Engine Updates

Sjaak r519 (WB)
C source; Win32/64, Linux32/64, Mac32/64, Android; variants
- castling should now work correctly in Fischer random chess (Chess960) as well as other shuffle variants
- I fixed a crash due to misaligned data structures (affected variants on large boards in 32 bit mode)
- work around a compiler issue that caused crashes in the 64 bit version under Windows
- Troitzky Chesss added as a variant
http://www.eglebbk.dds.nl/program/chess-index.html

SlowChess 2.960 (WB/UCI)
SlowChess 2.960b (WB/UCI)
modification of SlowChess 2.96 by Jonathan Kreuzer
modification is by Alexander Schmidt to play Chess960 (FRC)
Win32; limit strength; FRC
- modifications: added limit strength & variant play (FRC)
- watch out for annoying pop-under ads when downloading!
- 2.960b: "little bugfix for classical chess as UCI engine under some GUI's"
http://chessengines.wordpress.com/category/download/

Chess News

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 (see above)
http://www.eglebbk.dds.nl/program/chess-sjef.html (about)
http://www.eglebbk.dds.nl/program/chess-download.html

Tiyaga 1.0 (WB)
new Shantranj engine by Ferdinand Mosca
https://sites.google.com/site/deuteriumengine/downloads-1 (scroll to bottom)

Down/Problem Chess Websites

Akkad homepage down for 61 days (not found)
Deep Saros homepage down for 61 days (not found)

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

Variants Engine List
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- Looking Glass: corrected a typo
- added Slow Chess FRC
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

Digital Mars D Compiler 2.062
free cross-platform compiler; an efficient and modern OO language
http://www.digitalmars.com/d/download.html

SystemRescueCd 3.4.0
bootable image for CD or USB stick to rescue data from HD; mount and read data from any disk;
features disk partitioning, LVM management, data copying, remote backup, more
http://www.sysresccd.org/

Task Coach 1.3.24
open source cross-platform desktop todo manager with task or calendar viewing, project tracking, etc
http://www.taskcoach.org/

Meaning of Colors

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

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