Engine Updates

Leonidas r72 (WB)
new chess engine by Evert Glebbeek (Jazz & Sjaak)
C source; Win32/64, Linux32/64; variants
- plays regular chess, Spartan chess, & Seirawan chess
http://www.eglebbk.dds.nl/program/chess-download.html

Note: yesterday's announcement of Kenny ClassIQ was in error; the engine cannot play chess yet

Chess News

Green Chess GUI 2.2.0 for OSX (UCI)
new Chess GUI and PGN viewer by George Merchant
- Mac only
- not really new, but new to me
http://www.greenchess.com/

Down/Problem Chess Websites

Akkad homepage down for 44 days (not found)
Bestia homepage down for 9 days (a 110mb.com site)
ChestUCI homepage down for 4 days (a 110mb.com site)
Deep Saros homepage down for 44 days (not found)
Lucas Chess homepage down today (no connection)
Lyapko Utilities homepage down for 9 days (a 110mb.com site)
Merlin homepage down for 15 days (503 error: service unavailable)
Toledo Nanochess homepage down for 4 days (a 110mb.com site)

Wiki Changes

Chess Engine List
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- moved Kenny ClassIQ to the Someday Engine List
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:chess_engine_list

FACE Tournament
- participants page updated
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:tournaments:face

GUI Protocol List
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- HIARCS Chess Explorer: added another link
- added Green Chess
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:gui_protocol_support_list

Macintosh Engine List
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- added CookieCat
- added Dabbaba
- added Minko
- added Myrddin
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:macintosh_engine_list

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

SMP Engine List
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- added The Baron
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

AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition 2013.2897
Free anti-virus, anti-spyware program with excellent protection for Win32/64
http://free.avg.com/us-en/download.prd-afh.line-2013

Calibre 0.9.17
cross-platform open source ebook manager for all popular ebook readers with format conversion,
news feeds, and integrated e-book viewer
http://calibre-ebook.com/

EaseUS Todo Backup Free 5.6
free backup program w/many features: hard disk image, full/incremental/automatic file/folder backups, and disk clone
http://www.todo-backup.com/products/home/free-backup-software.htm

Freemake Video Converter 3.2.1.4
convert 200+ video formats; cut/join/scale video; rip & burn DVDs; burn Blu-rays, upload to YouTube; more
http://www.freemake.com/free_video_converter/

Inno Setup 5.5.3
open source, free installer for Windows
http://www.jrsoftware.org/isinfo.php

PCLinuxOS 2013.02
independent Linux distro; KDE desktop; #8 in popularity
http://www.pclinuxos.com/

PeaZip 4.8.1
open source cross-platform file and archive manager; available as portable app also
- create 7Z, ARC, BZ2, GZ, PAQ/ZPAQ, PEA, QUAD/BALZ, TAR, UPX, WIM, XZ, ZIP
- extract 150+ archive types: ACE, ARJ, CAB, DMG, ISO, LHA, RAR, UDF, etc.
http://peazip.sourceforge.net/ (homepage)
http://sourceforge.net/projects/peazip/files/4.8.1/ (4.8.1 downloads)

PHP 5.4.12, RC 1
PHP 5.3.22, RC 1
- these are *release candidates*
PHP is a very popular and practical open source scripting language; it is primarily used for web applications
http://php.net/ (homepage)

Qt libraries 5.0.1
open source, cross-platform windowing system / GUI builder / C++ library; Windows package includes a Visual Studio add-in
http://qt.nokia.com/downloads

Vuze 4.8.1.2
- silent update, version number unchanged
- new Windows builds
http://azureus.sourceforge.net/index.php

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