Engine Updates

Absolute Zero 2.1.0.0 (UCI)
C# source; own GU; Win32/64; requires .NET runtime (not included in download)
- author build and source files
https://github.com/zongzhengli/Absolute-Zero/releases (downloads)

Chess News

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

XBoard Alpha News
HG is adding new features to Winboard
http://hgm.nubati.net/news.html

Down/Problem Chess Websites

Alex WBTM homepage down for 71 days (a multimania site)
Bestia homepage down for 86 days (a 110mb.com site)
Bright homepage down for 62 days ("webspace-user is unknown")
Fianchetto homepage down for 86 days (502 error: bad gateway)
GreKo homepage down today (a 110mb.com site)
Hamsters homepage down for 50 days (not found)
Kiwi homepage down for 50 days (not found)
Lyapko Utilities homepage down for 86 days (a 110mb.com site)
Nejmet homepage down for 70 days (a multimania site)
Spark homepage down for 62 days ("webspace-user is unknown")
Toledo Nanochess homepage down for 17 days (a 110mb.com site)
T-Rex homepage down for 71 days (a multimania site)
Wing homepage down for 151 days (not found)
Toga Returns homepage has been hacked and is dangerous to visit

Wiki Changes

Chess Logos List
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- added Absolute Zero, Barbarossa, and Gladiator
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:chess_logos_list

Endgame Tablebases and Bitbases List
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- added Moreland´s EGDBs for Ferret
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:egtbs_list

Engine GUI List
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- added Absolute Zero and CINAG
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:engine_gui_list

Links
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- added LightSpeed rating list
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:links

Linux Engine List
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- Stockfish: added a link
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:linux_engine_list

SMP Engine List
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- Crab: removed comment
- added Ferret
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:smp_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 5.22
open source Win32/64 & Linux folder comparison and synchronization tool; recommended
http://sourceforge.net/projects/freefilesync/

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.10
independent distro; desktop: GNOME, KDE; #41 in popularity
- this is an update for an older version
http://www.redhat.com/

SumatraPDF 2.4
free, open-source minimalistic PDF/mobi/chm/djvu/cbr reader for Windows; it is a portable app
http://blog.kowalczyk.info/software/sumatrapdf/free-pdf-reader.html

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