Update Information: January 4, 2016 (Updates)

by Ron , Monday, January 04, 2016, 16:18

Engine Updates

iCE 3 (UCI)
Win32/64; multiPV; own GUI
- added multiPV
http://www.fam-petzke.de/chess_home_en.shtml

Michael Byrne Mac builds
Protector 1.9.0 MB (UCI)
C source; Win32/64, Linux32/64, Mac64
- Mac rebuild
http://sourceforge.net/projects/protector/ (homepage)
https://www.dropbox.com/s/jho6quc5b9a6yiv/Protector-v1.9.zip?dl=1 (direct link)

Sjaak II 1.2, RC 1 (WB/UCI)
C source; Win32/64, Linux32/64, Mac32/64; variants (under WB only)
- this is a *release candidate*
http://www.eglebbk.dds.nl/program/chess-index.html

SmarThink 1.80 (WB/UCI)
Win32/64; multiPV; formerly commercial
http://www.sdchess.ru/download_engines.htm (SDChess)
http://genes1s.net/smarthink.php (homepage)

Stockfish 7 (UCI)
C++ source; mp; multiPV; FRC; Win32/64, Linux32/64, Mac; supports Syzygy egtbs;
http://stockfishchess.org/

Supra 22.1 (UCI)
C++ source; Win32/64
http://www.supra-chess-engine.info/

Vajolet2 2.1 (UCI)
C++ source; mp (8 cores max); multiPV; Win32/64
- added mp
https://github.com/elcabesa/vajolet (source)
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B8vVDpJcWkc9ZmhvQ3lHNmRNZkk/view?usp=sharing (direct link)

Chess News

Chess Game Analyzer 38
chess tool by Ferdinand Mosca
- analyzes all games in a pgn file
- any UCI engine that supports multipv mode and depth, multipv, score cp/mate and time values output in its analysis line can be used by this tool
https://app.box.com/s/hmle0vhi3xho06yu7oead13ef59bo49d (direct link)

Droidfish 1.60 for Android
port of Stockfish to Android platform + chess GUI
- updated stockfish to version 7
- added features, fixed bugs
http://web.comhem.se/petero2home/droidfish/index.html

ExaChess [Pro] 4.5, Beta 6 for Mac (UCI)
commercial chess database program with built-in Fruit 2.1 engine
there is a free, severely disabled 'Lite' version too
- this is a new *beta* release, the last one was a year ago
http://exachess.com/

HIARCS Chess Explorer 1.7 Chess GUI (UCI)
commercial chess GUI
- tournament book and human reference book updated
http://www.hiarcs.com/

Jim Ablett Android compiles
- Protector 1..9.0 JA (UCI)
- Stockfish 7 JA (UCI)
- Sjaak II 1.2, RC 1 JA (WB/UCI)
- EXchess 7.88 JA (WB/UCI)
http://jimablett.net63.net/compiles.html

Norm Pollock site
PGN, EPD & TXT Utility Suites and Opening Book PGN Databases
- modified PGN programs: tagExtract
- updated PGN databases: gm2006, cc01, cc02
http://www.hoflink.com/~npollock/chess.html

Ordo 1.0-mf5
- this is a *pre-release* version
calculates relative ratings based on game results
https://github.com/michiguel/Ordo/releases

Chess Programming Blogs

iCE: http://macechess.blogspot.de/2016/01/ice-3-gets-released.html

Updated Wiki Pages

GUI Protocol List
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:gui_protocol_support_list

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

Macintosh Engine List
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:macintosh_engine_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

NOTE: Microsoft updated my Win7 system even though I had set, as administrator, these updates OFF. Windows has now been eradicated from all my home and office machines. All future updates of Windows-only software will no longer be listed here.

4MLinux 15.0
independent Linux distro; JWM desktop; #48 in popularity
http://4mlinux.com/

7-Zip 15.14
open source, cross-platform file archiver with good compression; supports several compression methods
- this is a *beta* release
http://www.7-zip.org

Adobe Flash Player 20.0.0.267
free cross-platform flash video player for browsers
- Flash is in undisputed first-place as the most common avenue of infection
- Adobe bundles unwanted 3rd party crapware, beware!
http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/

Calibre 2.48
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/

PeaZip 5.9.1
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/5.9.0/ (5.9.0 downloads)

Pidgin 2.10.12
open source chat program; works with almost all chat networks
http://www.pidgin.im/ (homepage)
http://developer.pidgin.im/wiki/ChangeLog (changelog)
http://sourceforge.net/projects/pidgin/files/ (download)

SystemRescueCd 4.7.0
bootable image for CD or USB stick to rescue data from HD; mount and read data from any disk;
features disk partitioning, LVM manag

XAMPP 7.0.1
cross-platform, open source web-server (Apache), SQL database (MySQL) w/ admin, PHP, ftp server, Tomcat, & more
- this is probably the easiest way to install a working, web-aware PHP into Windows
- it is also easy to add web apps like WordPress, Drupal, Joomla, SugarCRM, phpBB, DokuWiki, etc.
- version numbering reflect the PHP version that is supported
http://www.apachefriends.org/en/xampp-windows.html

Meaning of Colors

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

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