Engine Updates

Djinn 0.967 (WB)
Win64, Linux64
http://webpages.charter.net/tlikens/index.html (homepage)
http://webpages.charter.net/tlikens/docs/CHANGES (changelog)

Houdini 3 (UCI)
commercial; Win32/64; mp; multiPV; FRC; limit strength; supports Nalimiov & Gaviots EBTBs; a reworked Robbolito with many improvements
- "many evaluation and search improvements in all phases of the game"
- "50 Elo stronger"; "[for] Fischer Random Chess ... about 75 Elo stronger"
- now supports Scorpio bitbases
- new Tactical Mode for solving tactical puzzles
http://www.cruxis.com/chess/houdini.htm

Chess News

Jim Ablett Win/Linux builds
C-Board 0.6.1 JA Chess GUI (WB)
uses console-based curses library for 'GUI'
- this is a Linux to Windows port
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/5047625/c-board_061-win-ja.zip (direct link)

Down/Problem Chess Websites

ChestUCI homepage down for 4 days (a 110mb.com site)
Dann Corbit homepage down for 477 days
Igor Gorelikov Tools homepage down for 14 days (a 110mb.com site)
Pyotr homepage down for 14 days (no response in 60 seconds)
Surprise homepage down today (no response in 60 seconds)
Toledo Nanochess homepage down for 4 days (a 110mb.com site)

Wiki Changes

GUI Protocol List
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- C-Board: revised comment and added a new link
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:gui_protocol_support_list

Endgame Tablebases and Bitbases List
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- Edwards Tablebases: updated a link
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:egtbs_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 Reader 11.0
free PDF viewer
http://www.adobe.com/products/reader/
http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/product.jsp?product=10&platform=Windows (Windows download)

AVG Free Edition 2013.0.2741
Free anti-virus, anti-spyware program with excellent protection for Win32/64
http://free.avg.com/us-en/download.prd-afh.line-2013

System Explorer 3.9.7
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

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