Engine Updates

GullChess 2.2 (UCI)
C++ source; mp; Win32/64; Ivanhoe derivative
- improved king safety evaluation
- quadratic PST optimized with the use of automated tuning
- several SMP bugs fixed
- time management bug (pondering mode) fixed
http://sourceforge.net/projects/gullchess/

Maverick 0.2 (UCI)
C++ source; Win32/64
- silent update, version number unchanged
- added a 64-bit non-popcount compile to download bundle
- name of new bundle: "Maverick 2013-08-17.zip" (on downloads page)
http://www.chessprogramming.net/

Chess News

Nothing new today

Down/Problem Chess Websites

Alex WBTM homepage down for 26 days (a multimania site)
Bestia homepage down for 41 days (a 110mb.com site)
Bright homepage down for 17 days ("webspace-user is unknown")
Fianchetto homepage down for 41 days (502 error: bad gateway)
Hamsters homepage down for 5 days (not found)
Kiwi homepage down for 5 days (not found)
Lyapko Utilities homepage down for 41 days (a 110mb.com site)
MadChess homepage down today (not found)
Nejmet homepage down for 25 days (a multimania site)
Rick48 homepage down today (database misconfigured)
Spark homepage down for 17 days ("webspace-user is unknown")
Toledo Nanochess homepage down for 9 days (a 110mb.com site)
T-Rex homepage down for 26 days (a multimania site)
Wing homepage down for 106 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

Firefox 23.0.1
popular, free, open source browser
http://www.mozilla.com/ (homepage)

IronPython 2.7.4, RC 1
free, open source Python for .NET/Mono; use Visual Studio or MonoDevelop for easy development
Windows: requires .NET 4.0 or Silverlight 4; Linux: requires Mono 2.10.1 / MoonLight
- this is a *release candidate*
http://ironpython.net/ (homepage)
http://ironpython.codeplex.com/releases/view/106471 (announcement)

Paint.NET 3.5.11
very nice free image and photo editing software (paint program); recommended
http://www.getpaint.net/

Meaning of Colors

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

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