Engine Updates

DiscoCheck 4.0.2 (UCI)
C source; Linux64
- Linux64 build only
- bishop trap on A/H 3/6 added (functional change, microscopic elo gain if any)
- popcount hardware support added (so people can product fast compiles without having to modify the code)
https://github.com/lucasart/chess (code repository)
https://github.com/lucasart/chess/tree/master/bin (builds)

Leonidas r73 (WB)
C source; Win32/64, Linux32/64; variants
- "small bugfix"
http://www.eglebbk.dds.nl/program/chess-download.html

Sjaak r506 (WB)
C source; Win32/64, Linux32/64, Mac32/64, Android; variants
- some incorrect draw detections were fixed
- fixed a number of bugs having to do with the propagation of mate scores
http://www.eglebbk.dds.nl/program/chess-index.html

Chess News

Lucas Chess 7.0
"play chess against the computer with increasing levels of difficulty and with a limited number of hints that are given by a chess tutor"
Open source (Python); Win32
https://code.google.com/p/lucaschess/ (homepage)
https://code.google.com/p/lucaschess/downloads/list (download)

Olivier Deville's PGN collection
also a Polyglot book based on all the PGN games
Olivier updates this collection monthly
"Games from 2001 to 2013"
- minimum Elo = 2530
- only long time control games
- no annotations
- no computer games
- no games under 20 moves
http://www.open-aurec.com/chesswar/download.html

Sjef (WB)
new command-line match-playing program for playing engine-engine games
"similar in principle to cutechess-cli, but it is intended for chess variants"
- Linux-only
- Sjef is part of the Sjaak Linux package
http://www.eglebbk.dds.nl/program/chess-sjef.html (about)
http://www.eglebbk.dds.nl/program/chess-download.html

Down/Problem Chess Websites

Akkad homepage down for 45 days (not found)
Bestia homepage down for 10 days (a 110mb.com site)
Deep Saros homepage down for 45 days (not found)
Lyapko Utilities homepage down for 10 days (a 110mb.com site)
Merlin homepage down for 16 days (503 error: service unavailable)

Warning: Inmi site has been hacked and is unsafe to visit
AVG antivirus: 'Exploit Blackhole Exploit Kit [type 2371]'
Kaspersky antivirus: 'object is infected'

Wiki Changes

Chess Engine List
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- Kenny ClassIQ: modified comment
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:chess_engine_list

GUI Protocol List
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- SCID: added 2 links
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:gui_protocol_support_list

Variants Engine List
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- added Leonidas
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

BitTorrent 7.8 (build 29039)
freeware; the original bit torrent program
http://www.bittorrent.com/

Java 7, Update 13
Java 6, Update 39
update of Java runtime and development kit (JRE or JDK)
- it is important to disable Java in your browser, or bad things may happen to you!
- this bugfix does not make Java 7 secure from the known (for about 7 months now) zero-day vulnerability
- Oracle does not seem to be serious about fixing Java 7's security vulnerabilities
- Sun's old Java 6 does not have this vulnerability
- this bugfix seems to fix a newly discovered vulnerability in Java 6 & 7
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/javacpufeb2013-1841061.html (advisory)
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/index.html (Java download)

Linux Lite 1.0.4
Debian/Ubuntu-base distro; customized Xfce desktop; #43 in popularity
http://www.linuxdistrocommunity.com/

Meaning of Colors

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

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