Engine Updates

PicoLisp Chess (WB)
new source code only engine by Alexander Burger
(discovered by Norbert Raimund Leisner)
PicoLisp source
https://github.com/rob-w/picolisp/blob/master/games/ (source)

PyChess 0.12 Beta 1 (WB)
new Linux engine by Tamás Bajusz, for Windows/Mac it is source code only
(discovered by Norbert Raimund Leisner)
Python source, own GUI
- engine is not new, I never realized it supported WB protocol
author comments:
- "While there has been progress on porting PyChess to Windows, there are not currently any stable releases"
- "The main issue is the way PyChess communicates with engines, which is built tightly around the unix process model"
- "I haven't tried to run PyChess engine under XBoard, but I see no reason it shouldn't be simple. You might want to create a one line bash script to start the interpreter and set up the correct environment"
http://pychess.org/

Chess News

Nothing new today

Down/Problem Chess Websites

Belofte homepage down for 38 days ("this site has been suspended")
ChestUCI homepage down for 33 days (a 110mb.com site)
Dolphin homepage down for 36 days (not found)
Igor Gorelikov Tools page down for 19 days (a 110mb.com site)
InmiChess homepage down for 33 days (no response in 60 seconds)
MadChess homepage down today (not found)
Pyotr homepage down for 33 days (not found)
Toledo Nanochess homepage down for 33 days (a 110mb.com site)

Wiki Changes

FACE Tournament
- updated pages: face & download
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:tournaments:face

GUI Protocol List
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- PyChess: added more links and comments
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:gui_protocol_support_list

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

Private Engine List
- added CWU Chess
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:private_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

Comodo Dragon Internet Browser 26.1
Windows only; free; based on Google's Chrome browser, with improved security and privacy
stops cookies, no web spies, prevents browser download tracking, etc
http://www.comodo.com/home/browsers-toolbars/browser.php

Foxit Reader 6.0.2.0413
free Windows pdf viewer; faster render than Adobe, less bloat; recommended
http://www.foxitsoftware.com/pdf/reader/

Freemake Video Converter 4.0.0.15
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/

Ghostery 2.9.4 for Firefox
Ghostery 3.1.0 for Internet Explorer
free browser addon; alerts you about web bugs, ad networks and tracking widgets on every web page you visit;
"See who's tracking your web browsing and block them"
http://www.ghostery.com/download

GPartEd Live 0.15.0-3 Stable
open source Gnome Partition Editor - resize, move, copy, check, label your hard drive's partitions
understands most file systems including all for Windows and Linux
http://gparted.sourceforge.net/ (homepage)
http://sourceforge.net/projects/gparted/ (project page)

PDFCreator 1.7.0
free Windows tool to create PDF files from nearly any application
http://www.pdfforge.org/

Puppy Linux -- Fatdog64 620
Puppy is a popular (#9) and easy-to-learn, easy-to-use Linux distribution
Open source, boots from a CD (your Windows installation is unchanged) w/ simple instruction manual
old, slow computers run very well using Puppy's all-in-memory Linux kernel
There are many versions of Puppy available, each with a specific purpose
You don't necessarily use the latest release, you use the version with the software you want
You will need to know how to burn a disk from an ISO image
- Precise Puppy is binary-compatible with Ubuntu LTS 12.04.1
- Wary Puppy is intended to run on older hardware
- Racy Puppy is a mod of Wary Puppy, supporting the newest machines
- Slacko Puppy can use Puppy, Slackware, Salix, or Slacky software repositories
- Fatdog64 is a 64-bit Puppy distro; it is larger than most other Puppys
http://puppylinuxnews.org/ (news)
http://puppylinux.org/ (PuppyLinux homepage)
http://distro.ibiblio.org/fatdog/web/ (Fatdog homepage)

Meaning of Colors

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

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