Engine Updates

Brutus 8.01 (WB/UCI)
- now in addition to Winboard also UCI compatible
- I/O multithreading added
- bugfix to the openingbook
- changed the structure of the program again to enable SMP improvements (in future editions)
- some small bugfixes
http://www.xs4all.nl/~vermeire/brutus.html

Jim Ablett Win builds
- Doch 09.980 JA (UCI) for Win 32
a new engine for Win32/64 & Linux64 by Don Dailey
- Frittle 0.4 JA (WB) for Win 32
a compiled build for yesterday's Java release by Rohan Padhye
- GFC 0.8 rev 4 JA (WB) for Win 32
new Win32 build of old engine by Guillermo Filia. Bugfixed by JA.
- Slibo 0.4.7 JA (WB) for Win32
Win32 port of Linux engine + GUI project
http://homepages.tesco.net/henry.ablett/jims.html

Chesley the Chess Engine r302 (WB)
no build for this version yet
latest builds: r300 JA(Win32/64), 1.1(Mac)
http://sourceforge.net/projects/chesley/

Gaviota 0.74.9 (WB)
- tablebase checking program updated to version 4 (Linux only update)
http://sites.google.com/site/gaviotachessengine/

Protector 1.3.0 (UCI)
1 revision(s) to the C++ source code today (current = rev. 137), no new build
http://sourceforge.net/projects/protector/ (project site)

Down chess websites
AICE site down again today
Alf site down for 9 days
Eden site down for 21 days
Fimbulwinter site down for 23 days (fixing viruses?)
GreKo site down for 22 days (404 error)
Ktulu (free version) site down today
Smirf site down for 22 days
Brutus site back up at a new homepage & with a new version!
Lokasoft site back up
Smash site back up

Chess News

Harry Schnapp books
Opening Books for Arena, ChessBase, Aquarium & Shredder Classic
- book 'HS-20moves.abk' updated
http://americanfoot.free.fr/echecs/hsbook.htm

Slibo (engine + GUI)
2 new commit(s) to the C++ source code (commits = 152), no new project build
http://sourceforge.net/projects/slibo

Wiki Changes

FACE Tournament
- lots of updates showing new tournament results, new pgn downloads available
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:tournaments:face

Chess Engine List
- added Natwarlal
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:chess_engine_list

Bonus Notifications (recent releases of free stuff)

Note: Be careful not to install unwanted toolbars, etc.

Auslogics Disk Defrag 3.1.0.65
free disk defragmentation program. Recommended.
probably a bugfix for yesterday's release
http://www.auslogics.com/en/software/disk-defrag

Google Chrome 3.0.195.33
free web browser
http://www.google.com/chrome

GParted 0.4.8-3
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
there is a warning about resizing ntfs partitions with this version!
http://gparted.sourceforge.net/download.php (please read the warning)
http://gparted.sourceforge.net/ (homepage)
http://sourceforge.net/projects/gparted/ (project page)
http://sourceforge.net/projects/gparted/files/gparted-live-testing/ (download)

Maxthon 2.5.10.2994 Beta
free IE-based web browser with many extra features and plugins
http://www.maxthon.com/
http://www.maxthon.com/changelog.htm (changelog)

Task Coach 0.76.1
open source todo manager
http://www.taskcoach.org/

Vuze 4.3.0.0
free open source BitTorrent client formerly known as Azureus
http://azureus.sourceforge.net/index.php

Wise Registry Cleaner 4.86.229
free registry cleaner. Cleans incorrect or obsolete registry information
http://free-registry-cleaner.wisecleaner.com/

Meaning of Colors

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

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