Engine Updates

Jim Ablett Win/Linux builds
Fimbulwinter 5.03 JA (WB)
C source; Win32, Linux32
- better time management
- small tweaks to piece-sq tables & material values
- new Linux build
http://homepages.tesco.net/henry.ablett/jims.html

RataAeroespacial 0.2.0 (WB)
C++ source code (Spanish language); FRC; Win32, Linux32
- repackage of program using a different zip compressor
http://sites.google.com/site/rataaeroespacial/Home

Redqueen 0.6 (UCI)
1 commit(s) to the C++ source code (commits= 409), no new build
- 406: refactoring
- 407: minor fixes
- 408: changed root nodes move ordering
- 409: minor fixes
http://sourceforge.net/projects/redqueenchess

Jim Ablett Win/Linux builds
Stockfish 1.9.1 + smooth scaling + gtbs (UCI)
C++ source; mp; FRC; Win32/64
this is not an official release, it is intended for testing
- new recompile
- uses Gaviota tablebases (mod by Peter C)
- uses smooth scaling (mod by Dann Corbit)
preliminary results show this version as weaker than official Stockfish
http://www.mediafire.com/?uaohbhh98dcvr68 (direct link)

Chess News

ChessGUI 0.201c (WB/UCI)
a nice chess GUI / tournament manager by Matthias Gemuh; there is a separate download for a portable version
http://biglion.110mb.com/
http://w2410tmq9.homepage.t-online.de/
http://biglion.110mb.com/chess/ChessGUI.zip
http://www.hugedrive.com/published/WG/show.php?q=QklHTElPTg==-293be30e

Cutechess-cli 0.3.0 (WB/UCI)
commandline interface to run engine-engine games
- the required Qt version is now 4.6 (was 4.5)
- redesigned and rewritten concurrency code; The rare deadlocks and segfaults between games (especially with high "-concurrency" values) should be gone now
- fix the command line parser in the Windows version; now command line arguments following the executable name are parsed properly
- handle invalid draw claims from Xboard engines properly; now an invalid draw claim from an engine in "Thinking" mode is recognized properly and does not result in a "Connection stalls" error
- check the legality of opening book moves; It's no longer possible to break the game with a faulty book file
- option "-srand" for setting the random seed for the book move selector manually
- the "invertscores" option was renamed to "whitepov"
- evaluation perspective ("whitepov") and init strings can now be configured with the engines.json config file
- option "-recover" for automatically recovering crashed or stalled engines instead of terminating the whole match
- display the ELO difference after the match has ended
http://koti.mbnet.fi/~ilaripih/bin/cutechess-cli-win32.zip (Win32)
http://repo.or.cz/w/sloppygui.git (source)
http://koti.mbnet.fi/~ilaripih/bin/cutechess-cli-linux32.tar.gz (Linux32)
http://koti.mbnet.fi/~ilaripih/bin/cutechess-cli-linux64.tar.gz (Linux64)
http://koti.mbnet.fi/~ilaripih/bin/cutechess-cli-osx.zip (Mac)

Down/Problem Chess Websites

Aristarch homepage down today (no response in 60 seconds)
DarkFUSc# homepage down today (no response in 60 seconds)
Frenzee homepage down for 51 days (permissions problem)
NSVChess homepage down for 5 days (403 error: forbidden)
Shredder homepage down today (no response in 60 seconds)
Sjakk homepage down today (no response in 60 seconds)
Smash homepage down today (no response in 60 seconds)
Zappa homepage down today (no response in 60 seconds)

Note: Igor Gorelikov Tools (and Infinite Loop) homepage was *not* down, it has moved
Infinite Loop: http://iggor.110mb.com/home.php
Igor Gorelikov Tools: http://iggor.110mb.com/tools.php
Thanks to Charles Browne for finding it!

Wiki Changes

Links
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- replaced 'Infinite Loop' link with 'Digital Chess Network' link
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:links

Variants Engine List
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- added Infinite Chess
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:variants_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

SQLite 3.7.3
open source SQL database for programmers; small and fast
- "a regularly scheduled bi-monthly maintenance release"
http://www.sqlite.org/ (homepage)
http://www.sqlite.org/news.html (update info)

Meaning of Colors

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

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