Engine Updates

Capivara LK 0.09aXXx (UCI)
Win32/64; TSCP derivative; requires MSVC runtime
http://vivaxadrez.wikispaces.com/Capivara

Jim Ablett Win/Linux/Android builds
Dabbaba 7.49 JA (WB/UCI)
C source (Danish & English language comments); Win32, Linux32; variants
- "is ~75 elo stronger than version 6.52"
http://jimablett.atwebpages.com/

Kenny ClassIQ 0.2.0.0 (WB/UCI)
Java source; cross-platform jar file, Win32 binaries
- lots of bugfixes
- added evaluation
- added minimax search with alpha-beta pruning
- corrected UCI output
- corrected *Executor* errors
- renamed threads
- corrected issues #151, #152
- engine now plays okay-okay moves with 3 depths (fixed for now, will be dynamic later)
- no time-related implementation
- made *protocolType of Main* public so output strings can be properly formatted according to the GUI
- re-added the boolean newCommand in *Command*
- corrected errors in *makeMove() and unMakeMove()* which did not implement proper castling
- implemented Quicksort in move ordering
- removed Windows executables and added jLaunch executable (32-bit only)
https://github.com/kenshinthebattosai/KennyClassIQ (github project)
https://github.com/kenshinthebattosai/KennyClassIQ/tree/master/windows (github downloads)
http://sourceforge.net/projects/kennyclassiq (sourceforge project)
http://sourceforge.net/projects/kennyclassiq/files/ (sourceforge downloads)

Chess News

Chess Engines for Android
Aart Bik's collection of engines that run on his Chess For Android Chess GUI
- Rotor 0.7a
http://www.aartbik.com/MISC/eng.html

ChessGui 0.243 (WB/UCI)
Chess GUI/tournament manager by Matthias Gemuh; there is a separate download for a portable build
- silent update, version number unchanged
http://w2410tmq9.homepage.t-online.de/ (secondary link)
http://biglion.bplaced.net/ (homepage and download)

Green Chess GUI 2.2.1 for OSX (UCI)
Chess GUI and PGN viewer by George Merchant
- Mac only
http://www.greenchess.com/

Looking Glass 4.8S (WB)
new engine based on FairyMax by H G Muller
- plays Alice Chess only (a chess variant)
http://hgm.nubati.net/Alice.zip (direct link)

Down/Problem Chess Websites

Akkad homepage down for 59 days (not found)
Deep Saros homepage down for 59 days (not found)
GreKo homepage down today (a 110mb.com site)
Lyapko Utilities page down today (a 110mb.com site)

Warning: Hopeless site is giving inconsistent results
sometimes Google says: 'Site is listed as suspicious - visiting this web site may harm your computer'
other times the site loads normally; it seems to be a risky site

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

Nothing new today

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

Calibre 0.9.19
cross-platform open source ebook manager for all popular ebook readers with format conversion,
news feeds, and integrated e-book viewer
http://calibre-ebook.com/

DreamStudio 12.04.2 LTS
a version of Ubuntu to help produce multi-media; GNOME, Unity desktops; #56 in popularity
- this is a LTS update
http://dream.dickmacinnis.com/

Flash Player 11.6.602.170
free cross-platform Flash video player
http://www.adobe.com/

Recuva 1.45
free program to recover deleted files from Recycle Bin, digital cameras, mp3 players etc.
http://www.piriform.com/recuva
http://www.piriform.com/blog/2013/2/15/recuva-v145 (announcement)

Sabayon Linux 11
Gentoo-based distro; choice of desktops: Cinnamon, Enlightenment, Fluxbox, GNOME, KDE, LXDE, MATE, Openbox, Xfce; #23 in popularity
http://www.sabayon.org/

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