Update Information: May 19, 2014 (Updates)
Engine Updates
Sting SF 4.5 (UCI)
C++ source; Win32/64; Stockfish derivative
- no home page!
- package includes Win32 exe + source code
http://www.mediafire.com/download/ezuwkwjpkb4h8sb/sting-sf-45.7z (direct link)
Chess News
Jellyfish(2) Chess UI
new cross-platform, Java-based, chess utility supporting UCI protocol by Thomas.H Warner
- badly named; same name as an existing engine; original engine continues to be named Jellyfish, this one will always be referred to as Jellyfish(2) here
- validates moves & monitors communications while it sits between a UCI engine and a chess GUI
http://github.com/Jelly-Fish/jellyfish (project page)
http://jellyfishchess.org/ (homepage)
Chess Programming Blogs
Nothing new today
Wiki Page Changes
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
GUI Protocol List
- added Jellyfish(2) Chess UI
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
AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition 2014.4592
free anti-virus, anti-spyware program with excellent protection for Win32/64
http://free.avg.com/us-en/download.prd-afh.line-2014
Groovy 2.3.1
open source jvm dynamic scripting language; it is a superset of the Java language
http://groovy.codehaus.org/ (homepage)
Notepad++ 6.6.3
open source programmer's editor (Windows only)
http://notepad-plus-plus.org/
Subversion 1.7.17
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
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
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