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Update Information: July 9, 2014 (Updates)

by Ron @, Wednesday, July 09, 2014, 17:42

Engine Updates

Capivara LK 0.09b02d (UCI)
Win32/64; TSCP derivative; requires MSVC runtime
- many other versions from 2014 are now available
http://vivaxadrez.wikispaces.com/Capivara

K2 0.57 (WB/UCI)
C++ source; Win32, Mac
http://github.com/serg-meus/k2 (source code only)
http://www.sdchess.ru/download_engines.htm (SDChess source + download)

Chess News

Frank's Chess Page
Frank Quisinsky's page
- update #032
http://www.amateurschach.de/main/_news.htmNothing new today

Kvetka 3.22.1 Chess GUI (UCI)
designed for game viewing and analysis; several plug-ins available; available in a portable version
- plugin "PGN handling" updated
http://kvetka.org/en/

Chess Programming Blogs

Nothing new today

Wiki Page Changes

FACE Tournament
update by Gerhardt
- updated pages: face & participants
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:tournaments:face

all other updates by Norbert Raimund Leisner

Engine GUI List
- added MiniChessAI-Simple Chess
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:engine_gui_list

GUI Protocol List
- added Simple Chess
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

ActivePython Community Edition
free cross-platform Python distribution including the most popular Python libraries
- Python 2.7.8.10
http://www.activestate.com/activepython/downloads

Adobe Flash Player 14.0.0.145
free cross-platform flash video player
- fixes some important security vulnerabilities
- Flash is the 2nd most common avenue of infection when computers become compromised :-(
- beware of installing unwanted 3rd party software :-(
http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/

Avira AntiVir Personal 14.0.5.464 Free
antivirus product; the free version pops up annoying intermittent ads
http://www.avira.com/en/avira-free-antivirus

FileZilla Client 3.9.0, RC 2
open source cross-platform ftp client; recommended
- this is a *release candidate*
http://filezilla-project.org/
https://filezilla-project.org/download.php?show_all=1 (downloads)

Groovy 2.3.4
open source jvm dynamic scripting language; it is a superset of the Java language
- this is a bugfix/security update to an older version
http://groovy.codehaus.org/ (homepage)

HeliosPaint 1.7
free Java-based cross-platform paint / photo editor program
http://www.heliospaint.com/

Inno Setup 5.5.5
open source, free installer for Windows
http://www.jrsoftware.org/isinfo.php

PeaZip 5.4.0
open source cross-platform file and archive manager; available as portable app also
- create 7Z, ARC, BZ2, GZ, PAQ/ZPAQ, PEA, QUAD/BALZ, TAR, UPX, WIM, XZ, ZIP
- extract 150+ archive types: ACE, ARJ, CAB, DMG, ISO, LHA, RAR, UDF, etc.
http://peazip.sourceforge.net/ (homepage)
http://sourceforge.net/projects/peazip/files/5.4.0/ (5.4.0 downloads)

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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