Engine Updates

AviChess 0.6 (WB)
new Win32 Winboard engine by Michel Gaillard with C source
http://agendacom.nuxit.net/index.html

Bearded 06_29_02 (WB)
Win32; last update was in 2006: welcome back, Mariusz!
http://republika.pl/brodacz100/index.html

Numpty 0.5-pr (WB)
Win32; Basic source (FreeBasic dialect)
http://bloodhound66-numpty.110mb.com/ (home page)
http://bloodhound66-numpty.110mb.com/chess/Numpty0.5pr.zip (direct download)

Thinker 5.4D (WB)
not new, but a new link. Also: some other chess software
http://cid-2991af457de54bf0.skydrive.live.com/browse.aspx/Public

Down chess websites
Amundsen site down for 7 days
Smash site down today
Smirf site down for 51 days

Note: Some Sourceforge project pages did not load in a reasonable amount of time
Warning: Lyapko site is an attack site and dangerous to visit

Chess News

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

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

7-Zip 9.09 beta
open source file archiver with very good compression. Recommended.
this is a *beta* release
http://www.7-zip.org

Auslogics Registry Cleaner 1.5.12.165
free Windows registry optimizer
- file size changed, release date changed, but version number is the same
http://www.auslogics.com/en/software/registry-cleaner/

Meaning of Colors

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

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