Engine Updates

Chess4J 1.0 (WB)
Java and Groovy source; jvm jar file; Win, Linux, Mac
http://sourceforge.net/projects/chess4j

Jim Ablett Win/Linux builds
Greko 9.7 JA (WB/UCI)
C++ source; limit strength; Win32/64, Linux32/64, Android
http://jimablett.net63.net/

Chess News

Chess Engine Logos 1.80
Jim Ablett Logo Collection
- new logos: Eia, Belka, Haskak, Murka, & WSpeirs
http://jim-ablett.co.de/ (scroll to bottom)

Norm Pollock site
PGN, EPD & TXT Utility Suites and Opening Book PGN Databases
- new PGN program: emOrdo - embeds Elo tags with rounded values from Ordo 0.5.1
- renamed PGN program: emStat (formerly embed)
- renamed PGN program: emBayes (formerly embayes)
http://www.hoflink.com/~npollock/chess.html

Olivier Deville's PGN collection
also a Polyglot book based on all the PGN games
Olivier updates this collection monthly
"Games from 2001 to 2012"
- minimum Elo = 2530
- only long time control games
- no annotations
- no computer games
- no games under 20 moves
http://www.open-aurec.com/chesswar/download.html

Down/Problem Chess Websites

ChestUCI homepage down for 4 days (a 110mb.com site)
Dann Corbit homepage down for 433 days
GreKo homepage down for 2 days (no response in 60 seconds)
Mizar homepage down for 4 days ("domain has expired")
Sjakk homepage down today ("not found")
Toledo Nanochess homepage down for 4 days (a 110mb.com site)
Tony Mokonen's files page down today ("404 error, not found")
Tornado homepage down for 12 days (programmer has purposely removed his page)

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

Cython 0.17
a Python-to-C translator / compiler; handles Python 2.3 to 3.x syntax, inclusive
http://cython.org/

InfraRecorder 0.53
open source CD/DVD disc-burning software
http://infrarecorder.org/
http://infrarecorder.org/changelog.html (changelog)

KeePass Password Safe Classic Edition 1.24
open source password manager; manage your passwords securely
Professional Edition requires .NET or Mono framework
Classic Edition has fewer features but is adequate; does not require .NET framework
http://keepass.info/
http://keepass.info/compare.html (compare Classic vs Professional)

qBittorrent 3.0.2
open source cross-platform Bittorrent client
- first time listed here
http://www.qbittorrent.org/

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Green = Updated
Gray = Info Only

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