Engine Updates

Deep Saros 2.0 (UCI)
C++ source; mp; Win32, Linux32/64; Toga derivative
"DeepSaros-2 is released only for Linux"
- new 'Titans' opening book
http://digilander.libero.it/taioscacchi/programmi/saros-page.html

GreKo 7.0 (WB/UCI)
C++ source; Win32
new URL
- search modified
http://greko.110mb.com/index.html

GullChess 0.9 (UCI)
C++ source; Win32/64
http://sourceforge.net/projects/gullchess/

Houdini 1.02 (UCI)
Win32/64, mp; Ippolit derivative
- SMP and hash collision bug fixes
- work-around for Shredder GUI
http://www.cruxis.com/chess/houdini.htm

Neurone III (WB)
Win32/64; requires .NET 3.5 or later
fixed:
- grave bug in survey position
add on:
- analysis mode
- improved slightly positional understanding
- new logo
note:
- this release was issued solely to correct a serious bug in the detection of position by Winboard command "setboard"
- 64bit version (I not have the opportunity to test if it works in 64bit!)
http://www.mrlissandrello.com/index.php?option=com_filecabinet&view=files&id=6

Redqueen 0.5 (UCI)
3 commit(s) to the C++ source code (commits= 269), no new build
- 267: tests
- 268: adjusted search parameters
- 269: bug fixes
http://sourceforge.net/projects/redqueenchess

Vajolet 0.33 (WB)
C# source; Win32; requires chesslib.dll
http://code.google.com/p/vajolet/source/browse/#svn/trunk/vajolet/release

Chess News

ChessGUI 0.183 (WB/UCI)
Nice chess GUI / tournament manager by Matthias Gemuh
There is a separate download for a portable version
http://biglion.110mb.com
http://www.w2410tmq9.homepage.t-online.de

WBEC-Ridderkerk Rating List
Leo has updated the ratings from WBEC, Edition 17
http://wbec-ridderkerk.nl/html/BayesianElo_ed17.htm

Down/Problem Chess Websites
Alex homepage down for 59 days ("Temporarily Unavailable")
Amundsen homepage down for 64 days
Aristarch homepage down today
Nesik homepage down for 68 days
Numpty homepage closed until further notice (55 days)
Smash homepage down today
Wilhelm homepage down for 43 days
NSVChess homepage back up

Wiki Changes

FACE Tournament
- many pages updated by Gerhard
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:tournaments:face

Chess Engine List
updates by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- added comment for Redqueen
- improved link for Vajolet
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:chess_engine_list

Engine GUI List
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- added Gromit
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:engine_gui_list

Software For Solving Chess Problems / Puzzles / Endgame Studies
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- added Goliath Mate UCI
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:software_for_solving_chess_problems

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

7-Zip 9.15 beta
open source file archiver with very good compression. Recommended.
this is a *beta* release
http://www.7-zip.org

aTunes 2.0.1
Java audio player & manager
http://www.atunes.org/

Calibre 0.7.4
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/

Cobian Backup 10.0.3.771
free multithreaded Win32/64 backup; supports ftp upload/download, compression, encryption, backup of locked files
http://www.educ.umu.se/~cobian/cobianbackup.htm

Defraggler 1.20
free 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

FBackup 4.4.207
free, simple backup program
http://www.fbackup.com/ (hompage)
http://www.snapfiles.com/downloads/fbackup/dlfbackup.html (direct link)

Free Video to iPod Converter 4.0
http://www.dvdvideosoft.com/
http://www.dvdvideosoft.com/products/dvd/Free-Video-to-iPod-Converter.htm

FreeFileSync 3.8
open source Win32/64 & Linux folder comparison and synchronization tool. Recommended.
http://sourceforge.net/projects/freefilesync/

GParted Live 0.6.0-1
open source Gnome Partition Editor- resize, move, copy, check, label your hard drive's partitions
understands most file systems including all for Windows and Linux
this is probably a quick bugfix for yesterday's release
http://gparted.sourceforge.net/ (homepage)
http://sourceforge.net/projects/gparted/ (project page)
http://sourceforge.net/projects/gparted/files/gparted-live-testing/ (download)

ID3 Renamer 3.2.0
free utility to rename music files
http://www.id3renamer.com/

Miranda IM 0.8.26
open source instant messaging program
http://www.miranda-im.org/

MyLittleForum 2.2.5
open source PHP forum software; this forum is powered by it; Recommended!
http://mylittleforum.net/download

Networx 5.1.2
free network traffic (bandwidth) monitor & usage reporting w/ real-time graphs
http://www.softperfect.com/products/networx/

Opera 10.54
open source web browser: the most standards-compliant rendering
http://www.opera.com/ (homepage)
http://www.opera.com/browser/download/ (download)

Python 2.7 RC 2
popular open source scripting language
this is *release candidate* software
http://www.python.org/ (homepage)
http://www.python.org/download/releases/2.7/ (beta download and info)

RJ TextEd 6.50
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)

Scala 2.8.0 RC 6
a powerful OO, imperative/functional jvm language for professional programmers w/actors for concurrency
this is a *release candidate*
http://www.scala-lang.org/downloads

µTorrent 2.0.3 beta (build 20193)
open source BitTorrent client
this is a *beta* release
http://forum.utorrent.com/viewtopic.php?id=78100

Vala/Genie 0.9.2
the Vala language resembles C# and the Genie language resembles Python
the common language compiler outputs OO C code using the GObject library
not yet at version 1.0, but some large apps are written in Vala/Genie
http://live.gnome.org/Vala (Vala + download)
http://live.gnome.org/Genie (Genie)

VLC 1.1.0
open source multimedia player (audio/video)
http://www.videolan.org/

Meaning of Colors

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

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