Engine Updates

Umko 1.0 (UCI)
C++ source; mp; Win32/64; Fruit derivative
http://sourceforge.net/projects/umko/

Chess News

ChessGUI 0.196 (WB/UCI)
a nice chess GUI / tournament manager by Matthias Gemuh; there is a separate download for a portable version
http://biglion.110mb.com/
http://w2410tmq9.homepage.t-online.de/

LittleBlitzer 2.3 (UCI)
Windows tournament manager program for UCI chess engines by Nathan Thom
- can now specify starting positions via the Position parameter (fixed or EPD of positions)
- fixed some illegal move reporting problems
- modified engines file format, now accepts UCI parameters
http://kimiensoftware.com/littlethought/littleblitzer.php

Down/Problem Chess Websites

Alex homepage down for 109 days
Amundsen homepage down for 114 days (Permissions problem)
Bearded homepage down for 30 days
Feuerstein homepage down for 49 days (probably dead)
Igor Gorelikov Tools homepage down for 2 days
Pyotr homepage down for 2 days
Shredder homepage down today
Zappa Mexico homepage down for 2 days
Aristarch homepage back up

Wiki Changes

Chess Engine List
- removed Sinobyl from Retreated Engine List, put it into the main list, engine is available from CCRL
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

Auslogics Disk Defrag 3.1.8.150
free disk defragmentation program; very fast defrag with system disk optimization
http://www.auslogics.com/en/software/disk-defrag

Auslogics Registry Cleaner 2.0.4.40
free Windows registry optimizer
http://www.auslogics.com/en/software/registry-cleaner/

FreeFileSync 3.9
open source Win32/64 & Linux folder comparison and synchronization tool. Recommended.
http://sourceforge.net/projects/freefilesync/

OpenOffice 3.3 beta 1
open source word processing, database, spreadsheet, chart, math formula editor, etc
this is a *beta* release
http://download.openoffice.org/ (homepage)
http://download.openoffice.org/all_beta.html (info & download)

Pidgin 2.7.3
open source chat program; works with almost all chat networks
http://www.pidgin.im/

Meaning of Colors

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

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