Engine Updates

AliChess 4.21 (UCI)
Win32
http://wbec-ridderkerk.nl/html/details1/AliChess.html

Capa 0.1 beta 2 (WB)
2 new commit(s) to the Java source, (rev = 139), no new release
- added MoveFilter and others
http://sourceforge.net/projects/capa/

Protector 1.3.4 (UCI)
1 revision(s) to the C++ source code today (current = rev. 255), no new build
- movegen & eval change(s)
http://sourceforge.net/projects/protector/ (project site)

StockFish 1.7 (UCI)
C++ source; mp; FRC; Win32/64, Linux32/64
this time there is no Mac64 build
- null-move bug: "comment out line 1391 in search.cpp and recompile"
- detects wrong number of cores on some cpus
- we have deeply rewritten the search
- the average search depth that is much higher then in 1.6 series
- we don't expect a big ELO increase from 1.6.X series
http://www.stockfishchess.com/ (homepage)
http://homepages.tesco.net/henry.ablett/jims.html (Jim Ablett)

Chess News

Norm Pollock site
40H-EPD Utility Suite (4 Utilities)
- new program: "epdBest" (requires Arena 2.0.1 + an engine)
http://www.hoflink.com/~npollock/chess.html

Down/Problem Chess Websites
Amundsen homepage down for 8 days
Betsy homepage down for 92 days
Blitzter homepage down for 27 days
Brama homepage down for 19 days
Colossus homepage down for 98 days
Kenny Dail (Mac) builds site down for 70 days
Dika homepage down for 20 days
Gosu homepage down for 25 days
Igor Gorelikov Tools site down for 2 days
Nesik homepage down for 4 days
Pyotr homepage down for 2 days
Sinobyl homepage down for 44 days

Wiki Changes

Private Engine List
this engine was found by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- added Sibyl
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:private_engine_list

Chess Engine List
- added Vicki
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

Firebird 2.0.6 RC 1
popular open source cross-platform SQL database that does not requires an administrator
this is a *release candidate*
http://www.firebirdsql.org/index.php (homepage)
http://www.firebirdsql.org/index.php?op=files&id=fb206_rc1 (RC 1 page)

HWiNFO32 3.45-680 beta
free system hardware information tool, system health monitoring and benchmarks
this is a *beta* release
http://www.hwinfo.com/ (homepage)
http://www.hwinfo.com/download32.html (download)

Wise Registry Cleaner Free 5.3
free registry cleaner. Cleans incorrect or obsolete registry information
http://www.wisecleaner.com/download.html

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

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