Engine Updates

Maverick 0.11 (UCI)
C++ source; Win32/64
- "basic chess knowledge and search heuristics ... has added about 150+ ELO"
- added hash tables
- added basic endgame knowledge (QK vs. K, RK vs. K, BBK vs. K and BNK vs. K)
- added checks in first ply of quiescent
- better move ordering (SEE negative captures after quiet moves)
- added Null move (R=2)
- fixed nasty time management bug for x moves in y minutes
- fixed time management bug when playing game in x plus increment of y
http://www.chessprogramming.net/

Chess News

160 stalemated games
compiled by Norm Pollock
- games from highly rated engines (Komodo, Houdini, Critter, Stockfish)
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/66249444/khcs.stalemates.pgn (direct link)

Down/Problem Chess Websites

Alex WBTM homepage down for 22 days (a multimania site)
Bestia homepage down for 37 days (a 110mb.com site)
Bright homepage down for 13 days ("webspace-user is unknown")
Chiron homepage down for 4 days (no response in 60 seconds)
Fianchetto homepage down for 37 days (502 error: bad gateway)
Hamsters homepage down today (not found)
Kiwi homepage down today (not found)
Lucas Chess homepage down today (no response in 60 seconds)
Lyapko Utilities homepage down for 37 days (a 110mb.com site)
Nejmet homepage down for 21 days (a multimania site)
Spark homepage down for 13 days ("webspace-user is unknown")
Toledo Nanochess homepage down for 5 days (a 110mb.com site)
T-Rex homepage down for 22 days (a multimania site)
Wing homepage down for 102 days (not found)

Wiki Changes

Nothing new today

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

Adblock Plus 1.0 for Internet Explorer
free, open source browser plugin that blocks most web advertisements
http://adblockplus.org/en/

Django 1.5.2
Django 1.6, Beta 2
high-level, rapid development Python-based web framework
- security patch to fix a vulnerability
https://www.djangoproject.com/

Jenkins 1.528
cross-platform, open source, continuous integration server for developers
- automates the building/testing process
http://jenkins-ci.org/

Kingsoft Office Free 2013 v9.1.0.4246
cross-platform office suite composed of word processor, spreadsheet and presentation manager,
PDF converter; spell check; imports Word doc & docx files
http://www.ksosoft.com/product/office-free.html

ZevenOS 3.2 "Neptune"
Ubuntu-based Linux distro; Enlightenment, GNOME, KDE, LXDE, Xfce desktops; #56 in popularity
- 64-bit-only release
http://www.zevenos.com/

Meaning of Colors

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

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