Engine Updates

new Sissa homepage
http://evvoen.free.fr/SISSA/

Chess News

4-Man Edwards Tablebases
available from Jim Ablett site
- yesterday's 5-Man claim was in error; they are actually 4-Man Tables
http://jimablett.net63.net/
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/5047625/TB-4men.7z (direct link)

Down/Problem Chess Websites

Chad's Chess homepage down for 7 days (provider has discontinued free website hosting)
ChessMind homepage down for 3 days ("Server not found")
Dann Corbit homepage down for 314 days
Geko homepage down for 8 days (this Google site has disappeared)
GreKo homepage down today (a 110mb.com site)
iCE homepage down for 2 days ("Service Unavailable, Error 503")
RumbleMinze homepage down for 4 days ("Server Error")
Tippy Chess homepage down for 3 days (no response in 60 seconds)

Wiki Changes

Endgame Tablebases and Bitbases List
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- Edwards Tablebases link and comments updated
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:egtbs_list

Engine GUI List
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- more than two pages of diffs; too much for me to check
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:engine_gui_list

GUI Protocol List
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- added Fairy-Max
- added Fruit
- Geko: updated comment
- added GUIs for Phalanx
- added Pulsar
- added extra GUIs for Toga
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:gui_protocol_support_list

Links
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- revised comment for SSDF
- removed SzG Swiss
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:links

Native Engine List
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- revised ChessBase Notes
- revised ChessBase distributors comment
- added ChessBase technical support
- Peter Schreiner link and comment revised
- ChessGenius Classic Notes section totally revised
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

Adobe Flash Player 11.2.202.235
free cross-platform flash video player
http://www.adobe.com/

EaseUS Todo Backup Free 4.5
free backup program w/many features: hard disk image, full/incremental/automatic file/folder backups, and disk clone
http://www.todo-backup.com/products/home/free-backup-software.htm

Pidgin 2.10.4
open source chat program; works with almost all chat networks
http://www.pidgin.im/ (homepage)
http://developer.pidgin.im/wiki/ChangeLog (changelog)
http://sourceforge.net/projects/pidgin/files/ (download)

ShedSkin 0.9.2 Examples
Python to C++ compiler; compiler included in package
"a typical speedup of 2-200 times over standard CPython"
- the usage examples are updated
http://code.google.com/p/shedskin/

Meaning of Colors

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

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