Update Information: January 12, 2014 (Updates)
Engine Updates
Cinnamon 1.2a (WB/UCI)
C++ source; alt Win package with Tarrasch Chess GUI; Win32/64, Linux32/64; Mac, Android; uses Polyglot book files & Gaviota ebtbs
http://cinnamonchess.altervista.org/index.php
Tony Mokonen Win32 builds
DiscoCheck 5.2 TM (UCI)
C source; Win32/64, Linux32/64, Mac64
- Win32 + source
http://tmokonen.net84.net/
Joshua Shriver Linux64 builds
Minace 1.0 JS (UCI)
new engine by 'zekyll', aka 'T.A.'
C++ source; Win32, Linux64
- this is a bare Linux64 binary without source code
https://github.com/zekyll/Minace (code repo)
http://olympuschess.com/minacex64.tar.bz2 (Linux64 direct link)
Tony Mokonen Win32 builds
Minace 1.0TM (UCI)
new engine by 'zekyll', aka 'T.A.'
C++ source; Win32, Linux64
- Win32 + source
https://github.com/zekyll/Minace (code repo)
http://tmokonen.net84.net/
NOTE: EveAnn 1.72 (WB) has been withdrawn due to bugs
Chess News
Nothing new today
Chess Programming Blogs
Nothing new today
Wiki Changes
Chess Tutorials List
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- removed BlindChess for DOS
- updated link for Chessimo
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:chess_tutorials_list
Engine GUI List
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- added Pandora Chess
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:engine_gui_list
Native Engine List
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- removed Pandora Chess
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:native_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
Aptana Studio 3.4.2
web software development in an IDE supporting HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, CoffeeScript, Ruby, Rails, PHP and Python
w/ code assist, built-in debugging, Git integration, built-in ftp, and more
- for the 2nd time in 2 months, the 3.5 version has been withdrawn
http://www.aptana.com/
MinGW (32/64-bit) Distro 11.5
open source, cutting-edge distribution for Windows
- distro update: fixes a bug in make's new --output-sync feature
http://nuwen.net/mingw.html
TortoiseGit 1.8.7.0
Win or Mac client for Git version control system
http://tortoisegit.org/
Meaning of Colors
Red = New or Warning
Green = Updated
Gray = Info Only
Engine List: http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:chess_engine_list
Chess News: http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:chess_news_list
NOTE: If you want me to track a website for you, please email me and I will add it.
ron _at_ computer-chess _dot_ org