Engine Updates

Cleo 1 (WB)
new engine by William Mota (Damas); Win32
http://bomcao.t35.com/damas/damas.htm

Damas 9 (WB)
Win32
http://bomcao.t35.com/damas/damas.htm

Mephisto MM IV/MM V (WB)
a 'new' old Saitek engine by Ed Schröeder (Richard Lang too?)
not so easy to make it a Winboard engine, but possible. Alex Schmidt discovery
http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?topic_view=threads&p=318438&t=31660
http://translate.google.com/translate?js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&layout=1&eotf=1&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww....
http://www.lehmimkeller.de/chess_mess/download/winboard/Mess_Mephisto_134a_Winboard.zip (direct link)

Jim Ablett Win builds
- Redqueen 0.2 JA (WB) for Win32/64 & Linux32/64
http://homepages.tesco.net/henry.ablett/jims.html

RedQueen 0.2 (UCI)
2 commit(s) to the C++ source code (commits= 131), no new build
- some eval improvements
- fixing bug at Evaluator
http://sourceforge.net/projects/redqueenchess

Smirf MS-176b
a “donationware” engine, it is Winboard compatible using HG Muller's Smirfoglot adapter;
own GUI, but engine can be downloaded separately; variant play
http://www.chessbox.de/Octopus/C.Schach/Eintrage/2009/12/29_10x8-Schachprogramm_SMIRF_in_einem_internationalen_Turnier.html

Umko 0.1 (UCI)
a new engine by Borko Boskovic (BBChess)
C++ source; mp; Win32/64; uses pthread library
http://sourceforge.net/projects/umko/

Down/Problem chess websites
Betsy homepage down for 7 days
Colossus homepage down for 13 days
nanoSzachy homepage back up
Warning: Lyapko site is an attack site and dangerous to visit

Chess News

None!

Wiki Changes

Chess Engine List
- added Pooky
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

Adobe Reader 9.3
free PDF viewer
http://www.adobe.com/products/reader/
http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/product.jsp?product=10&platform=Windows

Google Earth 5.1.7894.7252
free map point-and-zoom software
http://earth.google.com/

KDiff3 0.9.95-2
open source cross-platform diff program. Recommended!
http://sourceforge.net/projects/kdiff3/

Visual Database Creator 3.18
free visual database creator; simple, easy-to-use with sophisticated layout designer
- program now does auto-updating
http://www.visualdatabasecreator.com/

winLAME 2010 beta 1
open source audio encoder for mp3, Ogg Vorbis, and more
this is a *beta* release
http://sourceforge.net/projects/winlame/

Meaning of Colors

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

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