Engine Updates

Djinn 0.979 (WB)
Win32/64, Linux32/64
- "it seems about 40 elo better than 0.971"
http://webpages.charter.net/tlikens/docs/CHANGES (changelog)
http://webpages.charter.net/tlikens/index.html (homepage)

Julien Marcel Mac64 builds
lots of new Mac64 compiles
- AliBaba 1.40
- Betsabe II 1.2.8
- ColChessx 80
- CookieCat 20121010
- Crafty 23.5
- Dabbaba 6.5.2
- Fruit 1.0, 1.5, 2.0, 2.1
- Gaviota 0.86 (compiled by Miguel, no sources included)
- Minko Chess 1.3
- Myrddin 0.86 (private engine, no sources included)
- Olithink 5.32
- Scorpio 2.75
- Stockfish 2.3.1 2013-01-31
http://julien.marcel.free.fr/macchess/

Kenny ClassIQ 0.0.0.8 (WB/UCI)
new engine by Kenshin Himura (aka Sudarsan Balaji), author of Kenny
Java source; Win32 & jar file
https://github.com/kenshinthebattosai/KennyClassIQ

Jim Ablett Win/Linux/Android builds
TrappyBeowulf rev 11 (WB)
new engine by Mike Vollmer based on Beowulf by Colin Frayn
C source; Win32/64, Linux32/64
- engine uses an extension of minimax search to lure opponents into traps
https://github.com/probabilityZero/TrappyBeowulf (source)
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/5047625/trappybeowulf-rev11-ja.zip (direct link)

Chess News

Chess Engines for Android
- DiscoCheck 4.0.1
- GreKo 9.8
- RedQueen 1.1.2
- Stockfish 2.3.1
http://www.aartbik.com/MISC/eng.html

Down/Problem Chess Websites

Akkad homepage down for 43 days (not found)
Bestia homepage down for 8 days (a 110mb.com site)
ChestUCI homepage down for 3 days (a 110mb.com site)
Deep Saros homepage down for 43 days (not found)
Lyapko Utilities homepage down for 8 days (a 110mb.com site)
Merlin homepage down for 14 days (503 error: service unavailable)
Protej homepage down today (no response in 60 seconds)
Toledo Nanochess homepage down for 3 days (a 110mb.com site)

Wiki Changes

Chess Engine List
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- Rodent: added github repo link
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:chess_engine_list

FACE Tournament
- updated pages: main page, download, and participants
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:tournaments:face

Variants Engine List
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- CCCP Knightmate: revised comment
- added atomkraft
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

Adblock Plus 2.2.2 for Firefox
free, open source browser plugin that blocks most web advertisements
http://adblockplus.org/en/

LibreOffice 3.6.5
cross platform, open source word processing, chart, spreadsheet, database, etc.
Note: OpenOffice (Apache), LibreOffice (Document Foundation), and Lotus Symphony (IBM) are essentially the same program
http://www.documentfoundation.org/ (homepage)

MariaDB 5.5.29 Stable
open source fork of MySQL; completely compatible w/MySQL; w/extra db engines & extra features
"MariaDB is a binary drop-in replacement for MySQL"
MariaDB restores several significant features that Oracle has dropped from MySQL
http://kb.askmonty.org/ (homepage)
http://kb.askmonty.org/v/mariadb-versus-mysql-features (extra features)
http://kb.askmonty.org/en/mariadb-5529-release-notes (release notes)

Opera 12.13
open source web browser: the most standards-compliant html/css rendering
http://www.opera.com/ (homepage)
http://www.opera.com/browser/download/ (download)

Parted Magic 2013_01_29
open source partition editor, virus/rootkit scanner, hard drive cloner, and hard drive & RAM tester; recommended
http://partedmagic.com/

phpMyAdmin 3.5.6
web admin to view/change MySQL/MariaDB databases; interactive commandline SQL; import/export, etc.
http://www.phpmyadmin.net/home_page/index.php

WinPython 2.7.3.3 -- for Win32/64
open-source portable distribution of Python for Windows32/64
allows use of different Python versions that are fully isolated from each other
WinPython is the easiest way of getting Spyder IDE working on Win32/64
NumPy, SciPy and Matplot are also included
- this is a large file to download (more than 200 MB)
http://code.google.com/p/winpython/

Wireshark 1.8.5
open-source network protocol analyzer (packet sniffer) for advanced users
http://www.wireshark.org/

Meaning of Colors

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

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