Happy New Year!

Engine Updates

GreKo 9.8 (WB/UCI)
C++ source; limit strength; Win32/64, Linux32/64, Mac64, Android
this is a Win32 build only, JA cross-platform builds will follow (I think)
- randomizing eval UCI/config parameter (just for fun)
- evaluation: PSQ-tables changed, bonus for moving forward
- SEE and MVV/LVA code updated, more clean design
- small tweaks in search
- mate threats extensions
- bitboards code reformatted
http://sourceforge.net/projects/greko/files/greko-9.8.zip/download (direct link)

Hannibal 1.3 (UCI)
Win32/64; mp; supports Polyglot book format
- "it should be around 35 elo better than the previous version"
- added SMP using YBWC
- search improvements
http://sites.google.com/site/edapostol/hannibal

Rodent 0.17 (UCI)
C source; Win32/64; limit strength; based on Sungorus code
this is a Win32 build only
- "I don't expect a strength increase"
- null reduction depth bugfix (spotted again by invaluable Kestutis Gasaitis)
- some tinkering with aspiration window
- candidate passers eval
- some bugfixes in checkmate eval and material eval
http://www.pkoziol.cal24.pl/rodent/rodent.htm

Chess News

Scid On The Go 1.38 for Android
Scid database browser ported to the Android
http://code.google.com/p/scidonthego/

Down/Problem Chess Websites

Akkad homepage down for 14 days (not found)
Bestia homepage down for 69 days (a 110mb.com site)
CCCP homepage down for 33 days (not found)
ChestUCI homepage down for 17 days (a 110mb.com site)
Deep Saros homepage down for 14 days (not found)
Lyapko Utilities homepage down for 69 days (a 110mb.com site)
Toledo Nanochess homepage down for 17 days (a 110mb.com site)
Tony Mokonen's files down for 4 days (no response in 60 seconds)

Warning: Inmi site has been hacked and is dangerous to visit

Wiki Changes

Chess Engine List
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- DiscoCheck: added link
- added to Someday Announcement Engine List: Cheapshot
- added to Someday Announcement Engine List: NaivRubyChess
- added to Someday Announcement Engine List: Rasbojnik
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:chess_engine_list

SMP Engine List
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- added Hannibal
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:smp_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

Digital Mars D Compiler 2.061 & 1.076
free cross-platform compiler; an efficient and modern OO language
http://www.digitalmars.com/d/download.html

Malwarebytes Anti-Malware 1.70
free Windows anti-virus; detect and remove malware that others fail to detect
free version does *not* provide memory resident protection
http://www.malwarebytes.org/products/malwarebytes_free

Orwell Dev-C++ 5.3.0.4
excellent cross-platform open source C/C++ IDE for 32-/64-bit development
http://sourceforge.net/projects/orwelldevcpp/

Meaning of Colors

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

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