Engine Updates

Butterfly 0.1.6 (UCI)
C++ source; Win32
- speed up the search function, no more sort moves
http://sites.google.com/site/butterflychess/

Caligula 0.7 (WB)
Win32; based on TSCP, uses Scorpio bitbases & Polyglot opening books
same author as Danasah engine
http://www.wix.com/pedrox/caligula

MatMoi 7.15.0-cct (WB)
Win32/64, Linux32/64
- silent update of Linux versions
http://www.mathieupage.com/s/index.html?p=matmoi.html

Philou 3.1.4 (UCI)
Win32
- bug fixed: time management bug in Arena/ChessGUI
http://sites.google.com/site/strategictestsuite/new-engine-updates/

Chess News

Awit 09MH1.5 chess engine
this is an old chess engine by Tony Marsland, *not* WB, *not* UCI!, written in AlgolW
implements selective search (forward pruning)
read this file for more info: Awit-2009-ReadMe.txt (find it at web page)
and this CCC post:
http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?topic_view=threads&p=337611&t=33305
http://webdocs.cs.ualberta.ca/~tony/Public/Awit-Wita-ComputerChess/ (web page)

Down/Problem chess websites
Amyan homepage down for 3 days
Ares homepage down for 51 days
BabyChess homepage down for 32 days
Betsy homepage down for 69 days
Blitzer homepage down for 3 days
Colossus homepage down for 75 days
Kenny Dail (Mac) builds site down for 47 days
Gosu homepage down for 2 days
Sinobyl homepage down for 21 days

Wiki Changes

Chess Engine List
- added Tao
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 9.0.791
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)

ImgBurn 2.5.1.0
free CD / DVD / HD DVD / Blu-ray burning application
http://www.imgburn.com/

RJ TextEd 6.10
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)

NOTE: support for SeaMonkey 1.1 is dropped; all users are urged to upgrade to version 2.0

NOTE: Trillian IM for Mac was updated today

Meaning of Colors

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

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