Engine Updates

Deep Saros 3.0 (UCI)
C source; mp (12 cpus); Win32/64; this is an IvanHoe derivative
- yesterday's release was beta and now it is no longer beta
- "Fixed a bug in setting the number of cpus. Now it is possbile to properly set the number of cpus."
http://deepsaros.jimdo.com/

Jim Ablett Win/Linux builds
Surprise 4.3 Beta 13 JA (WB)
Win32, Linux32, Android
- new Linux and Android compiles
- the Windows GCC build looks new
- the Windows Intel build is unchanged
http://jimablett.net63.net/ (scroll down the page about halfway)

Chess News

Bayes Elo 0057.3
Bayes Elo program by Remi Coulom, modified by Fernando Mosca
Win32/64
- calculates Elo, etc to 3 decimal places
- separate downloads for Win32 and for Win64
- C++ source also available
- another quick bugfix
https://sites.google.com/site/deuteriumengine/downloads-1

Olivier Deville's PGN collection
also a Polyglot book based on all the 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
- Olivier updates this collection monthly
http://www.open-aurec.com/chesswar/download.html

XBoard Alpha News
new and experimental features for the next release by HG Muller
- new section: "Copying pieces when editing a position"
- new section: "Narrowing down a position search"
http://hgm.nubati.net/news.html

Down/Problem Chess Websites

Dann Corbit homepage down for 284 days

Wiki Changes

Native Engine List
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- added Java-Chess for Linux
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:native_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

MariaDB 5.2.12 Stable
MariaDB 5.1.62 Stable
open source fork of MySQL; completely compatible w/MySQL; w/extra db engines & extra features
"MariaDB is a binary drop-in replacement for MySQL"
MariaDB restores several significant features that Oracle has dropped from MySQL
- these are updates to older versions
http://kb.askmonty.org/ (homepage)
http://kb.askmonty.org/v/mariadb-versus-mysql-features (extra features)
http://kb.askmonty.org/en/mariadb-5212-release-notes (5.2.12 release notes)
http://kb.askmonty.org/en/mariadb-5162-release-notes (5.1.62 release notes)

Wireshark 1.6.7
open-source network protocol analyzer (packet sniffer) for advanced users
http://www.wireshark.org/

Meaning of Colors

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

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