Engine Updates

Jim Ablett Win builds
Arabian Knight 0.98 JA (WB)
Win32
- this is a new build
http://homepages.tesco.net/henry.ablett/jims.html

Carballo 0.3 (UCI)
7 new commit(s) to the source, (rev = 59), no new build
20 commits yesterday, 7 today: maybe a new release soon?
http://sourceforge.net/projects/carballo/ (sourceforge)
http://www.alonsoruibal.com/dev/chess/ (homepage)

Jim Ablett Win builds
Dabbaba 2.62 JA (WB)
Win32, Linux32
- Linux build is new, Windows build is older
http://homepages.tesco.net/henry.ablett/jims.html

Jim Ablett Win builds
Joanna 2002 1.04 JA (WB)
Win32, Linux32
- Linux build is new, Windows build is older
http://homepages.tesco.net/henry.ablett/jims.html

Jim Ablett Win builds
Monik 2.2.3 JA (WB)
Win32/64, Linux32/64
- Linux build is new, Windows builds are older
http://homepages.tesco.net/henry.ablett/jims.html

Jim Ablett Win builds
Rocinante 1.01 JA (UCI)
Win32/64, Linux32/64
- Linux build is new, Windows builds are older
http://homepages.tesco.net/henry.ablett/jims.html

Jim Ablett Win builds
Xpdnt 091007 JA (WB)
Win32, Linux32
- Linux build is new, Windows build is older
http://homepages.tesco.net/henry.ablett/jims.html

Chess News

ChessX 0.7 GUI (WB/UCI)
PGN database program for Windows, Mac & Linux with engine support for analysis only (not for playing)
- this release fixes many bugs & adds quite a few new features
https://sourceforge.net/projects/chessx/files/

SCID
PGN database program for creating opening books, also a Chess GUI
1 revision(s) to the C++ source code today (patchset = 558)
no build for this version
http://sourceforge.net/projects/scid

Winboard/XBoard for Mac ('MacBoard'?)
this is a build of the latest alpha by 'Darklord42' announced at the Winboard Forum
http://www.mediafire.com/file/ozckbgytk2g/xboardhgm3-20100209-mac.zip (direct link)

Down/Problem chess websites
Amundsen homepage down for 25 days
Ares homepage down for 16 days
Betsy homepage down for 35 days
Colossus homepage down for 41 days
Kenny Dail (Mac) builds site down for 13 days
Lyapko utilities homepage down today
Omar homepage down for 4 days
Typhoon homepage down for 19 days
Superchessengines page down at times today

Wiki Changes

Chess Engine List
- added Sage
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 occasionally crash
- release candidate software may contain minor bugs; crashes are rare

µTorrent 2.1 alpha 18069
open source BitTorrent client
this is an *alpha* release
http://forum.utorrent.com/viewtopic.php?id=63247 (announcement)
http://download.utorrent.com/beta/utorrent-2.1-beta-18069.upx.exe (direct download)

Vuze 4.3.1.4
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

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