Engine Updates

Raffaela 2.1.2 (WB)
own GUI; Win32
http://www.linformatica.com/index-scacchi.php

Sayuri 2014.01.01 (UCI)
Sayuri 2013.12.31 (UCI)
C++ source (Japanese comments); mp (up to 64 cores); Linux64
- Linux64 compile is available
- otherwise it is available as source code only
- intended for clang compiler using cmake
- it looks like these releases are nightly builds
http://github.com/MetalPhaeton/sayuri/tree/master/SayuriCompiled/Linux/For64Bit (Linux64)
http://github.com/MetalPhaeton/sayuri/releases (source + Linux build)

Chess News

Freeware-Schach 3.35 Chess GUI (UCI)
Chess GUI + engine
Win32
- engine only plays within supplied GUI (not standalone)
http://www.freeware-schach.de/eindex.html

Lucas Chess 8.01
"play chess against the computer with increasing levels of difficulty and with a limited number of hints that are given by a chess tutor"
Python source; Win32
http://www-lucaschess.rhcloud.com (new homepage)
https://code.google.com/p/lucaschess/downloads/list (download)

Chess Programming Blogs

http://www.chessprogramming.net/computerchess/mavericks-rating-fast-slow-time-controls/

Wiki Changes

Nothing new today

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 9.32 Alpha
open source, cross-platform file archiver with very good compression
- this is an *alpha* release
http://www.7-zip.org

BitTorrent 7.8.2 (build 30445)
freeware; the original bit torrent program
http://www.bittorrent.com/

Feng Office 2.5, RC 1
free web-based open source collaboration platform
management of: project tasks, billing, documents, communication, scheduling, electronic information, etc.
- only the 'Community Edition' is free
http://www.fengoffice.com/web/
http://sourceforge.net/projects/opengoo/files/fengoffice/ (download)

RSSOwl 2.2.1
open source, cross-platform Java RSS newsreader
http://www.rssowl.org/

WinPython 2.7.6.1 -- for Win32/64
WinPython 3.3.3.1 -- for Win32/64
open-source portable distribution of Python for Windows32/64
allows use of different Python versions that are fully isolated from each other
WinPython is the easiest way of getting Spyder IDE working on Win32/64
NumPy, SciPy and Matplot are also included
- this is a large file to download (more than 200 MB)
http://winpython.sourceforge.net/

Meaning of Colors

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

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