Engine Updates

Jim Ablett Win builds
AliBaba 1.28wb JA (WB)
Win32, Linux32
- analysis mode was broken
http://homepages.tesco.net/henry.ablett/jims.html

Jim Ablett Win builds
Chesley r323 JA (WB)
Win32/64, Linux32/64
http://homepages.tesco.net/henry.ablett/jims.html

Jim Ablett Win builds
Komodo 1.1 JA (UCI)
Win32/64, Linux32/64
- about 15 ELO stronger than Komodo 1.0
- umproved endgame handling
- UCI searchmoves feature implemented
- UCI MultiPV feature implemented
- Polyglot book support
http://homepages.tesco.net/henry.ablett/jims.html
http://www.file-upload.net/download-2519072/komodoBook.zip.html (opening book)

Onno 1-2-70 (UCI)
Commercial; Win32/64; mp
" This is the final (non-beta) MP update"
"In my tests, on 2 cores, Onno was 65 Elo above the single version"
"On 4 cores, Onno was 116 Elo above the single version"
http://www.onnochess.com/index.html

Protector 1.3.4 (UCI)
1 revision(s) to the C++ source code today (current = rev. 279), no new build
- eval & search change(s)
http://sourceforge.net/projects/protector/ (project site)

Redqueen 0.4 (UCI)
1 commit(s) to the C++ source code (commits= 197), no new build
- r197: improving search... parameters tuning
http://sourceforge.net/projects/redqueenchess

Chess News
Nothing new today

Down/Problem Chess Websites
Alex homepage down for 22 days ("Temporarily Unavailable")
Amundsen homepage down for 27 days
Blitzter homepage down for 64 days
Brama homepage down for 56 days
ChessMind homepage down for 12 days
Colossus homepage down for 135 days
Dika homepage down for 57 days
Gosu homepage down for 62 days
Nesik homepage down for 31 days
Numpty homepage closed until further notice (18 days)
Sinobyl homepage down for 81 days
Sissa homepage down for 23 days
Wilhelm homepage down for 6 days
Igor Gorelikov Tools site back up
Lokasoft site back up
Pyotr homepage back up

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

Calibre 0.6.53
cross-platform open source ebook manager for all popular ebook readers with
format conversion, news feeds, and integrated e-book viewer
http://calibre-ebook.com/

Firefox 3.6.4 build 4 beta
open source browser. Recommended!
this is a *beta* release
http://www.mozilla.com/ (homepage)
http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/all-beta.html (beta page)

IrfanView 4.27
free image viewer/scanner/printer/converter with many plugins
http://www.irfanview.com/

Wise Registry Cleaner Free 5.32
free registry cleaner; cleans incorrect or obsolete registry information and deletes unnecessary files
http://www.wisecleaner.com/download.html

Meaning of Colors

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

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