Engine Updates

yesterday's comment about Toga Returns 1.1b JA was incorrect:
engine option *does* work in Arena and Winboard, but not in Chessbase GUI;
I have corrected the error

Chess News

ChessGui 0.240e (WB/UCI)
Chess GUI/tournament manager by Matthias Gemuh; there is a separate download for a portable version
- fair openings in odd rounds are automatically declared fair after switching sides
- while setting up a tournament, click on engines to see their Elo strengths, if available
- swap board colors even during games
- portable version is not available
http://w2410tmq9.homepage.t-online.de/ (secondary link)
http://biglion.bplaced.net/ (homepage and download)

Down/Problem Chess Websites

Akkad homepage down for 28 days (not found)
Deep Saros homepage down for 28 days (not found)
Fonzy Bluemers homepage down today (no response in 60 seconds)

Wiki Changes

Endgame Tablebases and Bitbases List
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- Thompson's Endgame Databases: minor editing revision
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:egtbs_list

Native Engine List
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- SparkChess: minor editing revision
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

Autoruns 11.40
displays programs configured to run during system bootup or login, & the Windows processing order
of these programs
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/default.aspx

Git 1.8.1.1
free, cross-platform, open source distributed version control system
http://git-scm.com/

Manjaro Linux 0.8.3 "Openbox"
Arch-based distro; desktops: Openbox, Cinnamon, KDE, MATE, Xfce; #23 in popularity
http://manjaro.org/

Process Hacker 2.30
open source; examine & manipulate running Windows processes & services
http://processhacker.sourceforge.net/

Meaning of Colors

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

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

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