Engine Updates

Alex 2.01 (WB/UCI)
Win32
- speed up the search by generating moves in steps (hasmove, captures, ordinary moves)
- fix bug xboard force mode undo command
http://home.comcast.net/~blais_normand/

Chesley the Chess Engine r320 (WB)
no build for this version yet, C++ source only
latest builds: r319 JA(Win32/64), 1.1(Mac)
- add basic king tropism (king gravity) factor to evaluation
http://sourceforge.net/projects/chesley/

CuckooChess 1.02 (UCI)
Java source; own GUI; uses Cuckoo hashing ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuckoo_hashing )
http://web.telia.com/~u89404340/javachess/index.html

Jim Ablett Win builds
- Pawny 0.15 JA (UCI) for Win32 & Linux 32
http://homepages.tesco.net/henry.ablett/jims.html

Protector 1.3.2 (UCI)
1 revision(s) to the C++ source code today (current = rev. 203), no new build
- eval change
http://sourceforge.net/projects/protector/ (project site)

Ram 2.0 (WB)
this is a new engine by HG Muller that makes random moves
this is not a serious engine
http://home.hccnet.nl/h.g.muller/ram.exe (direct link)

Jim Ablett Win builds
- Sissa 1.0.0 JA (UCI) for Win32 & Linux32
http://homepages.tesco.net/henry.ablett/jims.html

Down/Problem chess websites
Amundsen homepage down for 2 days
Betsy homepage down for 12 days
Colossus homepage down for 18 days
Infinite Loop site down for 4 days
Smash homepage 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
1 revision(s) to the C++ source code today (patchset = 546)
no build for this version
http://sourceforge.net/projects/scid

Wiki Changes

Chess Engine List
- added Pro Deo
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

Mozilla Firefox 3.6 RC 2
open source browser. Recommended!
this is a *release candidate*
http://www.mozilla.com/ (homepage)
http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/all-beta.html (beta)

Networx 5.0.9
free network traffic (bandwidth) monitor & usage reporting
http://www.softperfect.com/products/networx/

RJ TextEd 5.90 beta 2
free programmer's text editor; unicode, spell-checking, code-completion, remote editing, etc
this is a *beta* release
http://www.rj-texted.se/index.htm (homepage)
http://www.rj-texted.se/download.htm (download page)

Task Coach 0.78.1
open source todo manager
http://www.taskcoach.org/

Meaning of Colors

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

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