6 6.0.2 (WB)
C++ source code only, no build yet
"The first version of GNU Chess was written by Stuart Cracraft. Fabien Letouzey is the primary author of GNU Chess 6,
which is based on Fabien's chess engine Fruit 2.1."
- book learning bugfixes
http://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/chess/gnuchess-6.0.2.tar.gz (download)

OliThink 5.3.2 (WB)
C source & Java source; own GUI (Java version only); Win32/64, Linux32/64
- Java version (with GUI)
http://home.arcor.de/dreamlike/chess/index.html

RBrChess 3.00 (WB)
Win32
http://home.kpn.nl/rogerbroertjes/

Chess News

Norm Pollock site
PGN, EPD & TXT Utility Suites and Opening Book PGN Databases
- updated TXT program: txtSort (added descending sort as an option)
http://www.hoflink.com/~npollock/chess.html

Down/Problem Chess Websites

CSBoard homepage down for 2 days (no response in 60 seconds)
Dann Corbit homepage down for 251 days
Michel Van den Bergh site down for 6 days (not found)

Wiki Changes

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

Linux Engine List
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- Jim's builds now have '(JA)' added
- removed Amy, Braincrack, Glaurung, and Gray Matter
- added Bruja, Fimbulwinter, GarboChess, KMTChess, KnightCap, Magnum Chess, Monik, Phalanx, Scidlet, and Sjeng
- revised some comments
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:linux_engine_list

Macintosh Engine List
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- added all the new Julien Marcel Mac64 builds
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:macintosh_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

Cobian Backup 11.0.0.415
free multithreaded Win32/64 backup; supports ftp upload/download, compression, encryption, backup of locked files
http://www.educ.umu.se/~cobian/cobianbackup.htm

CrystalDiskInfo 4.3.0
open source hard drive monitoring/warning/alarm system using SMART technology
- security alert: watch out for the OpenCandy ads, use adfree Portable Edition instead
http://crystalmark.info/?lang=en

Glary Utilities 2.43.0.1419
free; cleanup, repair, optimize and enhance your privacy & security, etc.
http://www.glaryutilities.com/gu.html

IronPython 2.7.2 RC 1
free, open source Python for .NET/Mono; use Visual Studio or MonoDevelop for easy development
Windows: requires .NET 4.0 or Silverlight 4; Linux: requires Mono 2.10.1 / MoonLight
- this is a *release candidate*
http://ironpython.net/ (homepage)
http://ironpython.codeplex.com/releases/view/81331 (announcement)

Scala 2.9.1-1
a powerful OO, imperative/functional jvm language for professional programmers w/Actors for concurrency
http://www.scala-lang.org/downloads
http://www.scala-lang.org/node/12559 (announcement)

Meaning of Colors

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

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