Engine Updates

Butterfly 0.2.8 (WB)
C++ source; Win32/64
source and Win64 only, no Win32 release so far...
- fix bug in check positions
http://sites.google.com/site/butterflychess/

Ildtiadar 0.9b (WB)
Win32, Linux32
- fixed invalid castling with king moving over threatened field
- fixed critical bugs that eroded move generation sources in later game
http://eloxoph.com/ildtiadar/

Chess News

ChessX 0.7 GUI (WB/UCI)
PGN database program for Windows, Mac & Linux with engine support for analysis only (not for playing)
1 new commit(s) to the C++ source, (rev = 1030), no new build
- update TODO list
http://sourceforge.net/projects/chessx/

Cutechess-cli 0.2.2 (WB/UCI)
commandline interface to run engine-engine games
- the same command line option can't accidentally be passed twice
- accept or reject Xboard engines' features immediately; some engines (eg. Matacz) fail to initialize properly without this feature
- handle cases where an engine fails to start or disconnects almost immediately
- option "--protocols" for displaying a list of supported chess protocols
- option "--variants" for displaying a list of supported variants
- support Atomic, Crazyhouse and Losers variants
- A castling bugfix for Chess960 and Capablanca random chess
- JSON format for storing engine configurations
- handle non-responding engines better; if an engine runs out of time and then stops responding, it will be properly terminated
- games where an engine loses on time do not cause a freeze anymore
http://koti.mbnet.fi/~ilaripih/bin/cutechess-cli-win32.zip (Win32)
http://repo.or.cz/w/sloppygui.git (source)
http://koti.mbnet.fi/~ilaripih/bin/cutechess-cli-linux32.tar.gz (Linux32)
http://koti.mbnet.fi/~ilaripih/bin/cutechess-cli-linux64.tar.gz (Linux64)
http://koti.mbnet.fi/~ilaripih/bin/cutechess-cli-osx.zip (Mac)

Down/Problem Chess Websites
Alex homepage down for 13 days ("Temporarily Unavailable")
Amundsen homepage down for 18 days
Betsy homepage down for 119 days
Blitzter homepage down for 55 days
Brama homepage down for 47 days
ChessMind homepage down for 3 days
Colossus homepage down for 126 days
Dika homepage down for 48 days
Gosu homepage down for 53 days
Nesik homepage down for 22 days
Numpty homepage closed until further notice (9 days)
Sinobyl homepage down for 72 days
Sissa homepage down for 14 days

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

Ghostery 2.1.1
free browser addon; alerts you about web bugs, ad networks and tracking widgets
on every web page you visit; optionally block trackers
- this is a Firefox update
http://www.ghostery.com/ (homepage)
http://www.ghostery.com/download (browser comparisons)
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/9609

Sysinternals Suite
free trouble-shooting utilities suite from Microsoft
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb842062.aspx

Meaning of Colors

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

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