Engine Updates

Nirvanachess 1.8 (UCI)
Win32/64
- "scores 55% against Nirvanachess 1.7"
- "focused mostly on improving the transposition table as well as going back over previous changes to make sure they were good at longer time controls"
http://nirvanachess.blogspot.com/

Satana 2.0.4 (WB)
Win32/64
- "it is stronger than previous releases"
http://www.linformatica.com/software/Satana.2.0.4.zip (direct link)
http://www.linformatica.com/index-scacchi.php (announcement)

Sayuri 2014.08.27 (UCI)
C++ source (Japanese comments); mp (up to 64 cores); Win64, Linux64
- intended for clang compiler using cmake
http://github.com/MetalPhaeton/sayuri/releases (source + builds)

Chess News

Frank's Chess Page
Frank Quisinsky's page
- update #052
http://www.amateurschach.de/main/_news.htm

Chess Programming Blogs

Nothing new today

Wiki Page Changes

FACE Tournament
update by Gerhard
- changed page: ratings
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:tournaments:face

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

BitTorrent 7.9.2 (build 33263)
freeware; the original bit torrent program; for Windows only
http://www.bittorrent.com/

CCleaner 4.17
free Windows/Mac registry and file optimization/privacy/cleaning tool; thorough and effective
uninstalls programs, system restore, drive wiper, controls startup programs, context menus, etc
http://www.piriform.com/ccleaner (CCleaner homepage)
http://www.piriform.com/blog/2014/8/26/ccleaner-v417 (announcement)

Data Crow 4.0.9
free, open source media manager/cataloger for movies, books, music, software, chess, etc.
http://www.datacrow.net/ (homepage)
http://sourceforge.net/projects/datacrow/ (project page)

GIMP 2.8.14
free, cross-platform open-source Gnu Image Manipulation Program (GIMP)
- retouch photos, create drawings & renderings, etc.
- available as tar.bz2 file only
http://www.gimp.org/
http://gimp-win.sourceforge.net/stable.html (Win download)

PyDev 3.7.0 for Eclipse
open source Python IDE for Eclipse; can be used for Python, Jython, and IronPython development
http://pydev.org/

SpiderOak 5.1.8
cross-platform online backup, file sync, and cloud-based file sharing
- 2 GB of space for free
http://spideroak.com/

Tcl 8.6.2
rapid development scripting language, often paired with TK GUI toolset
http://www.tcl.tk/

Meaning of Colors

Red = New or Warning
Green = Updated
Gray = Info Only

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