Engine Updates

Capa 0.1 beta 2 (WB)
1 new commit(s) to the Java source, (rev = 118), no new build
- changes to tests in order to run from Ant
http://sourceforge.net/projects/capa/

Protector 1.3.2 (UCI)
1 revision(s) to the C++ source code today (current = rev. 226), no new build
- eval change(s)
http://sourceforge.net/projects/protector/ (project site)

RattateChess 1.0 "Nosferatu" (WB)
C++ source; Win32, Linux
- new homepage
http://sites.google.com/site/rattatajedrez/

Chess News

ChessGUI 0.178 (WB/UCI)
A nice chess GUI / tournament manager for WB or UCI engines by Matthias Gemuh
- Gaviota EGTB (I tested only compressed)
- feature for manually probing EGTB
http://w2410tmq9.homepage.t-online.de
http://biglion.110mb.com

Little chess evaluation compendium by Ludmil Tsvetkov
This is a pdf format document containing evaluation ideas &
improvements which chess programmers may find useful and of interest
http://homepages.tesco.net/henry.ablett/jims.html (look under 'Other Chess Tools And Utilities')

SCID
PGN database program for creating opening books, also a Chess GUI
1 revision(s) to the C++ source code today (patchset = 560)
no build for this version
http://sourceforge.net/projects/scid

Down/Problem chess websites
Amundsen homepage down for 5 days
Ares homepage down for 32 days
BabyChess homepage down for 13 days
Betsy homepage down for 50 days
Colossus homepage down for 56 days
Kenny Dail (Mac) builds site down for 28 days
Frank homepage down for 9 days
Italian Engine List down for 9 days
Neurone homepage down for 9 days
Sinobyl homepage down for 3 days
Typhoon homepage down for 34 days
ZChess2 site down for 3 days
Lyapko homepage back up after being down for 15 days

Advisory: Google warns of malicious software at Lyapko Utilities
site, but hasn't checked content for weeks

Wiki Changes

Chess Engine List
- added Small-C
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

MPlayer 2010-02-24
open source media player for Windows
http://mulder.dummwiedeutsch.de/home/?page=projects#mplayer

Opera 10.50 beta 2
open source web browser, most standards-compliant rendering
this is a *beta* release with new features
http://www.opera.com/ (homepage)
http://www.opera.com/browser/download/ (download)

RSSOwl 2.0.4
open source Java RSS newsreader
http://www.rssowl.org/

WordWeb Free 6.1
free dictionary/thesaurus for Windows; look up words from almost any program
http://wordweb.info/free/

Meaning of Colors

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

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