Update Information: February 26, 2014 (Updates)
Engine Updates
ExCE 1.1.8 (UCI)
new engine by Denis Gruzdev (Powder)
C++ source; Win32
- engine is under heavy development lately
http://www.sdchess.ru/download_engines.htm (SDChess)
http://bitbucket.org/failuref/exce (homepage)
José M Velasco Win32/64 builds
Hakkapeliitta dev 63.7 (UCI)
C++ source; Win32/64
- silent update, version number unchanged
http://github.com/mAarnos/Hakkapeliitta (homepage)
http://motorchess.blogspot.com.es/2014/02/hakkapeliitta-dev-637.html (download)
Sayuri 2014.02.26 (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
http://github.com/MetalPhaeton/sayuri/tree/master/SayuriCompiled/Linux/For64Bit (Linux64)
http://github.com/MetalPhaeton/sayuri/releases (source + Linux build)
Chess News
Nothing new today
Chess Programming Blogs
Nothing new today
Wiki Changes
Engine GUI List
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- added MinkiChess
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:engine_gui_list
Links
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- added links for: 7-Zip, Free PDF Compressor, IZArc & PDF 24 Creator
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:links
Native Engine List
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- added Real Chess 3D
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
Auslogics Disk Defrag 4.5.1.0
free, extremely fast and effective Windows disk defragmentation & optimization program; recommended
http://www.auslogics.com/en/software/disk-defrag
Auslogics Registry Cleaner 3.5.1.0
free Windows registry optimizer/cleaner; recommended
http://www.auslogics.com/en/software/registry-cleaner/
Groovy 2.2.2
open source jvm dynamic scripting language; it is a superset of the Java language
http://groovy.codehaus.org/ (homepage)
NetBeans IDE 8.0, RC 1
open source cross-platform IDE used primarily for Java-based programming languages
(supports C/C++, PHP, HTML, JavaScript, CSS, Java, Groovy, etc.)
supports syntax highlighting, code completion, object browsing, refactoring + more
all languages have debuggers, profilers and unit testing plus support for collaborative programming
- this is a *release candidate*
http://netbeans.org/
https://netbeans.org/community/news/show/1610.html (announcement + download)
Subversion 1.7.16
open source, cross-platform centralized version control system
- this is an update to an older version
http://subversion.apache.org/
Meaning of Colors
Red = New or Warning
Green = Updated
Gray = Info Only
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