Update Information: June 8, 2015 (Updates)
Engine Updates
Bitfoot 1.0.1d7ae2a (UCI)
'new' engine by Shawn Chidester heavily based on Clubfoot
C++ source; Linux32/64
- identical to Clubfoot, but using bitboards instead, so not really 'new'
https://github.com/zd3nik/Bitfoot
Chenard 2015.06.03 (WB)
C++ source is public domain; uses custom egtbs; Win32/64, Linux; own GUI
- no meaningful change to the engine
- modified source to accomodate Mac OS-X
http://cosinekitty.com/chenard/
CmcChess 2.6 (UCI)
Win64, mp
- this is a *slow* download!
http://people.oregonstate.edu/~machao/Cmcchess_site/index.html
Dmitri Gusev Win64 builds
Igorrit 0.086v4 Che 2.1 DG (UCI)
C source; mp (up to 8 threads); Win64
- new build of an old engine
http://www.firenzina.org/Che_2-1.zip (direct link)
LittleWing 0.0.1 (WB)
new engine by Vincent Ollivier
Rust source
- source code only, no builds
https://github.com/vinc/littlewing/releases
Zurichess Bern (UCI)
Go source; Win32/64, Linux32/64
- "bern release is ~130 Elo stronger than basel"
- there was a silent update that fixed a bug in 'movetime'
https://bitbucket.org/brtzsnr/zurichess/downloads
Chess News
Jon Dart opening book
book courtesy of Graham Banks
- small book with less than 50 lines
- in cbg format for Chess GUI
http://kirill-kryukov.com/chess/discussion-board/download/file.php?id=34800
Noomen opening book
book courtesy of Graham Banks
- 2015.cgb opening book for ChessGUI
http://kirill-kryukov.com/chess/discussion-board/download/file.php?id=34793
TCEC-1 through TCEC-5 openings in PGN format
book courtesy of Adam Hair
http://www.mediafire.com/download/0gdthzlhlwdfkc3/TCEC_openings_seasons_1-5.7z (direct link)
TCEC-7 openings in PGN format
book courtesy of Gurcan Uckardes
https://app.box.com/s/qdmmut4yfirux41b5lzac7s4ztn7ijwg (direct link)
Noomen opening book
book courtesy of Ed Schroder
- Noomen book named 'Shortlines.ctg'; book in ChessBase format
http://www.top-5000.nl/dl/ShortLines.rar (direct link)
Chess Programming Blogs
Arasan: http://arasanchess.org/blogs/jun15.html
iCE: http://macechess.blogspot.de/2015/06/nullmove-blindness.html
Wiki Page Changes
Nothing new today
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
AIMP 3.60.1495
free audio player with audio converter, recorder, tag editor, Internet radio & more
http://www.aimp.ru/index.php?do=lang&lng=en
AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition 2015.0.59.61
free anti-virus, anti-spyware program with excellent protection for Win32/64
http://free.avg.com/us-en/free-antivirus-download
Calibre 2.30.0
cross-platform open source ebook manager supporting all popular ebook readers
with format conversion, news feeds, and integrated e-book viewer
http://calibre-ebook.com/
Cassandra 2.1.6 Stable
free, popular, open source, distributed NoSQL database; uses wide column store model
http://cassandra.apache.org/download/
Debian 8.1.0 Stable
Independent Linux distro; all desktop environments supported; #3 in popularity
- stable branch is named 'Jessie'
- testing branch is named 'Stretch'
http://www.debian.org/
Ghostery 5.0 for Internet Explorer
free browser addon; alerts you about web bugs, ad networks and tracking widgets on every web page you visit;
"See who's tracking your web browsing and block them"
http://www.ghostery.com/download
Git 2.4.3
cross-platform, distributed version control system that is free and open source
http://git-scm.com/
Glary Utilities 5.27.0.47
free; cleanup, repair, optimize and enhance your privacy & security for Windows
http://www.glaryutilities.com/gu.html
GNUplot 5.0.1
open source, cross platform, command-line driven, 2D/3D graphing/plotting
http://www.gnuplot.info/ (homepage)
HWiNFO32/HWiNFO64 4.64
free system hardware information tool for Windows: system health monitoring, and benchmarks
http://www.hwinfo.com/ (homepage)
http://www.hwinfo.com/download32.html (download 32-bit)
http://www.hwinfo.com/download64.html (download 64-bit)
Jenkins 1.617
cross-platform, open source, continuous integration server for developers
- automates the building/testing process
http://jenkins-ci.org/
Linux Kernel 4.0.5
- the Linux kernel has been updated
http://www.kernel.org/
phpMyAdmin 4.4.9
web admin to view/change MySQL/MariaDB databases; interactive commandline SQL; import/export, etc.
http://www.phpmyadmin.net/home_page/index.php
PostgreSQL 9.4.3
open source SQL database for high performance and high availability applications
- due to security fixes: "All users should update their PostgreSQL installation at the next opportunity"
http://www.postgresql.org/ (homepage)
http://www.postgresql.org/about/news/1587/ (announcement)
Q4OS 1.2.3
Linux distro based on Debian (Stable); Trinity desktop; #26 in popularity
http://q4os.org/
Redis 3.0.2 Stable
free, popular, open source database; uses key-value store model
- new distributed implementation (clustering) w/ data sharding & fault tolerance
- experimental support for Windows64
- full support for Linux
http://redis.io/download
Sabayon 15.06
Gentoo-based, rolling release distro; choice of desktops: GNOME, KDE, MATE or Xfce; #35 in popularity
http://www.sabayon.org/
Skype 7.5.0.102
free cross-platform videophone/phone/instant messenger program
http://www.skype.com/intl/en-us/home
Tor Browser for Windows 4.5.1
attempts to maintain your privacy online
- helps you anonymize web browsing and publishing, instant messaging, and other applications that use the TCP protocol
- ISPs, key loggers and other types of malware are not able to track your activities easily
https://www.torproject.org/projects/torbrowser.html.en
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