Engine Updates

Critter 0.70 (UCI)
Win32/64; mp; uses Gaviota egtbs
"it is nearly 100 elo stronger"
http://www.mediafire.com/?zjmnggirnzw (direct link)

Redqueen 0.4 (UCI)
3 commit(s) to the C++ source code (commits= 217), no new build
- r215: improved search
- r216: fixed problem at extensions
- r217: search functions improvement
http://sourceforge.net/projects/redqueenchess

Spark 0.4 (UCI)
mp, Win32/64, Linux64, Mac64
no Mac release at this time
- tuned evaluation
- refined search
- improved time management
- improved performance on 64-bit platforms
- 40 elo stronger than version 0.3a
- ponderhits could cause time forfeits when there was only a single legal move
- UCI options were not case insensitive, rendering them unchangeable under the Aquarium GUI
- UCI hashfull was not reported correctly when using >1 threads
http://members.ziggo.nl/allard.siemelink/spark/

Umko 0.9 (UCI)
C++ source; mp; Win32/64; Fruit derivative
http://sourceforge.net/projects/umko/

Chess News
Nothing new today

Down/Problem Chess Websites
Alex homepage down for 30 days ("Temporarily Unavailable")
Amundsen homepage down for 35 days
Bestia homepage down todat (110mb site)
Brama homepage down for 64 days
Colossus homepage down for 143 days
Dika homepage down for 65 days
Flux homepage is down for 3 days
Lyapko Utilities page down today (110mb site)
Nesik homepage down for 39 days
Numpty homepage closed until further notice (26 days)
Sissa homepage down for 31 days
Tony's Chess homepage down today (110mb site)
Wilhelm homepage down for 14 days
Darmenios homepage back up, no longer hijacked

NOTE: No longer tracking these pages (dead sites):
- Blitzter homepage
- Gosu homepage
- Sinobyl homepage

Wiki Changes

Chess Engine List
- moved Blitzter to Retreated Engine List
- moved Gosu to Retreated Engine List
- moved Sinobyl to Retreated Engine List
- added "mp" to Gaviota comment
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:chess_engine_list

Links
- removed SzG's Chess Page
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

Geshi 1.0.8.8
open source generic syntax highlighter for various PHP web systems
supports more than 100 programming languages
http://qbnz.com/highlighter/ (homepage)
http://sourceforge.net/projects/geshi/files/ (downloads)

Meaning of Colors

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

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