Engine Updates

Stockfish "Barracuda" (UCI)
Win32
this is a slightly-modified version of Stockfish 2.3 by Eelco De Groot
http://www.computerchess.info/tdbb/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=619 (announcement)

Chess News

Gnuchess5 5.07.173b (WB/UCI)
- book updated, probably the newly proposed Polyglot book header was added
http://hardy.uhasselt.be/Toga/gnuchess-release/

icsdroneng 0.27
interface between an xboard chess engine and an ICS (Internet Chess Server); UCI engines are supported by using Polyglot adapter
original icsdroneng program written by Henrik Gram, now maintained by Michel Van den Bergh
- you must build it yourself
- update is probably supporting newly proposed Polyglot book headers
http://sourceforge.net/projects/icsdrone/files/ (tar.gz)
http://hardy.uhasselt.be/Toga/icsdroneng-release/ (tar.gz, rpm, & amd64deb)

Polyglot 1.4.68b
Michel Van den Bergh's Linux and Windows builds based on Fonzy Bluemers modification
of Fabien Letouzey's Polyglot with original work and bugfixes
- make program aware of newly proposed Polyglot book headers
http://hardy.uhasselt.be/Toga/polyglot-release/ (tar.gz, exe, & amd64deb)

Down/Problem Chess Websites

ChestUCI homepage down for 2 days (a 110mb.com site)
Dann Corbit homepage down for 449 days
FirstChess homepage down for 7 days (not found)
Mizar homepage down for 29 days ("domain has expired")
PolarChess homepage down for 14 days
Toledo Nanochess homepage down for 2 days (a 110mb.com site)
Tornado homepage down for 28 days (programmer has purposely removed his page)

Wiki Changes

Chess Engine List
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- added Barracuda as a Stockfish alternate download link
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:chess_engine_list

Chess Engine List
update by Ron Murawski
- moved Barracuda link under Eelco de Groot's other engine, Dancing Dragon
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:chess_engine_list

GUI Protocol List
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- there are pages and pages of diffs, I have no idea what changes were made!
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:gui_protocol_support_list

Native Engine List
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- added Ethereal Chess
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

FBackup 4.8.284
free, simple backup program for personal or commercial use
http://www.fbackup.com/

IKVM.NET 7.2 RC 1
Java VM for Mono/.NET; enables Java code/libraries to be called by Mono/.NET languages, or develop Mono/.NET apps in Java
http://www.ikvm.net/ (homepage)
http://weblog.ikvm.net/ (announcement)

System Explorer 3.9.6
free; detailed info about Windows tasks, processes, modules, startups, IE addons, uninstallers, windows,
services, drivers, connections and opened files; graphs monitor usage of system resources in real-time
http://www.systemexplorer.net/

Meaning of Colors

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

Engine List: http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:chess_engine_list
Chess News: http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:chess_news_list

NOTE: If you want me to track a website for you, please email me and I will add it.
ron _at_ computer-chess _dot_ org