Engine Updates

Alfil 15.7 (UCI)
Win32/64; mp; FRC; C# version requires .NET 4.5 framework
https://esacosta.wordpress.com/home-2/descargas-alfil/ (downloads)
https://esacosta.wordpress.com/2015/07/08/alfil-15-7/ (announcement + download)

Chenard 2015.07.04 (WB)
C++ source is public domain; uses custom egtbs; Win32/64, Linux; own GUI
- added endgame database tables for K+Q vs K+N, K+P vs K+N, K+P vs K+B
http://cosinekitty.com/chenard/

Deepov 0.1.1 (UCI)
Deepov 0.1 (UCI)
new engine by Romain Goussault
C++ source
https://github.com/RomainGoussault/Deepov/releases

Giraffe 20150708 (WB)
new engine by Matthew Lai
Win64
- "play[s] chess using temporal-difference reinforcement learning"
https://bitbucket.org/waterreaction/giraffedownloads/downloads/giraffe_20150708.zip (direct link)

Pulse Chess 1.6.1 (UCI)
Pulse Chess 1.6.0 (UCI)
Java source & C++ source; didactic engine; Win32 (C++) & cross-platform jar file
http://fluxchess.com/pulse/download (download)
https://github.com/fluxroot/pulse/releases (download)

Sayuri 2015.07.09 (UCI)
C++ source (Japanese comments); mp (up to 64 threads); Linux64, Win64
http://github.com/MetalPhaeton/sayuri/releases

The Baron 3.29 (WB/UCI)
Win32/64, FRC; mp; learning
- from Feb 26th 2012, but unreleased until now
- UCI support is new to The Baron
http://www.xs4all.nl/~rpijl/ (old site)
http://www.chessprogramming.net/the-baron/ (download)

Chess News

Ridderkirk Website
Leo's old website has been taken down
In the near future I will provide some downloads for the engines that Leo hosted

Chess Programming Blogs

Nothing new today

Wiki Page Changes

Chess Logos List
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- updated count of Norbert Raimund Leisner Chess Logos
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:chess_logos_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

ActiveTcl Community Edition
free cross-platform TCL distribution including the most popular TCL/TK libraries
- latest version is: TCL 8.6.4.1
http://www.activestate.com/activetcl/downloads

Adobe Flash Player 18.0.0.203
free cross-platform flash video player for browsers
- Flash is in a first-place tie with Java as the most common avenue of infection
- Adobe bundles unwanted 3rd party crapware, beware!
http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/

Ant Renamer 2.12.0
open source, Windows-only file renamer for groups of files
http://www.antp.be/software/renamer

Any Video Converter 5.8.2
Windows/Mac freeware/commercial multimedia converter
http://www.any-video-converter.com/products/for_video_free/

ArchBang 2015.07
Linux distro based on Arch; i3 and Openbox desktops; #50 in popularity
http://www.archbang.org/

BitTorrent 7.9.3 (build 40634)
freeware; the original bit torrent program; for Windows only
http://www.bittorrent.com/

Blender 2.75a
free, open source, cross-platform 2D/3D video creation suite
model • shade • animate • render • composite • interactive 3d
http://www.blender.org/

Cassandra is 2.1.8 Stable
free, popular, open source, distributed NoSQL database; uses wide column store model
http://cassandra.apache.org/download/

Django 1.8.2
Django 1.7.8
high-level, rapid development, Python-based web framework
https://www.djangoproject.com/

Glary Utilities 5.29.0.49
free; cleanup, repair, optimize and enhance your privacy & security for Windows
http://www.glaryutilities.com/gu.html

IKVM.NET 8.1.5666 development sanapshot
open source Java VM for Mono/.NET; enables Java code/libraries to be called by Mono/.NET languages, or develop Mono/.NET apps in Java
- this is the version compatible with Java 8
http://www.ikvm.net/ (homepage)
http://weblog.ikvm.net/ (announcement + download)

Jenkins 1.619
cross-platform, open source, continuous integration server for developers
- automates the building/testing process
http://jenkins-ci.org/

LXLE 14.04.2
Linux distro based on Lubuntu; LXDE desktop; #11 in popularity
http://lxle.net/

MediaInfo 0.7.75
free open source utility: supplies technical and tag information about video or audio files
http://mediainfo.sourceforge.net/en

PHP 5.6.11
PHP 5.5.27
PHP 5.4.43
PHP is a very popular and practical general-purpose open source scripting language; it is primarily used for web applications
- bufix and security fixes only for older versions
- current version is PHP 5.6.11
http://php.net/

phpMyAdmin 4.4.11
web admin to view/change MySQL/MariaDB databases; interactive commandline SQL; import/export, etc.
http://www.phpmyadmin.net/home_page/index.php

PyDev 4.2.0 for Eclipse
open source Python IDE for Eclipse; can be used for Python, Jython, and IronPython development
http://pydev.org/

Q4OS 1.2.7
Linux distro based on Debian (Stable); Trinity desktop; #24 in popularity
http://q4os.org/

SMPlayer 14.9.0.7014
cross-platform graphical interface for MPlayer media player
http://smplayer.sourceforge.net/

SuperAntiSpyware 6.0.1200 Free Edition
removes spyware, adware and malware; Windows only; no resident scanning for free version
http://www.superantispyware.com/

Tor Browser for Windows 4.5.3
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

VirtualBox 5.0.0
open source, general-purpose, full virtualizer for x86 and AMD64/Intel64 hardware
runs on Windows, Linux, Macintosh and OpenSolaris as host
install one or more guest operating systems onto the same computer
http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Guest_OSes (list of guest operating systems)
http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Changelog (changelog)
http://www.virtualbox.org/ (homepage)

Zero Install 2.8.4
open source, decentralized, cross-platform, cross-distribution software installation system
"Create one package that works everywhere; with dependency handling and automatic updates"
Zero Install programs are fetched at runtime the first time and run from your cache subsequently
http://0install.net/faq.html (FAQ)
http://0install.de/?lang=en

Meaning of Colors

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

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ron _at_ computer-chess _dot_ org

I miss WBEC already . I guess nobody had maintained the site since Leo's unfortunate passing, and that the hosting had expired.

I sincerely hope that Leo's site and tournament results and collection of engines were backed up and archived somewhere, as it would be a shame if such an important part of chess engine history were to disappear without a trace.

Hi Tony,

Leo was a fixture in computer chess. WBEC was my first web stop every day for many years. I miss Leo too.

You can visit the WayBack Machine. There is a capture from June 14, 2015
http://wayback.archive.org/web/20150614223458/http://wbec-ridderkerk.nl/