Engine Updates

Mainsworthy 96f (WB)
Win32; own GUI (GUI for native use only, no other WB or UCI engines);
T (tournament) version is for long time control only
http://wbec-ridderkerk.nl/html/details1/Mainsworthy.html (Leo site)

Protector 1.3.4 (UCI)
1 revision(s) to the C++ source code today (current = rev. 263), no new build
- eval change(s)
http://sourceforge.net/projects/protector/ (project site)

NOTE: FireBird engine renamed to Fire

Chess News

Norm Pollack site
- updated file: GrandS-20100415.pgn; collection of games between players rated 2400+; 2007-present
http://www.hoflink.com/~npollock/chess.html

Down/Problem Chess Websites
Betsy homepage down for 99 days
Blitzter homepage down for 34 days
Brama homepage down for 26 days
Colossus homepage down for 105 days
Kenny Dail (Mac) builds site down for 77 days
Dika homepage down for 27 days
Gosu homepage down for 32 days
Lyapko Utilities site down for 2 days
Nesik homepage down for 11 days
Sinobyl homepage down for 51 days
Tony's Chess homepage down for 2 days
Matilde homepage back up

Wiki Changes

Chess Engine List
- added WJChess
- renamed FireBird to Fire and fixed link
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

7-Zip 9.13 beta
open source file archiver with very good compression. Recommended.
this is a *beta* release
http://www.7-zip.org

AbiWord 2.8.4
open source, cross-platform (Win/Mac/Linux) word processor resembling Microsoft Word
less bloated & opens faster than Microsoft Word or Open Office
http://www.abiword.com/

FBackup 4.4.196
free, simple backup program
http://www.fbackup.com/

HWiNFO32 3.46-700 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)

Sysinternals Suite
free trouble-shooting utilities suite from Microsoft
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb842062.aspx

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

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