Engine Updates

BagaturChess 1.1.2 (UCI)
Java source; Win32/64; mp
- readme file updated, no changes to any other files
http://sourceforge.net/projects/bagaturchess/

Tony Mokonen Win32 builds
DoubleCheck 1.3.1 TM (UCI)
C source; Win32
- silent update, version number unchanged
http://www3.telus.net/tmokonen/DoubleCheck131_x32.rar (direct link)
http://www3.telus.net/tmokonen/DoubleCheck131DevC.rar (MinGW build)

Supra 3.2 (UCI)
Win32
http://suprachesssystem.com/ (Portugeuse)
http://www.suprachesssystem.com/ (English)

Chess News

ChessGUI 0.232 (WB/UCI)
chess GUI / tournament manager by Matthias Gemuh; there is a separate download for a portable version
- an important detail in TLCV support fixed
http://www.chessgui.com/chess/ChessGUI.zip (direct link)

Norm Pollock site
PGN & EPD Utility Suites and Opening Book PGN Databases
- new Program: epdMaterial - extracts records based on a user-specified "material_list"
Example: epdMaterial alpha.epd rnRkbpppQKqPRPPPNR
http://www.hoflink.com/~npollock/chess.html

Down/Problem Chess Websites

Bubble homepage down for 9 days (no response in 60 seconds)
Dann Corbit homepage down for 58 days (broken computer!)
Matacz homepage down for 25 days (a 110mb.com site)
Monik homepage down for 4 days ("This Account Has Been Suspended")
Smaug homepage down for 29 days

Wiki Changes

Endgame Tablebases and Bitbases List
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- improved the comments and descriptions
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:egtbs_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

Java 6, Update 27
update of Java runtime and development kit (JRE or JDK)
- new update to older version of Java (some people consider Java 7 a beta release)
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/index.html

PHP 5.3.8
PHP is a very popular open source scripting language mostly used for web applications
- this patches a serious security problem
"All users are strongly encouraged to upgrade to PHP 5.3.8."
http://php.net/ (homepage)

PostgreSQL 9.1 RC 1
open source SQL database for high performance and high availability applications
- this is a *release candidate*, almost ready for production use
"contains fixes for all known outstanding issues reported on the betas of version 9.1"
http://www.postgresql.org/ (homepage)
http://www.postgresql.org/about/news.1341 (announcement)

Meaning of Colors

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

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