Engine Updates

RedQueen 0.6 (UCI)
C++ source; Win32, Linux64 - no JA build yet...
"It may be 100 elo stronger than 0.5"
- search class completely refactored
- fixed a lot of bugs in search
- optimization of evaluation function by using pre-processed information
- improved king safety evaluation
- improved transposition table by implementing replacement strategies
- improved move ordering of root moves
- implemented pondering
http://sourceforge.net/projects/redqueenchess/

Protector 1.3.5 (UCI)
5 revision(s) to the C++ source code today (current = rev. 323), no new build
- eval & search change(s)
http://sourceforge.net/projects/protector/

Chess News

Winboard 4.4.4
The grand-daddy of all the free chess GUIs
- bugfix release
- includes UCI2WB adapter
http://www.open-aurec.com/wbforum/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=50387

400 Neutral EPD positions
engine testing suite by Dann Corbit
same as yesterday's version but here is a direct link
http://cap.connx.com/chess-engines/new-approach/neutral.pgn.bz2

Opening Database 2010
openings database by Sedat Canbaz
- bugfix release
http://sedatchess.110mb.com/index.php?p=1_6

BikJump for Android
chess engine + GUI for the Android phone
the GUI can use other natively-compiled UCI engines
- the new download is a bit hard to find and named "bikjump_android.tar.gz"
http://www.aartbik.com/MISC/chess.html

Down/Problem Chess Websites

Frenzee page down for 4 days (permissions problem)
Pyotr homepage down today

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

Calibre 0.7.15
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/

Task Coach 1.1.0
open source cross-platform todo manager with task or calendar viewing
http://www.taskcoach.org/

Meaning of Colors

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

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