Engine Updates

Nothing new today

Chess News

FEN database (287 million posiitions)
positions compiled by Mathieu Pagé
- very large (3.3 GB) download
- compilation is split into 5 separate downloadable files
http://mathieupage.com/?p=65

Scid vs. PC 4.9.1 Chess GUI (WB)
open source fork of Scid project enhanced for playing chess
Win32/64, Mac & .tgz source for Linux
- Win32/64 and Linux only -- Mac release delayed
- fix promotion bug in non-docked mode
- small pictures allign top/bottom in game info
- clickable crosstable columns
- make an undo point with Setup Board, and disable undo for Trial mode
- add Tournament lookup to Player Info window
- PGN import window was not getting mapped
http://scidvspc.sourceforge.net/index.html (homepage)
http://sourceforge.net/projects/scidvspc/files/ (downloads)

Down/Problem Chess Websites

Armageddon homepage down for 10 days (403 error: forbidden)
Bearded homepage down for 12 days (not available)
Belofte homepage down for 55 days ("this site has been suspended")
ChessMind homepage down today (not found)
Dolphin homepage down for 53 days (not found)
Elf homepage down for 7 days ("domain name expired")
InmiChess homepage down for 50 days (no response in 60 seconds)
JavaRival homepage down for 17 days (no response in 60 seconds)
Pyotr homepage down for 50 days (not found)
Wing homepage down for 2 days (not found)

Wiki Changes

Endgame Tablebases and Bitbases List
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- Syzygy tablebases moved alphabetically (relocated in list)
- added Baron Tablebases
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:egtbs_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

Debian GNU/Linux 7.0
independent distro; desktops: AfterStep, Blackbox, Fluxbox, GNOME, IceWM, KDE, LXDE, Openbox, WMaker, Xfce; #5 in popularity
http://www.debian.org/

Meaning of Colors

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

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