Chess One 3.x, build 5 (WB)
Win32; Unrelated to the original 'Chess' program; program renamed for clarity
Should I call it 'Chess Too'?
According to Jim Ablett: in the original source code it was named 'Chess One'
this is a silent update discovered by Olivier Deville
http://evgeniy-korniloff.narod.ru/download.html

CuckooChess (UCI)
new engine by Peter Osterlund; found by Tony Mokonen
Java source; own GUI
for UCI mode: EngineCommand = java -jar /path/to/jar/chess.jar uci
http://web.telia.com/~u89404340/javachess/index.html

KMT Chess 1.2.1 (WB)
C++ source (Spanish language comments); Win32/64; uses BookThinker
- analysis support
- can run .epd suites if the interface supports them (tested in Arena)
- fixed a bug that allows reductions in passed pawn advances
- fixed a bug that caused (very rarely) search erronously return -infinite, and KMT resigns even being in advantage. Shocked
- fixed a bug that caused big nps drop while pondering
- fixed a bug that caused using an illegal move as pondermove
- now KMT uses the transposition table to avoid null-moves in positions where there is no chance of getting a cut off
- now null-move reduction is proportional to depth. Branching factor reduced
http://sourceforge.net/projects/kmtchess/

Protector 1.3.2 (UCI)
1 revision(s) to the C++ source code today (current = rev. 201), no new build
http://sourceforge.net/projects/protector/ (project site)

Jim Ablett Win builds
- Scorpio 2.4 JA (WB) for Win32/64 & Linux32/64
http://homepages.tesco.net/henry.ablett/jims.html

Sjakk 11-Jan-2010 (WB)
Win32; own GUI
http://www.pvv.ntnu.no/~jacobbl/jacob/Sjakk/Sjakk.htm

Spark 0.3a (UCI)
mp, Win32/64, Linux64, Mac64
- new Linux64 build today
http://members.ziggo.nl/allard.siemelink/spark/

Down/Problem chess websites
Betsy homepage down for 6 days
Colossus homepage down for 12 days
nanoSzachy homepage down today
Amundsen homepage back up after being down for 4 days
Vicki homepage back up after being down for 3 days
Warning: Lyapko site is an attack site and dangerous to visit

Chess News

SCID
PGN database program for creating opening books, also a Chess GUI
2 revision(s) to the C++ source code today (patchset = 543)
no build for this version
http://sourceforge.net/projects/scid

STS Test Suite
Strategic Test Suite: epd test suites by Swaminathan and Dann Corbit
- Square Vacancy test changed (fixed duplicate positions)
http://sites.google.com/site/strategictestsuite/square-vacancy/STS4.1SquareVacancy.EPD

Wiki Changes

Chess Engine List
- added Polar Chess
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

FireBird SQL Database
weeks after server crash, project still has no Tracker and no news mirror
http://www.firebirdsql.org/index.php

Pidgin 2.6.5
open source chat program; works with almost all chat networks
http://www.pidgin.im/

Sandboxie 3.43.14 beta
free utility (nagware): run/install programs in a safe sandbox that cannot affect your Windows stability/security
this is a *beta* release
http://www.sandboxie.com/ (homepage)
http://www.sandboxie.com/phpbb/viewtopic.php?t=6842 (download links)

SeaMonkey 2.0.2
open source all-in-one Internet suite: browser, email, news feed, newsgroups, IRC chat, & html editor
http://www.seamonkey-project.org/

Sysinternals Suite
free trouble-shooting utilities suite from Microsoft
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb842062.aspx

Vuze 4.3.0.6
open source Java-based BitTorrent client formerly known as Azureus
http://azureus.sourceforge.net/index.php

Meaning of Colors

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

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