Engine Updates

Butterfly 0.0.9 (WB)
C++ source; Win32
- fix a bug in see procedure (0.0.8)
- fix a bug in castle (0.0.9)
http://sites.google.com/site/butterflychess/

Capa 0.1 beta 2 (WB)
2 new commit(s) to the Java source, (rev = 123), no new release
http://sourceforge.net/projects/capa/

Jim Ablett Win builds
Diablo 0.51 JA (UCI)
C source; Win32, Linux32
- added Linux Intel compiler build, unchanged for other builds
http://homepages.tesco.net/henry.ablett/jims.html

Deep Junior 11.1 (UCI)
commercial; mp; Win32/64; price: 50 Pounds / 60 Euros / 80 Dollars
"Early tests indicate it is clearly stronger than any previous Deep Junior including Deep Junior 2010."
http://www.hiarcs.com/pc-chess-deep-junior.htm

Protector 1.3.3 (UCI)
C source; Win32/64, Linux32/64
http://sourceforge.net/projects/protector/

Jim Ablett Win builds
Sissa 1.0.0 JA (UCI)
C source (comments mostly in French with some English); Win32, Linux32
- chess board 8x8 array replaced by 120 element array
- move legality tested during search phase to increase speed
- hash value now composed by two numbers of 32 bits to avoid collisions
- cleaning of the code
http://homepages.tesco.net/henry.ablett/jims.html

Jim Ablett Win builds
Toga II 3.1.2SE JA (UCI)
C++ source; Win32, Linux32
- added Linux Intel compiler build, unchanged for other builds
http://homepages.tesco.net/henry.ablett/jims.html

Jim Ablett Win builds
Toga II 1.41SE JA (UCI)
C++ source; Win32, Linux32
- compiled using Michel Vandenbergh's bugfixed & enhanced src code incl uci adjustable no. of threads
- new Windows/Linux Intel builds
http://homepages.tesco.net/henry.ablett/jims.html

Chess News
None found

Down/Problem chess websites
Ares homepage down for 44 days
BabyChess homepage down for 25 days
Betsy homepage down for 62 days
Colossus homepage down for 68 days
Kenny Dail (Mac) builds site down for 40 days
Sinobyl homepage down for 15 days
TJchess homepage down today
Bubble homepage back up

Wiki Changes

FACE Tournament
- participants page revised
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:tournaments:face

Chess Engine List
- added StAndersen
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

AVG Anti-Virus 9.0.790
Free anti-virus, anti-spyware program with excellent protection. Recommended.
32-bit program that runs on all modern Win systems including Win64
http://free.avg.com/us-en/download-avg-anti-virus-free-edition
http://free.avg.com/us-en/download?prd=afg#tba2 (downloads)

Digital Mars D Compiler 2.041 alpha
free Win32 compiler for an interesting language
version 1.057 is the latest stable release; 2.040 & 2.041 are *alpha* releases
- new Windows installer for 2.041 alpha version
this is an *alpha* release
http://www.digitalmars.com/d/download.html

Open Watcom 1.9 RC 1
open source C/C++/Fortran cross-platform cross-compiler with GUI IDE & extensive toolset
build system hosts and compiles on/for DOS16/Windows32/Linux32/OS2
this is *release candidate* software
http://www.openwatcom.org/index.php/Main_Page
http://www.openwatcom.org/index.php/Download (download)
http://www.openwatcom.org/index.php/C_Compilers_Release_Changes (release notes)

SQLite 3.6.23
open source SQL database for programmers; small and fast
- new pragmas: the secure_delete pragma, and the compile_options pragma
- new SQL functions: sqlite_compileoption_used() and sqlite_compileoption_get()
- new C/C++ interfaces: sqlite3_compileoption_used(), sqlite3_compileoption_get(),
SQLITE_CONFIG_LOG, and sqlite3_log()
- several minor bug fixes and performance improvements
- on-going improvements to FTS3
- the ".genfkey" command in the Command Line Interface has been removed (anachronism)
http://www.sqlite.org/

Meaning of Colors

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

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