Engine Updates

Carballo 0.5 (UCI)
Java source; no build from Jim Ablett yet
"Improves about 150 ELO points over Carballo 0.4"
- PVS searcher: SearchEngine completely changed
- futility pruning now works!
- new TT algorithm, now also uses TT to store evaluation values
- bug with draw detection with 3-fold repetition
- bug with time management on tournament, was using the opponent's time amount
- bug with history table overflow
http://sourceforge.net/projects/carballo/

Ghost 2.0.1 beta (WB)
Win32, Linux32/64
"new settings file that uses a much more selective search and seems to improve playing strength in first tests by roughly 50-100 elo! "
- beta version is for Win32 only
http://www.ghostchess.de/

Redqueen 0.5 (UCI)
3 commit(s) to the C++ source code (commits= 287), no new build
- 285: fixed bugs
- 286: adjusted search parameters
- 287: bug fixes
http://sourceforge.net/projects/redqueenchess

Chess News
Nothing new today

Down/Problem Chess Websites
Alex homepage down for 67 days ("Temporarily Unavailable")
Amundsen homepage down for 72 days (Permissions problem)
Bestia homepage down today (110mb site)
ChestUCI homepage down today (110mb site)
Feuerstein homepage down for 7 days (probably dead)
GreKo homepage down today (110mb site)
Lyapko Utilities homepage down today (110mb site)
Matacz homepage down today (110mb site)
Numpty homepage closed until further notice (63 days)
Toledo Nanochess homepage down today (110mb site)
Tony's Chess homepage down today (110mb site)
Aristarch homepage back up
Parrot homepage back up

Wiki Changes

Play Chess Online List
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- added Flash Chess
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:play_chess_online_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

AVG Anti-Virus 9.0.839
Free anti-virus, anti-spyware program with excellent protection
32-bit program that runs on all modern Win systems including Win64
http://free.avg.com/us-en/download-avg-anti-virus-free-edition
http://free.avg.com/us-en/download?prd=afg#tba2 (downloads)

Cobian Backup 10.1.0.783
free multithreaded Win32/64 backup; supports ftp upload/download, compression, encryption, backup of locked files
http://www.educ.umu.se/~cobian/cobianbackup.htm

FBackup 4.4.213
free, simple backup program
http://www.fbackup.com/ (hompage)
http://www.snapfiles.com/downloads/fbackup/dlfbackup.html (direct link)

GIMP 2.6.9
Gnu Image Manipulation Program (GIMP); retouch photos, create drawings & renderings, etc.
- Windows binary released
http://www.gimp.org/

Glary Utilities 2.26.0.956
free; cleanup, repair, optimize and enhance your privacy & security, etc.
http://www.glaryutilities.com/gu.html

HWiNFO32 3.55-815
free system hardware information tool, system health monitoring and benchmarks
http://www.hwinfo.com/ (homepage)
http://www.hwinfo.com/download32.html (download)

Meaning of Colors

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

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