Engine Updates

Protector 1.3.4 (UCI)
1 revision(s) to the C++ source code today (current = rev. 289), no new build
- search change(s)
http://sourceforge.net/projects/protector/ (project site)

Redqueen 0.4 (UCI)
5 commit(s) to the C++ source code (commits= 210), no new build
- r206: fixed castle move generator
- r207: fixed castle move generator
- r208: improving search... parameters tuning
- r209: improving search... parameters tuning
- r210: improving search... parameters tuning
http://sourceforge.net/projects/redqueenchess

Chess News

ChessGUI 0.181 (WB/UCI)
Nice chess GUI / tournament manager by Matthias Gemuh
There is a separate download for a portable version
- UCI output was broken in 0.180: fixed!
- Elo values now editable
http://biglion.110mb.com
http://www.w2410tmq9.homepage.t-online.de

Down/Problem Chess Websites
Alex homepage down for 26 days ("Temporarily Unavailable")
Amundsen homepage down for 31 days
Blitzter homepage down for 68 days
Brama homepage down for 60 days
Colossus homepage down for 139 days
Dika homepage down for 61 days
Gosu homepage down for 66 days
InmiChess homepage down for 3 days
Mizar homepage down today ("sito in costruzione")
Nesik homepage down for 35 days
Numpty homepage closed until further notice (22 days)
Sinobyl homepage down for 85 days
Sissa homepage down for 27 days
Wilhelm homepage down for 10 days
AICE homepage back up
Sibyl homepage back up
Xpdnt homepage back up

Wiki Changes

Chess Engine List
- added Zarkov to Retreated Engine List
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:chess_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

Defraggler 1.19
free and fast file/directory defragmenter; it does not relocate files to increase Windows performance,
but it works well in conjuction with other optimizing defrag programs
http://www.piriform.com/defraggler

Miranda IM 0.8.24
open source instant messaging program
http://www.miranda-im.org/

RJ TextEd 6.4
free programmer's text editor; unicode, spell-checking, code-completion, remote editing, etc
http://www.rj-texted.se/index.htm (homepage)
http://www.rj-texted.se/download.htm (download page)

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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