Engine Updates

Butterfly 0.5 (UCI)
C++ source; Win32/64, Linux32/64; perft with source also available; requires pthreads dll (included in download package)
http://code.google.com/p/butterfly-chess-engine/downloads/list

RBrChess 3.1 (WB)
Win32/64; some older versions are Win32 only
- both downloads (Win32 & Win64) contain the same Win32/64 exes
http://home.kpn.nl/rogerbroertjes/

Chess News

Kvetka 3.14.1
designed for game viewing and analysis; several plug-ins available; available in a portable version
- recognition of games from cbh bases and from web site chess.com is improved
- a couple of bugs are also fixed including an irritating bug which caused "Games" window to change its position after adding or removing columns
http://kvetka.org/en/

XBoard Alpha News
new and experimental features for the next release by HG Muller
- new section: "Chat boxes for XBoard"
http://hgm.nubati.net/news.html

XBoard 4.6.1 (WB/UCI)
build your own XBoard from source code
http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/xboard/

Down/Problem Chess Websites

Dann Corbit homepage down for 293 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

Snowlinux 2 "Ice" XFCE
a Debian-based distro with a choice of desktops: XFCE, Gnome, KDE, or LXDE; or Ubuntu-based with Mate
http://www.snowlinux.de/

Meaning of Colors

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

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