Engine Updates

Nothing new today

Chess News

Lucas Chess 7.0, dev 10.1
"play chess against the computer with increasing levels of difficulty and with a limited number of hints that are given by a chess tutor"
Open source (Python); Win32
- this is a *developmental* (beta) release
https://code.google.com/p/lucaschess/ (homepage)
https://code.google.com/p/lucaschess/downloads/list (download)

Norm Pollock site
PGN, EPD & TXT Utility Suites and Opening Book PGN Databases
- updated PGN database: gm2006
http://www.hoflink.com/~npollock/chess.html

Down/Problem Chess Websites

Akkad homepage down for 7 days (not found)
Armageddon homepage down for 3 days (no response in 60 seconds)
Bestia homepage down for 62 days (a 110mb.com site)
CCCP homepage down for 26 days (not found)
ChestUCI homepage down for 10 days (a 110mb.com site)
CmcChess homepage down for 3 days (not found)
Deep Saros homepage down for 7 days (not found)
Lyapko Utilities homepage down for 62 days (a 110mb.com site)
MatMoi homepage down for 4 days (no response in 60 seconds)
Toledo Nanochess homepage down for 10 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

Manjaro Linux 0.8.3
Arch-based rolling-release distro; desktops: Xfce, Cinnamon, KDE, MATE; #58 in populaity
http://manjaro.org/

Parted Magic 2012_12_25
open source partition editor, virus/rootkit scanner, hard drive cloner, and hard drive & RAM tester; recommended
http://partedmagic.com/

PNotes 9.2.0
free, open source Windows reminder program that uses persistent desktop notes
http://pnotes.sourceforge.net/

SumatraPDF 2.2
free, open-source minimalistic PDF/mobi/chm/djvu/cbr reader for Windows; it is a portable app
http://blog.kowalczyk.info/software/sumatrapdf/free-pdf-reader.html

Meaning of Colors

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

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