Engine Updates

Gaviota 0.75.7 (WB/UCI)
Win32/64, Linux32/64; mp; own egtbs
- improved time management
- added UCI protocol implementation
- can use 2 opening books
- complete changelog: http://sites.google.com/site/gaviotachessengine/Home/change-log
http://sites.google.com/site/gaviotachessengine/

KnockOut 0.7.1 build 002 (WB)
Win32; can use PolyGlot opening books; uses Gaviota endgame tablebases
- fixed some time control bugs that caused several losses on time, especially
in X+0 games and with incremental time control
- the clock adjustment triggered by the "time" WinBoard command had a severe
problem that affected all time controls - fixing it did not only reduce the
number of time losses but also slightly improve the overall time management
- options hashTableSizeMB and gtbCacheSizeMB did not have any effect, so the
default settings were always used; this was corrected
- with older WinBoard GUI versions < 4.3.x, hash table size could not be
configured yet, so the default (256MB) was always used; now the configuration
file "knockout.ini" allows to overcome this problem
- the description of the "option" WinBoard command in this readme file was
wrong, the '=' character was missing (corrected)
- skipped the "development" evaluation term since it was overlapping too much
with other evaluation terms
- reduced the values for passed pawns in the opening
http://www.schuelebln.de/chess/knockout/knockout-0.7.1-build002.zip (direct link)

Redqueen 0.4 (UCI)
3 commit(s) to the C++ source code (commits= 241), no new build
- 239: fixed problem at qsearch
- 240: minor changes
- 241: search functions improvement
http://sourceforge.net/projects/redqueenchess

NOTE: a new Dann Corbit 64-bit compile of a C++-ified old Sungorus
http://cap.connx.com/chess-engines/new-approach/sungorus-13-pp.7z

NOTE: new compiles of old versions of Woodpecker and OBender
http://evgeniy-korniloff.narod.ru/download.html

Chess News

Jim Ablett chess engine logo collection
"new added: Chessmind, Blitz Kibitz, Darmenios, IIchess, Deep Duke, Pawny, Sungorus,
The Mad Prune, Easy Peasy, Knockout"
http://homepages.tesco.net/henry.ablett/jims.html
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/5047625/Logo_Collection_1.7.1_by_Jim_Ablett.zip (direct link)
http://www.mediafire.com/?zygydo4g24i (direct link)

Down/Problem Chess Websites
Alex homepage down for 46 days ("Temporarily Unavailable")
Amundsen homepage down for 51 days
Brama homepage down for 80 days
Cylone homepage down for 7 days
Demon homepage down for 7 days
Dika homepage down for 81 days
Fire homepage down for 7 days
Flux homepage down for 19 days
InmiChess homepage down for 8 days
Mizar homepage down for 13 days (no download page)
Nesik homepage down for 55 days
Numpty homepage closed until further notice (42 days)
RobboLito homepage down for 7 days
Sissa homepage down for 47 days
Toga II 2.0SE homepage down for 7 days
Wilhelm homepage down for 30 days
Feuerstein homepage back up after being down for 2 days
Mscp homepage back up after being down for 9 days

Wiki Changes

Chess Engine List
- added ChessGenius
- corrected hash sizes for various Francesca builds
- added note for Loop engine regarding versions
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

CDBurnerXP 4.3.2.2140
open source CD / DVD / Blu-ray burning software. Recommended
this program requires .NET framework; Media Format 9.0 Update required if using WMA format
http://cdburnerxp.se/en/download (homepage & download)

Lunascape 6.1.5
free browser with all 3 major rendering engines: IE (Trident)+Firefox(Gecko)+Chrome/Safari (Webkit)
preview web pages side-by-side using the 3 different rendering engines
http://www.lunascape.tv/

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

System Explorer 2.2.2
free; detailed info about tasks, processes, modules, startups, IE addons, uninstallers, windows, services, drivers,
connections and opened files; graphs monitor usage of system resources in real-time
http://systemexplorer.mistergroup.org/

Task Coach 1.0.5
open source cross-platform todo manager with task or calendar viewing
http://www.taskcoach.org/

Meaning of Colors

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

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Chess News: http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:chess_news_list