Engine Updates

Dirty 08Apr2013 (WB)
Win32/64, Linux64
- silent update, version number unchanged
- another recompile
http://www.dirtychess.com/

Sjakk 2.0 (WB/UCI)
Win32/64
- silent update, version number unchanged
- new Win64 compile
http://www.pvv.ntnu.no/~jacobbl/jacob/Sjakk/Sjakk.htm

Chess News

SyzygyBases
new 3-4-5 man tablebases/bitbases by Ronald de Man
- SyzygyBases are the most compact egtbs available
- no engine uses them yet
https://github.com/syzygy1/tb/tree/master/interface (probing code)
http://olympuschess.com/egtb/sbases/ (individual files egtbs)
http://olympuschess.com/egtb/sbases/sbases345.tar.bz2 (all egtbs)

Down/Problem Chess Websites

Belofte homepage down for 32 days ("this site has been suspended")
Bubble homepage down today (not found)
ChestUCI homepage down for 27 days (a 110mb.com site)
Dolphin homepage down for 30 days (not found)
FreeChess homepage down for 4 days (a narod.ru site)
Ifrit homepage down for 4 days (a narod.ru site)
Igor Gorelikov Tools page down for 13 days (a 110mb.com site)
InmiChess homepage down for 27 days (no response in 60 seconds)
Mustang homepage down for 4 days (a narod.ru site)
OBender homepage down for 4 days (a narod.ru site)
Pyotr homepage down for 27 days (not found)
SDChess homepage down for 4 days (a narod.ru site)
SmarThink homepage down for 4 days (a narod.ru site)
Strelka homepage down for 4 days (a narod.ru site)
Toledo Nanochess homepage down for 27 days (a 110mb.com site)
Typhoon homepage down for 5 days (no response in 60 seconds)
Uralochka homepage down for 4 days (a narod.ru site)
WildCat homepage down for 4 days (a narod.ru site)

Wiki Changes

Engine GUI List
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- removed Haundrix Chess
- removed Haundrix Chess (with GNU Chess)
- removed Sjeng (GUI is Haundrix Chess)
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:engine_gui_list

GUI Protocol List
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- José: revised a link name
- PGN Mentor: updated a link date
- added Haundrix Chess to Developable / Discontinued / Faulty / Incomplete Chess GUIs
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:gui_protocol_support_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

GCC 4.7.3
open source Gnu C/C++ Compiler for Linux
includes front ends for C, C++, Objective-C, Fortran, Java, Ada, and Go, as well as libraries for these languages
- this is a bugfix update for the older 4.7 series
http://gcc.gnu.org/ (homepage)
http://gcc.gnu.org/gcc-4.7/ (grouped 4.7.x announcement)

LibreOffice 3.6.6
cross platform, open source word processing, chart, spreadsheet, database, etc.
Note: OpenOffice (Apache), LibreOffice (Document Foundation), and Lotus Symphony (IBM) are essentially the same program
- this is a bugfix release for older 3.6 series
http://www.documentfoundation.org/ (homepage)

Manjaro Linux 0.8.5 "Cinnamon"
Arch-based distro; desktops: Openbox, Cinnamon, KDE, MATE, Xfce; #12 in popularity
- this release is for Cinnamon desktop only
http://manjaro.org/

PHP 5.4.14 Stable
PHP 5.3.24 Stable
PHP is a very popular and practical open source scripting language; it is primarily used for web applications
- these are *stable* releases
http://php.net/ (homepage)

Qt Visual Studio Add-in 1.2.1 for Qt5
allows Visual Studio to use Qt libraries and Qt GUI-builder tools
- does not work with the Express edition
http://qt-project.org/downloads

Meaning of Colors

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

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