Engine Updates

Crafty 23.3 (WB)
C++ source; mp; limit strength; Win32/64, Linux
- 55 Elo stronger compared to 23.2
- limit strength reworked
ftp://ftp.cis.uab.edu/pub/hyatt/source/ (source)
http://www.webkikr.com/ (build)

RataAeroespacial 0.1.0 (WB)
C++ source code (Spanish language); FRC; Win32, Linux32
- rewritten from scratch
- much better Xboard protocol compatibility than previous releases
- can play fischer random chess
- basic chess engine with horrible eval (absolute untuned piece-square tables), but no-so-bad search
- source code is better than previous versions, better design. but needs much cleaning, and its in mixed spanish and english
- nothing new that deserves being licensed, so you can do whatever you want with these files, no licenses at all
- notably stronger than 0.0.5
http://sites.google.com/site/rataaeroespacial/Home

Redqueen 0.5 (UCI)
5 commit(s) to the C++ source code (commits= 314), no new build
- 310: tests
- 311: fixed bug at move ordering
- 312: created table with pre-processed pst
- 313: created table with pre-processed pst
- 314: created table with pre-processed pst
http://sourceforge.net/projects/redqueenchess

Chess News

Fritz GUI 12
commercial GUI
- new update for current customers
http://www.fritzserver.org/updates/gui12.exe (direct link)

SCID
PGN database program for creating opening books, also a Chess GUI
1 revision(s) to the C++ source code today (patchset = 601)
no build for this version
http://sourceforge.net/projects/scid

VikasWorld
Java-based online chess opponent by Vikas Sharma
http://www.vikasworld.com/vikas/computerChess.htm

Down/Problem Chess Websites

Alex homepage down for 90 days ("Temporarily Unavailable")
Amundsen homepage down for 95 days (Permissions problem)
Bearded homepage down for 11 days
CuckooChess homepage down for 17 days
Feuerstein homepage down for 30 days (probably dead)

Wiki Changes

FACE Tournament
update by Gerhard Schwager
- update division 8 page
- update division 9 page
- update ratings
- update pgn downloads
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:tournaments:face

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

Ghostery 2.2.1
free browser addon; alerts you about web bugs, ad networks and tracking widgets
on every web page you visit; "See who's tracking your web browsing and block them"
http://www.ghostery.com/ (homepage)
http://www.ghostery.com/download (browser comparisons)
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/9609 (Firefox info)

HWiNFO32 3.55-863
free system hardware information tool, system health monitoring and benchmarks
http://www.hwinfo.com/ (homepage)
http://www.hwinfo.com/download32.html (download)

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

RJ TextEd 6.54
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)

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

USBDeview 1.75
free utility to list all USB devices ever connected to computer; can uninstall any USB drivers local or remote
http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/usb_devices_view.html (homepage)
http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/usbdeview.zip (direct download)

µTorrent 2.0.3
open source BitTorrent client
http://www.utorrent.com/

µTorrent 2.2 'Griffin'beta (build 20663)
open source BitTorrent client
this is a *beta* release
http://forum.utorrent.com/viewtopic.php?id=76840

Meaning of Colors

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

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