Update Information: July 30, 2014 (Updates)
Engine Updates
MiniRoque 2.1 (WB)
Win32
- MiniRoque is "a small version of Roque"
https://sites.google.com/site/roquechess/roque-chess-engine
Chess News
ChessX 1.2.0 GUI (WB/UCI)
PGN database program for Windows32/64, Mac64 & Linux w/ analysis only (not for playing)
http://sourceforge.net/projects/chessx/
http://chessx.sourceforge.net/
Perfect 2014 Opening Book
- works with Aquarium, Arena, ChessBase, Shredder Classic, & Winboard
http://www.sedatcanbaz.com/chess/?page_id=127
Smirf
GUI plus native engine for playing 10x10 chess
Win32
- this is a new release
- version number is unknown
http://www.10x8.net/chess/SMIRF.html
Chess Programming Blogs
iCE: http://macechess.blogspot.de/2014/07/pawn-structure-evaluation.html
Wiki Page Changes
Links
updated by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- added: Arnaud Lohéac´s Computer Chess Corner
- removed: ChessElec - French website
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:links
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
Bulk Rename Utility 2.7.1.3
free file renaming software for Windows; renames groups of files
http://www.bulkrenameutility.co.uk/Main_Intro.php
Feng Office 2.6.3
free web-based open source collaboration platform
management of: project tasks, billing, documents, communication, scheduling, electronic information, etc.
- only the 'Community Edition' is free
http://www.fengoffice.com/web/
http://sourceforge.net/projects/opengoo/files/fengoffice/ (download)
Groovy 2.4.0, Beta 2
open source jvm dynamic scripting language; it is a superset of the Java language
- this is a *beta* release
http://groovy.codehaus.org/ (homepage)
Jenkins 1.576
cross-platform, open source, continuous integration server for developers
- automates the building/testing process
http://jenkins-ci.org/
LibreOffice 4.3.0
cross platform open source fork of OpenOffice project; word processing, chart, spreadsheet, database, etc.
- LibreOffice (Document Foundation), OpenOffice (Apache), and Lotus Symphony (IBM) are essentially the same
http://www.documentfoundation.org/ (homepage)
Orwell Dev-C++ 5.7.1
excellent cross-platform open source C/C++ IDE for 32-/64-bit development
http://sourceforge.net/projects/orwelldevcpp/ (homepage)
Pale Moon 24.7
open source, efficiency-optimized build of Firefox source code; for Windows only
- 32 & 64-bit versions available
http://www.palemoon.org/
Skype 6.18.0.106
free cross-platform videophone/phone/instant messenger program
http://www.skype.com/intl/en-us/home
Meaning of Colors
Red = New or Warning
Green = Updated
Gray = Info Only
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