Engine Updates

Jim Ablett Win builds
AliBaba 1.27wb JA (WB)
- more bugs fixed
http://homepages.tesco.net/henry.ablett/jims.html

Plisk 0.2.3 (WB/UCI)
Win32/64, AMD64, & Linux32
- improved king safety (pre-castle) evaluation
- fixed a mate and pondering bug
- enabled futility pruning
- tweaks and improvements in passed pawns evaluation
http://sites.google.com/site/pliskchess/

Protector 1.3.4 (UCI)
1 revision(s) to the C++ source code today (current = rev. 278), no new build
- internal changes (fewer warnings, renamings)
http://sourceforge.net/projects/protector/ (project site)

Redqueen 0.4 (UCI)
2 commit(s) to the C++ source code (commits= 195), no new build
- r194: improving search
- r195: implemented rooks evaluation
http://sourceforge.net/projects/redqueenchess

Chess News
Nothing new today

Down/Problem Chess Websites
Alex homepage down for 20 days ("Temporarily Unavailable")
Amundsen homepage down for 25 days
Blitzter homepage down for 62 days
Brama homepage down for 54 days
ChessMind homepage down for 10 days
Colossus homepage down for 133 days
Dika homepage down for 55 days
Gosu homepage down for 60 days
InmiChess homepage down today
MSCP homepage down today
Nesik homepage down for 29 days
Numpty homepage closed until further notice (16 days)
Sinobyl homepage down for 79 days
Sissa homepage down for 21 days
Wilhelm homepage down for 4 days
Feuerstein homepage back up

Wiki Changes

Chess GUI List
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- improve comment for WinChloe
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:gui_protocol_support_list

Native Engine List
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- added Lord Of The Chess
- removed N Schach
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:native_engine_list

Software For Solving Chess Problems / Puzzles / Endgame Studies
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- added VKsach
- added Mat Plus and Mat Plus Review
- added Phénix
- additional link for shell (GUI) to Popeye solver program
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:software_for_solving_chess_problems

Links
- added SedatChess as a tournament/ratings link
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:links

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

Fantom 1.0.53
open source language resembling Java & C#; code is portable to JVM, .NET CLR, or JavaScript
this cool OO/imperative/functional/concurrent language is relatively unknown
http://fantom.org/

ID3 Renamer 3.1.0
free utility to rename music files
http://www.id3renamer.com/

JDK 6 Update 20 with JavaFX SDK
open source Java tool for developing Rich Internet applications
all 'update 20' modules are done except for the Java EE package
http://java.sun.com/javase/downloads/index.jsp

MyLittleForum 2.2
open source PHP forum software; this forum is powered by it; Recommended!
http://mylittleforum.net/download

Pidgin 2.7.0
open source chat program; works with almost all chat networks
http://www.pidgin.im/

µTorrent 2.0.2
open source BitTorrent client
http://www.utorrent.com/

Meaning of Colors

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

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