Engine Updates

Tony Mokonen's Win32 builds
Flip4IT TM (WB)
C++ source; Win32
new engine by Stefan-Dobrin Cosmin, Nita Catalina, Rizea Daniel-Octavian & Voiculescu Rafaela
http://tmokonen.freehosting.com/

Chess News

Match
new program by Ed Schröder
a command line utility running in the background when playing engine - engine matches
- updates screen every 10 seconds showing win/loss scoring and LOS
http://www.top-5000.nl/match.htm

Xboard GTK
HG Muller's info page about the latest versions of Xboard GTK
http://hgm.nubati.net/gtk/index.html

Down/Problem Chess Websites

Bestia homepage down for 8 days (a 110mb.com site)
ChestUCI homepage down for 5 days (a 110mb.com site)
Dann Corbit homepage down for 493 days
Lyapko Utilities homepage down for 8 days (a 110mb.com site)
Norm Pollock site down for 3 days (no response in 60 seconds)
O'Chess homepage down for 8 days (not found)
Powder homepage down for 7 days (project removed?)
Pulsar homepage down for 6 days (not found)
Pyotr homepage down for 30 days (no response in 60 seconds)
Toledo Nanochess homepage down for 5 days (a 110mb.com site)
Tony's Chess homepage down for 8 days (a 110mb.com site)

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

Avira AntiVir Personal 13.0.0.2735 Free
free; highly-rated antivirus product with very annoying pop-up ads accompanying virus signature updates
http://www.avira.com/en/avira-free-antivirus

CrystalDiskInfo 5.1.0 RC 3
open source hard drive monitoring/warning/alarm system using SMART technology
- privacy alert: watch out for the OpenCandy ads, use ad-free Portable Edition instead
- this is a *release candidate*
http://crystalmark.info/?lang=en

IKVM.NET 7.2 RC 4
Java VM for Mono/.NET; enables Java code/libraries to be called by Mono/.NET languages, or develop Mono/.NET apps in Java
- this is the version compatible with Java 7
- this is a *release candidate*
http://www.ikvm.net/ (homepage)
http://weblog.ikvm.net/ (announcement)

Python Tools for Visual Studio 1.5
free, open source Python IDE plugin supporting CPython and IronPython; NumPy & SciPy;
parallel & clustering support; debugging; profiling; more
- this is a *release candidate*
http://pytools.codeplex.com/

TightVNC 2.6
cross-platform open source remote control software package;
you can see the desktop of a remote machine and control it with your local mouse and keyboard
http://www.tightvnc.com/

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