Engine Updates

Jim Ablett Win builds
Carballo 0.5 Jet JA (UCI)
Java source; Win32
http://homepages.tesco.net/henry.ablett/jims.html

Ifrit j3.2 (UCI)
C++ source (Russian language comments); Win32
- has removed extension for bargaining
- has removed futility pruning
- PVS allocated to the function
- LMR allocated to the function
- rewrote assess (evaluate)
- fixed a bug in the LMR (lmr_reduction was global)
- adjusted delta pruning
http://translate.google.com/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fandchess2006.narod.ru%2F&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&sl=ru&tl=en

Ivanhoe 999957a (UCI)
Ippolit derivative; mp
http://www.chesslogik.com/ivanhoe.htm

Pawny 0.2 (UCI)
C source; Win32/64, Linux32/64
- time control management change
http://pawny.netii.net/

Redqueen 0.5 (UCI)
5 commit(s) to the C++ source code (commits= 292), no new build
- 288: tests
- 289: minor fixes
- 290: bug fixes
- 291: game phase code fixed
- 292: bug fixes
http://sourceforge.net/projects/redqueenchess

Jim Ablett Win builds
Stockfish 1.8 JA (UCI)
C++ source; mp; FRC; Win32/64, Linux32/64
http://homepages.tesco.net/henry.ablett/jims.html
http://www.stockfishchess.com/download/ (Stockfish homepage download)

Sungorus 1.4 (UCI)
C source; Win32/64, Linux 32/64
- fixed a bug in Swap()
- added pvs
- changed some null move conditions
- TransStore(): always replace when there is a hit, regardless of depth
- mate scores are now displayed correctly
http://sites.google.com/site/sungorus/

Chess News

Ajax Chess 3.0
online Javascript chess opponent by Gary Linscott (GarboChess); it only plays as Black
- 604.5/1000 or ~70 ELO better than previous version
- killer moves
- tuned PSQ tables/mobility
- better king eval in endgame (won't stay on back row)
- show '#' for checkmate
- improved UI (new game, switch black/white, choose time/move)
- fixed crashes from using invalid hash moves
- other small bug fixes
- speed optimizations
http://forwardcoding.com/projects/ajaxchess/chess.html

PocketGrandmaster 4.3 (for Windows Mobile)
commercial chess program (shareware)
http://www.pocketgrandmaster.com/english/dload.html

SCID
PGN database program for creating opening books, also a Chess GUI
1 revision(s) to the C++ source code today (patchset = 593)
no build for this version
http://sourceforge.net/projects/scid

Down/Problem Chess Websites
Alex homepage down for 70 days ("Temporarily Unavailable")
Amundsen homepage down for 75 days (Permissions problem)
Feuerstein homepage down for 10 days (probably dead)
Numpty homepage closed until further notice (66 days)
Bestia homepage back up
ChestUCI homepage back up
GreKo homepage back up
Lyapko Utilities homepage back up
Matacz homepage back up
Toledo Nanochess homepage back up
Tony's Chess homepage back up

Wiki Changes
Nothing new today

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

BitComet 1.22
free peer-to-peer file-sharing; compatible with BitTorrent
http://www.bitcomet.com/

Calibre 0.7.7
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/

Firefox 3.6.7 build 1 beta
open source browser. Recommended!
this is a *beta* release
http://www.mozilla.com/ (homepage)
http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/all-beta.html (beta page)

Game Booster 1.5
free; increases performance by temporarily shutting down background processes
and maximizing available RAM. Recommended!
http://www.iobit.com/gamebooster.html

GParted Live 0.6.0-6
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
http://gparted.sourceforge.net/ (homepage)
http://sourceforge.net/projects/gparted/ (project page)
http://sourceforge.net/projects/gparted/files/gparted-live-testing/ (download)

Miranda IM 0.8.27
open source instant messaging program
http://www.miranda-im.org/

Opera 10.60
open source web browser: the most standards-compliant rendering
http://www.opera.com/ (homepage)
http://www.opera.com/browser/download/ (download)

PeaZip 3.2.1
open source file and archive manager; available as portable app also
- create 7Z, ARC, BZ2, GZ, PAQ/ZPAQ, PEA, QUAD/BALZ, TAR, UPX, ZIP
- extract 123 archive types: ACE, ARJ, CAB, DMG, ISO, LHA, RAR, UDF, etc.
http://peazip.sourceforge.net/ (homepage)

PHP 5.2.14 RC 2 & 5.3.3 RC 2
PHP is a very popular open source web language
these are *release candidates*
http://php.net/ (homepage)
http://qa.php.net/ (RC info & download)

Scala 2.8.0 RC 7
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

Task Coach 1.0.7
open source cross-platform todo manager with task or calendar viewing
http://www.taskcoach.org/

Trillian 4.2.0.20
free cross-platform chat supporting Windows Live, Yahoo, MySpaceIM, AIM, Google, ICQ, Jabber, Skype, IRC, more
http://www.trillian.im/

µTorrent 2.0.3 beta (build 20367)
open source BitTorrent client
this is a *beta* release
http://forum.utorrent.com/viewtopic.php?id=78100

Meaning of Colors

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

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