Update Information: February 24, 2014 (Updates)
Engine Updates
Chess(3) (UCI)
new engine by Paul Sonkoly
engine discovered by Norbert Raimund Leisner
Haskell source
- this is a source-code-only engine
- engine is renamed because we have too many engines unimaginitively named 'Chess'
http://github.com/phaul/chess
Hakkapeliitta (UCI)
new engine by Mikko Aarnos
engine discovered by José M Velasco
C++ source
- this is a source-code-only engine
http://github.com/mAarnos/Hakkapeliitta
Chess News
Nothing new today
Chess Programming Blogs
Nothing new today
Wiki Changes
GUI Protocol List
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- Tarrasch Chess GUI: added another link
- added under Developable Chess GUIs: 'UCI - golang API'
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:gui_protocol_support_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
Manjaro Linux 0.8.9
Arch-based, rolling-release distro; desktops: Openbox, Cinnamon, KDE, MATE, Xfce; #8 in popularity
http://manjaro.org/
Ruby 2.1.1
popular scripting language, often used with Rails library
http://www.ruby-lang.org/en/
SystemRescueCd 4.0.1
bootable image for CD or USB stick to rescue data from HD; mount and read data from any disk;
features disk partitioning, LVM management, data copying, remote backup, more
http://www.sysresccd.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