Engine Updates

José M Velasco Win64 builds
Smash 1.0.3 JMV (UCI)
C++ source; mp; Win32/64
- this is a Win64 only release
- new compile of an older program (circa 2006)
http://motorchess.blogspot.com.es/2014/01/deep-smash-x64.html

Chess News

Lucas Chess 8.03
"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
- also available as a portable build
http://www-lucaschess.rhcloud.com (new homepage)
https://code.google.com/p/lucaschess/downloads/list (download)

WinBoard 4.7.3a Chess GUI (WB/UCI)
open source Chess GUI maintained and improved by HG Muller
- a couple of bugfixes and inclusion of a new Polyglot adapter
http://www.gnu.org/software/xboard/whats_new/4.7.3/index.html (changelog)
http://www.open-aurec.com/wbforum/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=51528 (WinBoard)
http://hgm.nubati.net/WinBoard-4.7.3.exe (WinBoard direct link)

XBoard Alpha News
HG Muller is adding new features to Winboard
- new section: 'Showing tablebase hits'
http://hgm.nubati.net/news.html

Chess Programming Blogs

Nothing new today

Wiki Changes

GUI Protocol List
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- JCPI: updated a link and added a link
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:gui_protocol_support_list

Engine GUI List
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- added Flux Chess
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:engine_gui_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

Calibre 1.20.0
cross-platform open source ebook manager supporting all popular ebook readers
with format conversion, news feeds, and integrated e-book viewer
http://calibre-ebook.com/

Eclipse 4.3.2, RC 2
open source extensible IDE framework supporting plugins for almost all programming languages
w/ syntax highlighting, intellisense, code completion, templates, version control, more
http://www.eclipse.org/ (homepage)
http://download.eclipse.org/eclipse/downloads/drops4/M-4.3.2RC1-201401170910/ (announcement)

Linux Lite 1.0.8
Ubuntu-based; Xfce desktop; #32 in popularity
http://www.linuxliteos.com/

phpMyAdmin 4.1.5
web admin to view/change MySQL/MariaDB databases; interactive commandline SQL; import/export, etc.
http://www.phpmyadmin.net/home_page/index.php

Meaning of Colors

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

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