Engine Updates

Arasan 16.1 (WB/UCI)
C++ source; own GUI, mp; Win32/64, Linux, Mac, Android; can use Gaviota ebtbs
- "this version is somewhat stronger than 16.0"
- opening book updated also
http://www.arasanchess.org/

Tucano 3.00 (WB)
C source; Win32/64
- "should be about 30 Elo points stronger than 2.00"
https://sites.google.com/site/tucanochess/

Chess News

ChessZone Magazine
free monthly chess magazine of annotated GM games
- #08, 2013
http://www.chesszone.org/magazine/magazine.html

Olivier Deville's PGN collection
also a Polyglot book based on all the PGN games
Olivier updates this collection monthly
"Games from 2001 to 2013"
- minimum Elo = 2530
- only long time control games
- no annotations
- no computer games
- no games under 20 moves
http://www.open-aurec.com/chesswar/download.html

Down/Problem Chess Websites

Alex WBTM homepage down for 41 days (a multimania site)
Bestia homepage down for 56 days (a 110mb.com site)
Bright homepage down for 32 days ("webspace-user is unknown")
Fianchetto homepage down for 56 days (502 error: bad gateway)
GreKo homepage down for 3 days (a 110mb.com site)
Hamsters homepage down for 20 days (not found)
Kiwi homepage down for 20 days (not found)
Lyapko Utilities homepage down for 56 days (a 110mb.com site)
Nejmet homepage down for 40 days (a multimania site)
Spark homepage down for 32 days ("webspace-user is unknown")
Toledo Nanochess homepage down for 5 days (a 110mb.com site)
T-Rex homepage down for 41 days (a multimania site)
Wing homepage down for 121 days (not found)

Wiki Changes

GUI Protocol List
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- PGN Mentor: small comment revision
- Scid: added a link
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:gui_protocol_support_list

Mobile Chess List
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- added Pure Chess
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:mobile_chess_list

Native Engine List
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- Pure Chess: added 2 links and a comment
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:native_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

FreeFileSync 5.21
open source Win32/64 & Linux folder comparison and synchronization tool; recommended
http://sourceforge.net/projects/freefilesync/

PeaZip 5.1.0
open source cross-platform file and archive manager; available as portable app also
- create 7Z, ARC, BZ2, GZ, PAQ/ZPAQ, PEA, QUAD/BALZ, TAR, UPX, WIM, XZ, ZIP
- extract 150+ archive types: ACE, ARJ, CAB, DMG, ISO, LHA, RAR, UDF, etc.
http://peazip.sourceforge.net/ (homepage)
http://sourceforge.net/projects/peazip/files/5.1.0/ (5.1.0 downloads)

Meaning of Colors

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

Engine List: http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:chess_engine_list
Chess News: http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:chess_news_list

NOTE: If you want me to track a website for you, please email me and I will add it.
ron _at_ computer-chess _dot_ org